Earlier this month, Boris Johnson revealed the next string to his crime-fighting bow; a country-wide extension to Stop-and-Search procedures.
How Johnson’s stop and search expansion will hurt BME communities
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Yarl’s Wood: the vulnerable women locked up in Britain’s detention centres
According to recent findings from Women for Refugee Women, around 2,000 women who are seeking refuge in the UK are detained per year.
Morrissey isn’t senile, he’s always been a racist
CW: racism “Bengali in Platforms”, “England for the English”, “Asian Rut”, and “This is Not Your Country” are quotes you’d expect…
Notes from the US: The mockery of climate crisis
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…
Fortress Europe: illegal push-backs and border violence report
This harrowing report presents testimonies of refugee people attempting to reach the safety of Europe from Bosnia into Croatia and Slovenia.
USA: antifascists and fascists clash outside Islamic convention
More than 100 antifascists and white supremacists, some armed, clashed outside the 55th annual Islamic Society of North America convention at the …
ICE and the Impact on Communities of Colour
In the last 20 months of the Trump administration, we have seen a continued targeting of communities of color throughout the United States.
FRONTEX heralds better border control as reducing migration to a “manageable” level while giving a tacit nod of approval to sadistic policies
In a report released on 7th August, FRONTEX adulated at the decrease of “migration flow” from the end of 2015 until now.
USA: 18 year old Occupy ICE activist faces deportation
Last Friday, ICE detained a local activist from Occupy ICE San Antonio in retaliation for his political work.
Italian and Polish neo-nazis join forces to patrol beaches to “protect women from migrants”
The members of Italian far-right party Forza Nuova (FN), in coalition with Polish neo-nazi group National Radical Camp (Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny, O…
Polish Embassy in London support of far right groups
CONTENT WARNING: racism The Polish Embassy in London, using funds from Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, sponsored at least one event org…
America’s treatment of refugee children is abhorrent, so is Europe’s
‘’Hamid* and his kids are in jail, they were rejected again,’’ a volunteer on the Greek island of Chios called to tell me late last year.
Refugee crisis: violent push backs in the Balkans
In spite of severe weather conditions, push backs of refugees in the Balkans continue. Are You Syrious present the report on illegal push-bac…
Film Review: Detroit
The misnamed film “Detroit” is more about a triple slaying by police than the city’s 1967 Rebellion.
Victory for anti- gentrification campaigners in Elephant and Castle
Plans to regenerate Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre and surrounding areas by development firm Delancey were halted by the council Planning Comm…
Recent Articles
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.
