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 cla…
The “Ziegler” case: What does it mean for direct action?
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Don’t want to get arrested before a demo? Then don’t publicise a plan to break the law!
The raid on Animal/Extinction Rebellion’s warehouse shows why you shouldn’t publicly broadcast plans to break the law.
Bristol cops quietly admit no officers suffered broken bones at Sunday’s Kill the Bill protest
Yesterday, Avon and Somerset police quietly admitted that no officers suffered broken bones during Sunday’s Kill The Bill protest.
Justice nowhere: Introducing Bristol Copwatch
Freedom’s resident cop-botherer, Carl Spender, sits down with John and Kat from Bristol Copwatch to discuss the group’s first year of e…
Stansted 15: A great result, not a great judgement
Carl Spender examines the details of the Stansted 15 judgement and – with his usual dourness – finds a lot to be disappointed about.
Cops shut down Westminster protest for Mohamud Hassan
Yesterday evening officers from the Met’s infamous Territorial Support Group shut down a protest called in memory of Mohamud Mohammed Hassan,…
Legal News Digest: Nov-Dec 2020
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&#…
“No case to answer” in Haringey Anti-Raids trial
Earlier this morning, Highbury Magistrates threw out a case against two Haringey locals charged with obstructing immigration enforcement officers.
Lockdown 2: Are protests legal?
I’ll keep this brief, as whatever I say here will no doubt be out of date within a week.
A death in custody only matters when it’s a cop
This article discusses racist police violence and deaths in custody.
Legal: Do the new coronavirus restrictions make protests illegal?
Update 16/09/20 – Shortly after the article below was published, the government reduced the maximum size of (most) legal gatherings from 30 t…
Coronavirus and your right to stay away from work
On Sunday evening, Boris Johnson declared that it was time for the people of England to get back to work.
Government quietly introduces new lockdown restrictions
At 11am yesterday (Wednesday 22.04.20), the government quietly tightened lockdown restrictions across England.
Legal: People are being criminalised for coronavirus offences that don’t exist.
Delirious with fevers and newly extended powers, British cops are well and truly out of control.
Legal: Can immigration officers arrest me for obstruction?
Over the last few weeks, we’ve received reports of several activists being arrested for allegedly obstructing immigration enforcement operati…
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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.
Jim Crow is still alive
One day people will look at today’s global Apartheid the way we look at American Segregation ~ Joseph Chen ~ Whenever I turn back to the hist…
Anarchist News Review: Burn-in or Burnout in Makerfield?
It’s by-election jabbering time with Simon and Andy Plus thoughts on major events of the week including the Iran deal, Palestine Action ruling, D…
