ACFM: #ACFM Microdose: Kill the Bill
Does the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill pose a serious threat to movements on the left? The gang convene to discuss the politics of protest.
Tag: Policing
Downstream: Is Line of Duty Copaganda?
What impact does the ubiquity of police dramas on our screens have on the real criminal justice system? And has Line of Duty been feeding us pure ideology all this time? Ben Smoke and Caspar Salmon join Ash Sarkar to interrogate the world of fictional police.
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.
Analysis: Do the Police Actually Solve Crime?
Aaron Bastani
With nine out of 10 crime reports going nowhere, it’s clear the police aren’t particularly good at solving crime - no matter what Netflix might have you believe. To create a safer society, we must tackle inequality, not extend police powers, writes Aaron Bastani.
Novara FM: A Plague of Blue Locusts: On Police Power
Mark Neocleous joins James Butler to unravel the knot of police power, sovereignty and social order.
Novara Live: Police Violence at Third Bristol Protest
On Friday Bristol saw its third protest against the policing bill in 6 days. We speak to Adam Cantwell-Corn, co-founder of The Bristol Cable, who reported from the scene.
Opinion: You’ve Been Fined by the Police. What Can You Do About It?
David Renton
Don’t panic, lawyer up.
Novara Live: Policing Bill Sparks Riots in Bristol
The Tories' draconian policing bill sparks riots in Bristol. Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar discuss the fallout from the protests, and the utility of riots.
Novara Live: Banning Your Right to Protest
#TyskySour returns this evening with Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Report: If We Can’t Change the Law, We’ll Break It
Rivkah Brown
On Saturday, police banned a vigil for Sarah Everard - hundreds turned out anyway. The new policing bill may threaten our right to protest, but we already know how to resist. Rivkah Brown reports on a resurgence in civil disobedience.
Opinion: Whether or Not a Cop Killed Sarah Everard, the Police Are Complicit in What Happened to Her
Rivkah Brown
A woman’s disappearance this week has been widely interpreted as an act of gendered violence. But to fully understand what happened to her, we must examine the role played by the state, writes Rivkah Brown.
Analysis: ‘Spycops’ Are a Quintessentially British Institution – As the Empire Well Knows
Eleanor Penny
Liberal commentators have been dismayed at the breezy waving of the 'spycops' bill through parliament, in what they claim is a rupture with the British democratic tradition. Yet as Eleanor Penny points out, the blades of state power now trained on domestic dissent were first sharpened in the empire.
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.
Opinion: Policing Has No Place in Mental Health Support
Ed Kiely
The police play a disproportionate role in the UK's mental health system, replicating the same violent, racist logics that underpin its work. Far from expanding its role, not only the institution, but the very act of policing must be abolished, argues Ed Kiely.
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.
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.
Opinion: Filth: Disease, Drugs or Looting – Brutal Policing is Always Framed As Protecting ‘the Public’ From Infection
Eleanor Penny
Black Lives Matter protests are being framed as a public health threat. In the long and racist history of policing, justifying state brutality with a claim to be protecting ‘the public’ from contagion - by disease, drugs, or an epidemic of looting - is nothing new, writes Eleanor Penny.
The Bastani Factor: The End of Policing With Alex Vitale
Aaron Bastani interviews author of 'The End of Policing', Alex Vitale, to ask just how bad law enforcement is in the United States, and what can be done about it.