“I came through Libya, and this place is no different.”
Wethersfield camp causing irreparable harm to asylum seekers
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Asylum seeker hangs himself rather than move to the Bibby Stockholm
An air ambulance later transported him to Colchester Hospital, where he remains on life support.
Air Partner: the Home Office’s little-known deportation fixer
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 target the authors of our misery
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
Solidarity vigils as deaths in the Channel turn the focus on the UK’s border policy
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
Reflections on Afghanistan
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
‘Fighting an alligator in the water’: Reflections on the Kenmure Street ICE resistance
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
Hostile Environment: Home Office faces lawsuit from woman whose baby died in its care
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
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 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
Legal: The Tories want to give the police more power to evict and arrest trespassers on land
It is with absolutely no pleasure that we report that Britain’s poundshop Duterte, Priti Patel, is well and truly at it again. Our legal correspondent, Carl Spender, is here with the details. On Sunday 3rd November, the government announced it would launch a consultation on proposals to give the police new powers to remove and
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Martinique revolt grows, airport invaded
France declares curfew as second overseas territory erupts with protests over failing services and high cost of living ~ From Contre Attaque ~ A brand new gendarmerie barracks was completely burned down in Martinique on October 9, and yesterday the island’s airport that was invaded by protesters, preventing planes from landing.
Apocalypse war by proxy
The Middle East war joins Ukraine as a permanent site of conflict, the new model for superpower dominance in the age of collapse ~ Blade Runner ~ In just one year, the devastation has been staggering: since Hamas massacred 1,200 Israelis, Israel’s military onslaught has retaliated thirty-fold, with over 41,000 Palestinians killed, including 13,000 children
UK Workers Rights Bill and the spectre of capitalism
The latest piece of legislation unveiled by our government emerges not as a beacon of hope, but as a harbinger of betrayal ~ Mark McEwan ~ As the sun rises each day over the grey skies of the United Kingdom, we find ourselves staring into the abyss of a systemic failure that has plagued workers
The Death of Leninism
I was trapped in Leninism and read swathes of Lenin’s rhetoric – now I know the anarchists were right all along ~ Killian Flynn ~ Amongst the shadow puppets of English radicalism, lie inert various guises of Leninism: self-perpetuating central committees run tiny irrelevant organisations and use them as a vector to punt their books
Clean energy can’t save us
From green consumerism to degrowth and radical systemic change ~ Yavor Tarinski ~ It is a good thing that there is increasingly more talk about the looming catastrophe that threatens our societies because of climate change and deepening ecological crises.
