Novara Live: Banning Your Right to Protest
#TyskySour returns this evening with Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Tag: protest
Novara Live: Outrage at Met Police Handling of Sarah Everard Vigil
After the Met's outrageous handling of Saturday's vigil for Sarah Everard, and as MPs debate the draconian policing bill, we speak to Gracie Mae Bradley, interim Director of Liberty, about policing and protest in Britain.
Analysis: The Tories’ Anti-Protest Clampdown Will Hit Black and Brown People Hardest
Zehrah Hasan, James Aiken and Callum Lynch
The government is introducing a raft of legislation to enhance police powers and quash dissent. As always, racialised protesters will be at the sharp end of this authoritarianism, write Zehrah Hasan, James Aiken and Callum Lynch.
International: Why Are India’s Farmers Staging the Biggest Protest in History?
Simran Jeet Singh
As tensions mount between protesters and authorities in New Delhi, Simran Jeet Singh explores the legacy of exploitation and neglect that has paved the way for India's historic farmers' protests.
Novara Docs: I Was an Egyptian Revolutionary
10 years ago a wave of popular uprisings erupted across the Middle East, thousands poured onto the streets of Egypt to confront a dictatorship. In this video one protestor reflects on his experience all those years ago.
Opinion: The #EndSARS Movement Must Challenge Inequality to Survive
Annie Olaloku-Teriba
Following the state-sanctioned massacre of protestors in Nigeria calling for an end to police brutality, Annie Olaloku-Teriba argues that for the #EndSARS movement to succeed, it must go beyond pacifying the middle classes and recognise the relationship between institutional violence and socioeconomic disadvantage.
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.
Report: On the Streets of Minneapolis, the Labour Movement is Supporting the Protests
Raechel Jolie
With the uprising against the murder of black American George Floyd spanning a second week, unions and other workers’ organisations are standing in solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis. Raechel Jolie reports.
Opinion: The Criminalisation of Solidarity With Rojava Should Worry Us All
Iida Käyhkö
The arrest of British YPG recruit Dan Newey's father and brother shines a light on the government's escalating campaign to criminalise people travelling to Northern Syria to join the Rojava revolution, writes Iida Käyhkö.
Homelessness Activists Occupy Tunnel, After MPs Ask for Gate to Stop Rough Sleepers
Sophie K Rosa
Over 320,000 people are homeless in Britain - up 169% since the Conservatives came to power. Yet 'hostile architecture' that keeps rough sleepers out of public spaces is on the rise. As the weather turns cold, a gate has just been installed in a Westminster underpass to lock homeless people out at night - allegedly after MPs complained about having to walk past them.
Is This a Coup? We Asked Protesters What the Prorogation of Parliament Means for Democracy
Patrycja Borecka, Ed Ive
Thousands of people descended on Whitehall on Saturday, in response to news that Boris Johnson had asked the Queen to prorogue parliament for five weeks. We asked protesters what this means for democracy.
Why We Need a New Response to the LGBT Sex Education Row
Sita Balani
With the row in Birmingham over LGBT sex education for primary school moving into its fourth month, Sita Balani argues that this conflict needs to be understood in the context of the Prevent duty in UK schools.
In Pictures: Thousands of Children Skipped School for Another Youth Climate Strike
Patrycja Borecka, Charlotte England
Photostory: Trexit wasn't the only good thing to happen yesterday. Tens of thousands of Young people took to the streets to demand action on climate breakdown.
Economist Frédéric Lordon’s Letter to Emmanuel Macron: “Hand Over the Keys”
Frédéric Lordon
On 18 March, president Macron hosted a hand-picked group of 64 intellectuals at the presidential palace to discuss the challenges the country faced. One invitee who refused to attend was economist and philosopher Frédéric Lordon. Gabriel Bristow translates his response.
5 Reasons I’m Not Joining the ‘Extinction Rebellion’
Chris Saltmarsh
New environmental group Extinction Rebellion are gaining significant media attention for staging mass acts of non-violent 'civil disobedience’ in opposition to climate change. Climate justice activist Chris Saltmarsh explains why he won't be joining the movement.
#NopeToArms
What do you do when your protest art becomes the backdrop to an arms industry party? These artists withdrew their work and set up their own exhibition to hold the Design Museum to account.
Resisting the Far Right
On the 13th of October the Democratic Football Lads Alliance tried to march through central London. They were prevented from marching their intended route by an anti-fascist demonstration led by women and non-binary people.
OMFG Sarkar: Stop Trump: Wasteman-in-Chief
On the 13th of July we marched with thousands of other people to tell the wasteman-in-chief that he is not welcome in this country.