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Opinion: The Police Will Always Be Susceptible to Far Right Agitation – They Share a History of Violence

Becka Hudson

Rooted in racism and violence, the police will always be empowered by fascist agitation, writes Becka Hudson. The left needs to recognise that if policing can only shift rightwards, it must be abolished.

Report: The Police Are Using Coronavirus to Crack Down on Protest

Rivkah Brown

Police are forcing organisers to cancel demonstrations or face arrest and a £10,000 fine under new Covid laws. Activists say 'unworkable restrictions' and harsh sanctions pose an escalating threat to the right to protest. Rivkah Brown reports.

Novara Live: Driving While Black (with Dawn Butler)

We speak to Labour MP Dawn Butler about institutional racism in Britain’s police. Plus, BBC breakfast go on a ‘migrant safari’, Andrew Neil is reportedly in the running as the next chair of the BBC, and David Miliband brands Corbyn and the Labour left ‘wreckers’.

Ash Wednesday: White Lines Matter

In the UK, evidence suggests white people are more likely to take drugs than other ethnic groups. So why are people of colour getting searched more often?

Black Britannia: There Is a Long, Racist History of State Surveillance of Black Communities

Bryan Knight

At the height of the Black Power movement, fears over the activities of Black radical activists led the British state to undertake an extensive and covert surveillance mission, aimed at suppressing any challenges to its authority. In the second instalment of our series Black Britannia, Bryan Knight explores this period of heightened police surveillance and how it relates to our current political moment.

Long Read: Why Do the Police Exist?

Connor Woodman

Long read: When and why were police forces first invented? Connor Woodman takes a look - and argues that far from protecting communities from ‘crime’, the police’s role has always been to control and discipline the working class.

Analysis: Would ‘Defund the Police’ Work in the UK?

Tom Kemp & Koshka Duff

'Defund the police' has become a central demand of Black Lives Matter protesters in the United States. UK activists should seize the moment to formulate their own demands, drawing on the long-standing abolitionist campaigns and traditions of resistance that already exist in Britain, write Koshka Duff and Tom Kemp.

Opinion: Defund, Disband and Start Again: What Exactly Is Minneapolis Planning to Do With Its Police Force?

Alex S Vitale

Minneapolis city council has pledged to disband its police force. Alex Vitale, author of The End of Policing, explains what this means in practice, and how the city could go further.

Report: BAME People Are More Likely to Have Been Fined for Breaking Lockdown Across the Country, FOI Data Shows

Nic Murray

Exclusive: New figures obtained by FOI request suggest police forces outside of London were 4.4 times more likely to issue £60 fines to BAME people than to white people during the first week of lockdown. Nic Murray reports.

The Burner: The Burner Episode #207: Logistics and Production During the Crisis, Italian Lockdown

Craig Gent delves deeper into logistics and production during the crisis – as the market scramble reveals the failures in preparedness and resilience in the NHS. Will ‘just in time’ logistics leave us empty-handed in the face of a pandemic? Plus, Rosa Gilbert brings us more from Italy – including how to keep it together during […]

Today marks the 30-year anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster - a crush during a football match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium that killed 96 Liverpool fans. Jess Thorne reflects on the police management, media cover-up and political context of what remains the worst disaster in British sporting history.

Ten Years Since the Death of Ian Tomlinson, the Police Have Done Nothing to Regain Public Trust

Sam Walton

Ten years ago today during the G20 protests in London, newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson died after being violently assaulted by a Metropolitan police officer. Sam Walton, who was at the protests, reflects on the events around Tomlinson’s death and argues that when it comes to the police’s priorities, maintaining public order still trumps trust and justice.

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Opinion: The Police Will Always Be Susceptible to Far Right Agitation – They Share a History of Violence

Becka Hudson

Report: The Police Are Using Coronavirus to Crack Down on Protest

Rivkah Brown

Novara Live: Driving While Black (with Dawn Butler)

Ash Wednesday: White Lines Matter

Black Britannia: There Is a Long, Racist History of State Surveillance of Black Communities

Bryan Knight

Long Read: Why Do the Police Exist?

Connor Woodman

Analysis: Would ‘Defund the Police’ Work in the UK?

Tom Kemp & Koshka Duff

Opinion: Defund, Disband and Start Again: What Exactly Is Minneapolis Planning to Do With Its Police Force?

Alex S Vitale

Report: BAME People Are More Likely to Have Been Fined for Breaking Lockdown Across the Country, FOI Data Shows

Nic Murray

The Burner: The Burner Episode #207: Logistics and Production During the Crisis, Italian Lockdown

Report: Activists Have Occupied an Abandoned High Security Police Station

Harriet Williamson

You’ll Never Walk Alone: Remembering Hillsborough 30 Years On

Jess Thorne

Ten Years Since the Death of Ian Tomlinson, the Police Have Done Nothing to Regain Public Trust

Sam Walton

The Lockdown: Policing by Consent?

The Lockdown: Deaths in State Custody 1: Justice for Sean Rigg

Interview: Ash Sarkar Meets Spike Lee | BLACKkKLANSMAN

All The Best: “If a Career Is All That Matters to You, Then Why the Hell Would You Choose Politics?”

Why #Spycops Victims Walked Out of the Public Inquiry

Connor Woodman

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Opinion: The Police Will Always Be Susceptible to Far Right Agitation – They Share a History of Violence

Becka Hudson

Report: The Police Are Using Coronavirus to Crack Down on Protest

Rivkah Brown

Novara Live: Driving While Black (with Dawn Butler)

Ash Wednesday: White Lines Matter

Black Britannia: There Is a Long, Racist History of State Surveillance of Black Communities

Bryan Knight

Long Read: Why Do the Police Exist?

Connor Woodman

Analysis: Would ‘Defund the Police’ Work in the UK?

Tom Kemp & ​​Koshka Duff

Opinion: Defund, Disband and Start Again: What Exactly Is Minneapolis Planning to Do With Its Police Force?

Alex S Vitale

Report: BAME People Are More Likely to Have Been Fined for Breaking Lockdown Across the Country, FOI Data Shows

Nic Murray

The Burner: The Burner Episode #207: Logistics and Production During the Crisis, Italian Lockdown

Report: Activists Have Occupied an Abandoned High Security Police Station

Harriet Williamson

You’ll Never Walk Alone: Remembering Hillsborough 30 Years On

Jess Thorne

Ten Years Since the Death of Ian Tomlinson, the Police Have Done Nothing to Regain Public Trust

Sam Walton

The Lockdown: Policing by Consent?

The Lockdown: Deaths in State Custody 1: Justice for Sean Rigg

Interview: Ash Sarkar Meets Spike Lee | BLACKkKLANSMAN

All The Best: “If a Career Is All That Matters to You, Then Why the Hell Would You Choose Politics?”

Why #Spycops Victims Walked Out of the Public Inquiry

Connor Woodman

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Tom Kemp & Koshka Duff

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