'Stop insuring fossil fuel': activists target London insurers in week of action

Marches, protests and sabotage attacks as City at forefront of global campaign against industryTraffic petered out on Gracechurch Street, in the heart of London's financial district, as hundreds marched down the road, in step with samba drummers beating a military tattoo. "Climate activists for a free Palestine," said the banner that led them.Their target was No 20, an office housing the UK headquarters of Axa insurance group, which, as well as being the world's sixth biggest underwriter of fossil fuel projects, has been singled out as a facilitator of Israel's illegal settlements. Continue reading...