Declassified UK will host its first ever summit, Challenging the War Machine, on Saturday 31 January 2026 at EartH in Dalston, London, N16 8BH. This is a full day event running from 9:30am – 6pm.
The one-day summit will bring together journalists, activists, academics, campaigners and members of the public to examine how the UK’s war machine operates and, crucially, how we challenge it.
Challenging the War Machine is open to anyone interested in understanding the structures and systems that underpin the drive to war, and how we challenge it. We will firstly assess the crisis we are in and thereafter we’ll be answering questions such as:
Challenging the War Machine marks a major milestone for Declassified UK, bringing its reporting off the page and into a shared physical space for dialogue.
The summit will feature Declassified UK journalists and contributors alongside a wide range of independent media organisations and movement groups, including Stop the War Coalition.