Activism and the law

GBC and ACAB launch guide to Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act
November 16th: This guide was written through the collaboration of Green and Black Cross (GBC) and the Activist Court Aid Brigade (ACAB).
Backing the briefs
August 30th: So the first all out strike of the fuel/ inflation crisis is The Barristers!

BREAKING: Police raid Northants community fridge
April 24th: At 11am this morning, police swooped on a community mutual aid project in Northampton in a raid allegedly linked to the Just Stop Oil campaign.

The “Ziegler” case: What does it mean for direct action?
September 7th: As the Stop The Arms Fair week of action gets into full swing, Carl Spender and Kat Hobbs take a look the story of a 4 year legal battle over a classic activist charge: wilful obstruction of the public highway.

Don’t want to get arrested before a demo? Then don’t publicise a plan to break the law!
June 27th: The raid on Animal/Extinction Rebellion’s warehouse shows why you shouldn’t publicly broadcast plans to break the law.

Rioting and Violent Disordering
May 14th: Triple helpings of jail all-around planned for Bristol protestors.

Statement about the eight arrested anarchists in Barcelona
March 17th: On February 27th, 2021, 8 anarchist comrades* from Italy, France and Spain were arrested during the riots in Barcelona stemming from the protests that have been taking place since the arrest of Pablo Hasél on February 16th.

Justice nowhere: Introducing Bristol Copwatch
March 1st: Freedom’s resident cop-botherer, Carl Spender, sits down with John and Kat from Bristol Copwatch to discuss the group’s first year of existence and the painstaking work of building a grassroots police monitoring project.