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100 years on, Kropotkin remains strikingly modern
February 8th: The centenary of Kropotkin’s death is a good time to return to the question he asked in Freedom in 1886: what must we do?
Legal News Digest: Nov-Dec 2020
December 10th: From the legislative war on sex workers to new rules governing criminal record disclosure, Carl Spender is here with a round-up of the last month’s legal news.
Government plans major crackdown on the right to protest
November 29th: The Conservative government is planning to introduce major changes to public order legislation to crack down on protests, under a new “Protection of the Police and Public Bill” planned for 2021.
Notes from the US
November 13th: Freedom’s long-running US correspondent Louis Further does his monthly roundup of some of the lesser-known stories that have emerged over the last few weeks.
Lockdown 2: Are protests legal?
November 6th: I’ll keep this brief, as whatever I say here will no doubt be out of date within a week.
Humans are not the virus: why ecofascism is bad for you
April 30th: From economic to environmental panic and finally the current pandemic, it seems like this century will be remembered as the age of global crises.
GBC release new police station support guide
March 2nd: Activist legal support primos, the Green and Black Cross, have published a new guide to providing police station support for those unfortunate souls who find themselves under arrest.
Legal: Can immigration officers arrest me for obstruction?
February 29th: Over the last few weeks, we’ve received reports of several activists being arrested for allegedly obstructing immigration enforcement operations.
Legal: Can I hide my face from facial recognition cameras?
January 28th: Last Friday the Metropolitan police announced they would begin operational deployment of live facial recognition cameras.
Assessing the far right in Johnson’s Britian
January 7th: A few months ago, well before any election was on the horizon, we wrote an article for Freedom laying out some post election scenarios and anticipating what that would mean for the far right and it’s ability to organise.
