Report: Government Advisor Suggests Palestine Protests Could Be Treated Like Sectarian Parades in Northern Ireland
Simon Childs
John Woodcock told a select committee about a proposal to create a new body to clamp down on protests.
Tag: Police
Analysis: The Rightwing Media Is Very Upset About the Remembrance Day Disorder It Helped Cause
Simon Childs
The press spent all week saying pro-Palestine protests are a mark of disrespect to the war dead, but they didn’t want anyone to actually do anything about it.
Report: The Far-Right Observed Remembrance Day by Fighting the Police
Simon Childs
Far-right activists threw missiles and started fights in order to 'defend' the cenotaph from a protest march happening a mile away.
Feature: These Pro-Palestine Activists Are on Trial for ‘Blackmail’
Rivkah Brown
On Monday, three members of Palestine Action will be the first political activists to be tried for blackmail in over a decade. Rivkah Brown reports.
Report: Manchester Police Drop Discriminatory Carnival Bans
Moya Lothian-McLean
Greater Manchester Police abandoned plans to ban people from a local Caribbean carnival after Novara Media revealed that Black people were eight times more likely to be targeted.
Review: The New ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’ Doesn’t Just Preach to the Converted
Juliet Jacques
By transposing the Italian play to London in the 2020s, Daniel Raggett’s new production is a memorable piece of consciousness-raising, argues Juliet Jacques.
Analysis: Stop Sexing Up the Spy Cops Scandal, Say Victims
Rivkah Brown
The media’s prurient obsession with women's trauma has ensured the inquiry is a depoliticised dead-end, writes Rivkah Brown.
Feature: The Taliban’s War on Opium Could Have Disastrous Effects
Niko Vorobyov
Last April, Afghanistan’s new government announced a ban on poppy cultivation. With the country supplying 86% of the world’s opium, it's likely to push addicts towards stronger and more dangerous highs. Niko Vorobyov reports.
Opinion: We Could Get Life in Prison for Blocking a Deportation Flight
Griff Ferris
Threatening peaceful protesters with life in prison is authoritarianism, plain and simple. We aren't going to stand for it – and nor should you, writes immigration activist Griff Ferris.
Analysis: It’s Official: The British Public Hates the Police
Ell Folan
The police's net approval rating is just +5, down from +60 four years ago, writes Stats for Lefties founder Ell Folan.
Report: Family of Trainee Cop Who Died by Suicide Describe Police As ‘Institutionally Racist’
Sophie K Rosa
Report: Transport Police Are Campaigning Against Sexual Harassment, Despite Numerous Cases of Sexual Harassment by Officers
Andrew Kersley
Police are calling on the public to be more ‘active’ against sexual harassment. Perhaps they should take a look at their own track record.
Novara FM: The Long, Long Arm of the Law
Can the police ever be held to account? Professor Mark Neocleous speaks to James Butler.
Report: Bailiffs Are Dressing Up Like Police Officers to Scare Tenants Out of Their Homes
Andrew Kersley
Exclusive: S&K property enforcement is showing up to homes wearing outfits that look like police uniforms.
Analysis: The Police Are Psychics Now, Apparently
Rivkah Brown
Rivkah Brown explains the latest amendments to the public order bill.
Analysis: The UK Has Its Own Mass Incarceration Crisis
Ell Folan
The UK now spends £5bn a year on prisons, more than any other European country besides Russia, writes Ell Folan.
Analysis: Why Are We Still Pretending This Police Watchdog Is Independent?
Larry Lock
Families bereaved at the hands of the police are forced to turn to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. But justice is hard to come by when the watchdog is only out to protect its own.
Report: Police Commissioner Says Journalists Are ‘Part of the Problem’ After Arrest of Just Stop Oil Reporters
Moya Lothian-McLean
After Hertfordshire police detained journalists covering Just Stop Oil protests this week, the force’s commissioner has suggested the media should ‘reflect’ on giving activists ‘publicity’.