In case you missed it: Roger Hallam, one of the co-founders of Extinction Rebellion, has been ‘pre-emptively’ arrested the day before he – an…
Legal: Was Roger Hallam ‘pre-emptively’ arrested?
Tag: activism and law
Green and Black Cross is back!
In May 2019, the Green and Black Cross took a break from their much-needed activities, largely due to work overload.
Legal: Mobile fingerprinting – your rights and their wrongs
Going on protests can often be a legal minefield, which is why you need to know your stuff when you go on them.
Legal: No, the police didn’t fine a man for hiding his face from a facial recognition camera
You’ve probably seen the headline: “Police fine man for hiding his face from facial recognition camera”.
No jail for Stansted 15!
Sentences have been confirmed for the activists who halted a major deportation flight out of Stansted.
Activist legal update: Notorious ‘Common Assault’ penalty doubled
From November 19th 2018 an new offence of “Assaulting an Emergency Worker” has been created, which doubles the maximum penalty for Comm…
Reclaim the Power stand with the Stansted 15
Fifteen people are currently standing trial for stopping a deportation flight from London Stansted Airport to Nigeria in March 2017. The group fr…
The Unmasking Antifa Act: Behind the Mask of History
On the 86th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street where anti-fascist Londoners fought and stopped fascists marching through the primarily Jewis…
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Starmer’s downfall – long time coming yet inevitable
The outgoing PM is a textbook example of a public figure who jettisoned principles in the search for power ~ Paul Gravett ~ The revolving door of U…
EU votes to speed up deportations
Removal of undocumented people becomes easier as far-right international continues to rise ~ Blade Runner ~ An alliance of centre-right and far-rig…
Notes from the US: Sadistic idiocy
MAGA apologists square multiple circles just in order to ‘live with themselves’ ~ Louis Further ~ A new study by members of the School …
Dissident Russian artist murdered in Poland
Assassination of Semyon Skrepetsky is a threatening message to the entire Russian opposition in Europe ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Bashkir artist Semyon Skr…
Lament for a lost revolution
A century since the General Strike of 1926 ~ punkacademic ~ In the opening week of May 1926, Britain had its first, last, and only General Strike.
