Yesterday evening officers from the Met’s infamous Territorial Support Group shut down a protest called in memory of Mohamud Mohammed Hassan,…
Cops shut down Westminster protest for Mohamud Hassan
Tag: coronavirus
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…
Your perceptions are wrong
“That’s just your perception” is a phrase I heard a lot as a trade union activist.
Don’t Despair, Organise! An introduction to the (yet-unnamed) confederation of Solidarity Funds
The following text was contributed to Freedom by a person involved in Goose Green Solidarity Fund: a newly formed organisation for people who live …
‘Something has changed in the power dynamic’: interviews with anarchists from Minneapolis and NYC
On 25 May George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Notes from the US
Freedom’s long-running US correspondent Louis Further does his monthly roundup of some of the lesser-known stories that have emerged over the las…
Experience: the police do not care about protecting arrestees from coronavirus
Below is an account of someone arrested on a Black Lives Matter demonstration in London on their experiences in police custody.
Reflections on the incompetence of the Johnson government
Being ideologically opposed to government, or the very least top-down imposed upon us government, we can sometimes just criticise government action…
In the age of Corona anti-fascists need factual analysis, not meme research
By now most people will have seen, and probably participated in, the outrage at the anti-lockdown ‘mass gatherings’ that are set to hav…
The gamble with workers’ lives
The Government has released new guidelines and new procedures regarding lockdown in recent days.
Protesters gather at Secretary of State for Justice home demanding prisons are emptied in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic
On Monday morning, a protest took place on the doorstep of the home of the Secretary of State for Justice, Robert Buckland in Wroughton, Borough of…
Notes from the US
Freedom’s long-running US correspondent Louis Further does his monthly roundup of some of the lesser-known stories that have emerged over the las…
From dystopia to utopia: some thoughts on the confinement in France
I don’t think we’re ever going to get to utopia again by going forward.”
Lessons from COVID-19: How transformative justice and mutual aid can help to address harm in communities
This article was originally published on the Transforming Society blog.
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.
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