Here’s an interesting event organised by Edinburgh Anarchist Black Cross. Inside Stories… Edinburgh Anarchist Black Cross* are holding an info and discussion evening. We’ve invited some people who have spent time in jail to speak about their experiences and hope to discuss the role of prisoner support and solidarity as well as strategies to...
After the euphoria and adrenaline of the student protests in London, the political and legal crackdown has gathering pace. Now is the time to stand against it. This weekend Edward Woollard, an A-level student received a ludicrous 34 month jail term for offenses around Tory HQ, principally he admitted to throwing a fire extinguisher...
Give people power over other people, this is what happens. “Trigger warning,” as they say; story below the fold.
FITwatch, a thorn in the side of the Metropolitan Police’s intrusive political policing and data harvesting operation is offline at the moment. This is reportedly because of an accusation of “perverting the course of justice” — a bit much coming from the killers of Ian Tomlinson. Officer Will Hodgeson objected to this article advising...
Friday 12 noon, PF’s office on Chambers Street. PROTEST THIS FRIDAY OUTSIDE CROWN OFFICE AND PROCURATOR FISCAL ON CHAMBERS STREET. SOLIDARITY IS OUR WEAPON! (THIS HAS BEEN CALLED ON VERY SHORT NOTICE, SO PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD QUICKLY AND WIDELY) In solidarity with the protest outside the Department of public prosecution going on...
Elections are a good time to bury bad news. Surprising no-one, it was revealed yesterday that London’s riot police were “almost certainly” the killers of antifascist Blair Peach 31 years ago. Not that they were ever charged of course. Will Ian Tomlinson’s family face the same wait for justice? The Sauce names names: Inspector...
Remember kids, just because it got rid of the least popular Prime Minister in living memory and lead to you not paying the more tax than your landlord, violence is never justified. (unless you are a riot cop with a phobia of skinny ladies with orange juice, because anyway it’s not assault when the...
Police Against Cuts: London & Athens
Lots of liberal hand-wringing over this week’s march by off-duty police in London as part of the PCS pensions strike. “If they’re against cuts, then why won’t the left support them?” asks this typical flamebait piece (guardian, obv.). Let’s put dogma aside. Let’s also put aside the 1000s of unsolved, “mysterious” deaths in police...
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