Underground Action Calendar

Deep Green Resistance maintains an international Underground Action Calendar to publicize and normalize the use of militant and underground tactics in the fight for justice and sustainability. Below, we excerpt actions from the area covered by the UK chapter of Deep Green Resistance. Listing an action does not necessarily mean we support the goals, strategies, or tactics of those actionists.

See also our Resistance Profiles for broader information on the strategies, tactics, goals, and effectiveness of various historic and contemporary resistance groups.

If you know of a published action appropriate to add to the Calendar, contact us at undergroundpromotion@deepgreenresistance.org

NOTE: We ONLY accept communications about actions that are already publicly known in one form or another. DO NOT send original communiques directly to this email address. THIS IS NOT A SECURE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.

DateLocationActionURLTargetsAttacksTags
2013-02-01DevonEnglandTwo wind turbines topple with support base bolts removedhttp://www.upi.com/Science_News/Technology/2013/02/01/Sabotage-may-have-felled-UKwind-turbine/UPI-71001359750999/011
2013-01-03BathamptonUKArson at transmitter site in knocks out television and radio in 80,000 homes http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256525/Bathampton-arson-attack-transmitter-site-leaves-80-000-homes-TV-radio.html1001
2012-05-22BristolUKRailway signaling burnedhttp://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/may/25/anarchists-claim-railway-signalling-bristol101
2008-11-28KentEnglandOne person crashes turbine at coal power station, halting power for four hourshttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/dec/11/kingsnorth-green-banksy-saboteur011
2016-00-00UKStrategic, informed, and prolonged sabotage of freight signals disrupts rail traffic on an ongoing basishttp://deepgreenresistance.uk/resistance/direct-action/property-destruction/underground-actions-dont-hear/00000000001000010000000
2016-05-00NewarkNottinghamshireUKSubstation shot on three occasions with light gun, causing three power cutshttp://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-36383925000000000000000000110000
2011-11-19NetherfieldNottinghamUKThieves steal copper from substation, disabling ithttp://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-15888878000000000001000000010000
2016-03-06Avon Gorge, BristolUKMultiple rail lines (tracks?) cut with a portable disc cutter.https://325.nostate.net/2016/03/22/sabotage-of-coal-rail-transport-line-in-avon-gorge-uk/000000000001000010000000
2009-07-20DartfordKentUKLocks cut on cable bridge and fire set, damaging four major electric circuits and causing widespread outages for dayshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8160508.stm100000000000001000000000
2017-05-00ChesterfieldDerbyshireUKFracking drilling rig heavily vandalizedhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/10/drilling-rig-owned-uk-fracking-firm-cuadrilla-seriously-vandalised000000010001000000000000
2005-00-00MidlandsUKMonths-long string of cutting and torching railway cables and signal equipmenthttps://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/man-charged-over-rail-arson-15335100000000001000010000000
2015-11-16CanleyWest MidlandsUKRail signal cables torched, delaying hundreds of trainshttp://railnews.mobi/news/2015/11/23-30000-reward-for-conviction-of.html100000000000000010000000
2015-05-00West Midlands?UKArson of rail signal cableshttp://railnews.mobi/news/2015/11/23-30000-reward-for-conviction-of.html100000000000000010000000
2012-04-00BristolSouth WestUKTransmitter damaged, disrupting radio broadcastshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-20897239000000000001000000001000