Police
03 November 2020
An inquiry has told 19 families that their dead children’s identities were stolen by spycops
03 November 2020
As the Undercover Policing Inquiry hearings begin, Simon Basketter says this latest chapter will not tell us the whole truth
29 October 2020
The city of Philadelphia has seen two days of militant mass protests after the police shot and killed Walter Wallace, a 27 year old black man on Monday.
28 October 2020
Hundreds of miners in Scotland who were convicted of crimes during the 1984-5 Miners’ Strike might be pardoned
21 October 2020
The government of Nigeria in west Africa sent soldiers firing live ammunition to massacre protesters in the capital, Lagos, on Tuesday. Members of the Socialist Workers and Youth League write from Nigeria.
20 October 2020
London’s Met Police has decided that evidence captured by cops’ body ¬cameras will not be routinely released—because the evidence is too damning.
19 October 2020
The infection rate among secondary school pupils rose by more than in any other age group since September.
12 October 2020
Child sex abuse victims of Greville Janner have been barred from giving live evidence to the public inquiry into the former Labour MP.
11 October 2020
Two years before George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, Kevin Clarke—a 35 year old black man—died after contact with police in Catford, south London.
07 October 2020
The Church of England created a culture that allowed child sexual abuse to fester, a report has found
06 October 2020
Gary Haggarty, a member of the pro-British paramilitary organisation the Ulster Volunteer Force in Northern Ireland, worked as a paid agent of Special Branch cops.
02 October 2020
Frank Crichlow “first came into contact with Notting Hill police station” after he opened a cafe in west London in 1959. He was to become an icon of resistance to the cops’ repression for the rest of his life.
29 September 2020
Undercover cops and MI5 spooks will be given explicit permission in law to commit criminal offences under new law introduced by the Tories.
29 September 2020
US Black Lives Matter protesters continue to take to the streets over the decision not to charge the cops with the murder of Breonna Taylor.
21 September 2020
The US state prepared to use live fire against anti‑racist protesters in Washington, a congressional inquiry has heard
14 September 2020
Demonstrators continued their fight this weekend despite police repression
10 September 2020
Extinction Rebellion finished ten days of protests in London with a lively march through the heart of the City financial district.
04 September 2020
LGBT+ campaigners have warned that the “right to protest is being curtailed” after police threats forced the cancellation of two protests in London.
31 August 2020
Fines of up to £10,000 have been issued to people organising raves in England and Wales.
31 August 2020
A corrupt detective turned supergrass whose claims against Scotland Yard led to the second Stephen Lawrence inquiry is being probed for perjury.