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Opinion: The Met Just Apologised After Strip-Searching Me. I Don’t Believe a Word of It

Koshka Duff

For eight years before their recent U-turn, the officers who assaulted Koshka Duff claimed they were just doing their jobs. They were right, she says: sexual violence is policing’s bread and butter.

Protesters holding burning flare with smoke march through the city during the Kill The Bill demonstration. May Day sees protests across the country due to the proposed Police, Crime and Sentencing Bill that, if passed, would introduce new legislation around protests.

Opinion: It’s Time to Kill This Bill Once and for All

Shanice McBean

On Monday, the Lords voted against 14 of the worst parts of the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill. Small wins like these can sustain the Kill The Bill movement, writes Shanice McBean, but we can’t let them distract us from the final victory.

Report: Are Random Police Drug Swabs Legal?

James Greig

The Met’s recent drug-busting operation in Shoreditch has drawn widespread criticism. But what should you do if you are approached by police? James Greig finds out.

Analysis: With the New Nationality Bill, the Border is Breathing Down Our Necks

Arianne Shahvisi

The Tories’ Nationality and Borders Bill passed on Wednesday. Arianne Shahvisi reflects on how many Black and minority ethnic UK citizens are increasingly being given second-class status.

A demonstrator skateboards in front of a burning police vehicle during a protest against a new proposed policing bill, in Bristol, Britain, March 21, 2021

Long Read: What Happened to Kill the Bill?

Rivkah Brown

The PCSC bill is on the brink of entering law, and yet the movement to kill it has all but evaporated. Activists haven’t given up, though - they’re simply changing gear to a longer-term project of abolition. Rivkah Brown reports.

Police officers stand guard during a protest against a new proposed policing bill, in Bristol, Britain

Opinion: Sarah Everard’s Killer Isn’t One Bad Apple – The Whole Police Force is Rotten

Ash Sarkar

Contrary to what the Met would have us believe, Wayne Couzens’ employment as a police officer wasn’t incidental to his murder of Sarah Everard – it was central to it.

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Report: Amazon’s ‘Total-Surveillance’ Supermarkets Have Arrived

Sophie K Rosa

As Amazon quietly launches its chain of convenience stores in the UK, campaigners are keen to raise the alarm about what it could mean for our freedom.

A group of Black women stand holding a Kill The Bill banner with raised fists at a Kill The Bill demo in London in May 2021

Opinion: 10 Years After the Riots, the Left Is Finally Taking on the Police State

Adam Elliott-Cooper

Many leftists struggled to extend solidarity to the rioters. Now, threatened with criminalisation themselves, it is crucial this mistake isn't made again.

Novara Live: Met Police Officer Wayne Couzens Pleads Guilty to Murdering Sarah Everard

#TyskySour returns this evening with Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-Mclean.

A protest against the criminalisation of sex work.

Opinion: Scrapping Britain’s First Red Light District Will Be a Disaster for Sex Workers

Lydia Caradonna and Kate Hardy

Leeds city council plans to close the ‘managed zone’ in Holbeck, where sex work has been permitted since 2014. It’s a decision that puts the pearl-clutching of gentrifiers before the safety of workers, write Lydia Caradonna and Kate Hardy.

A policeman wearing in uniform, with rolled up shirtsleeves and a rainbow flag painted on his shirt and face, stands in front of a rainbow double-decker bus proceeded by a march.

Opinion: We Shouldn’t Ban Police From Pride. We Should Abolish Them Altogether

Shanice McBean

This year’s NYC Pride will be the first in years without a police presence. Pride in London’s refusal to follow suit has made the event look increasingly out of touch with a renewed abolitionist movement - one that demands safety from police everywhere, not just at Pride.

Novara Live: Tories Blaming the Term ‘White Privilege’ for Underachievement in Schools

MPs have criticised the term 'white privilege' in a report on the underachievement of white working class students. Once again, the usual suspects are overlooking class to use kids as a front in their culture war.

Downstream: The Daniel Morgan Murder Inquiry

The murder of Daniel Morgan in 1987 is back in the spotlight with the official inquiry report soon to be published. Ash Sarkar discusses the case with Daniel’s brother, Alastair Morgan.

Feature: What Happened to the Bristol Police?

Rivkah Brown

A force known as relatively progressive has come to epitomise the extreme police response to the Kill The Bill movement. For some it’s a shock. For others, it’s business as usual.

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Opinion: The Met Just Apologised After Strip-Searching Me. I Don’t Believe a Word of It

Koshka Duff

Opinion: It’s Time to Kill This Bill Once and for All

Shanice McBean

Report: Are Random Police Drug Swabs Legal?

James Greig

Analysis: With the New Nationality Bill, the Border is Breathing Down Our Necks

Arianne Shahvisi

Long Read: What Happened to Kill the Bill?

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: Sarah Everard’s Killer Isn’t One Bad Apple – The Whole Police Force is Rotten

Ash Sarkar

Report: Amazon’s ‘Total-Surveillance’ Supermarkets Have Arrived

Sophie K Rosa

Opinion: 10 Years After the Riots, the Left Is Finally Taking on the Police State

Adam Elliott-Cooper

Novara Live: Met Police Officer Wayne Couzens Pleads Guilty to Murdering Sarah Everard

Opinion: Scrapping Britain’s First Red Light District Will Be a Disaster for Sex Workers

Lydia Caradonna and Kate Hardy

Opinion: We Shouldn’t Ban Police From Pride. We Should Abolish Them Altogether

Shanice McBean

Novara Live: Tories Blaming the Term ‘White Privilege’ for Underachievement in Schools

Downstream: The Daniel Morgan Murder Inquiry

Novara FM: Police State of Mind

Downstream: How Britain’s Police Spied on the Left

ACFM: #ACFM Microdose: Kill the Bill

Downstream: Is Line of Duty Copaganda?

Feature: What Happened to the Bristol Police?

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Opinion: The Met Just Apologised After Strip-Searching Me. I Don’t Believe a Word of It

​​Koshka Duff

Opinion: It’s Time to Kill This Bill Once and for All

Shanice McBean

Report: Are Random Police Drug Swabs Legal?

James Greig

Analysis: With the New Nationality Bill, the Border is Breathing Down Our Necks

Arianne Shahvisi

Long Read: What Happened to Kill the Bill?

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: Sarah Everard’s Killer Isn’t One Bad Apple – The Whole Police Force is Rotten

Ash Sarkar

Report: Amazon’s ‘Total-Surveillance’ Supermarkets Have Arrived

Sophie K Rosa

Opinion: 10 Years After the Riots, the Left Is Finally Taking on the Police State

Adam Elliott-Cooper

Novara Live: Met Police Officer Wayne Couzens Pleads Guilty to Murdering Sarah Everard

Opinion: Scrapping Britain’s First Red Light District Will Be a Disaster for Sex Workers

Lydia Caradonna and Kate Hardy

Opinion: We Shouldn’t Ban Police From Pride. We Should Abolish Them Altogether

Shanice McBean

Novara Live: Tories Blaming the Term ‘White Privilege’ for Underachievement in Schools

Downstream: The Daniel Morgan Murder Inquiry

Novara FM: Police State of Mind

Downstream: How Britain’s Police Spied on the Left

ACFM: #ACFM Microdose: Kill the Bill

Downstream: Is Line of Duty Copaganda?

Feature: What Happened to the Bristol Police?

Rivkah Brown

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