Labour’s rebranding aligns with a global surge in far-right, anti-migrant rhetoric ~ Blade Runner ~ Labour’s government is celebrating record deportation figures while pushing through draconian new legislation that criminalises migration to an unprecedented degree. The Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill imposes severe penalties: 14-year prison sentences for selling small boat parts or offering
“I came through Libya, and this place is no different.”
An air ambulance later transported him to Colchester Hospital, where he remains on life support.
Freedom reproduce an investigation from Corporate Watch: Air Partner and Carlson Wagonlit are the grease spinning the wheels of the UK deportation machine, organising logistics for mass-deportation flights for years. International travel megacorp Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) holds a £5.7 million, seven-year contract with the Home Office for the “provision of travel services for immigration
Just Stop Oil supporters have sprayed orange paint on four buildings in Central London. They are demanding that the government halts all new oil and gas licences and consents.[efn_note]Just Stop Oil is a coalition of groups working together to demand Just Stop Oil is a member of the A22 Network of civil resistance projects. Climate
The deaths of twenty seven people in the Channel this week have provoked grief and rage amongst migrants and migrant solidarity activists across the UK and Europe. There were vigils in Folkestone, Hastings and Brighton. Hundreds turned out at the Home Office in London, with more planned in the coming days. Migrants in Calais staged
It rained every afternoon on the island. A short sharp blast of torrential rain followed by a return to the heat. Avoiding the downpour, I had made my way to the lounge area of the resort. There was a TV which once a day showed a half hour of CNN. This was my only real
Haringey Anti-Raids reflect on the magical scenes in Glasgow and why the work of resisting immigration enforcement needs to begin long before ICE vans slither in to our communities. The people of Pollokshields in Glasgow made an uncompromising name for themselves this week, as hundreds of local residents erupted onto Kenmure Street to stop a
In the spring of 2020, a heavily pregnant woman from Angola began experiencing back pain and bleeding while living in the asylum accommodation in Croydon. Despite her repeated requests and obvious pain, staff refused to call an ambulance for her for several hours. By the time another resident was able to call for help, it
Over the last few weeks, we’ve received reports of several activists being arrested for allegedly obstructing immigration enforcement operations. In each case, the arrests were made by immigration officers themselves rather than the police. Understandably, this has caused some confusion amongst activists about the arrest powers wielded by immigration officers. Carl Spender is here to
How the Russian anarcho-syndicalist became a political journalist, ended up in the Red Army, and helped organise Kropotkin’s funeral ~ Nikolai Gerasimov ~ In the 1930s, Chicago was the capital of American gangsters.
Concerns about communal democracy and gender equality in the region, despite constitutional guarantees for Kurds ~ Blade Runner ~ On 10 March, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi Kobani was transported to Damascus aboard a U.S.
An early British anti-fascist, her working-class voice was powerful and unique ~ Megan Williams ~ An internationalist thread went through Ethel Carnie Holdsworth’s entire life and career, establishing her as a significant force in early twentieth century British socialism.
There has been little effective, determinative resistance to the fascist coup underway since Trump’s inauguration on 20 January ~ Louis Further ~ Articles of impeachment have been filed.
World news in brief ~ Rob Latchford ~ Colorado police arrested Lucy Grace Nelson (40) on Monday outside a Tesla dealership in Loveland, Colorado, after a week long investigation into previous attacks on the dealership.
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