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COP26 marchers resist unlawful kettling tactics
Police Scotland have come under heavy criticism after kettling a group of young people at the main COP26 climate march in Glasgow on Saturday, bringing tens of thousands of people marching behind them to a standstill. Continue reading
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State control and repression of dissent in Britain through legislation and policing methods By Sarah Pickard
There has been a move towards tougher legislation, ambiguous terminology, lower thresholds and legislation allowing police greater rights, together with an escalation of militaristic forms of policing in recent years. Continue reading
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Jody McIntyre: It is rough out there
“Suddenly, four policemen grabbed my shoulders and pulled me out of my wheelchair. My friends and younger brother struggled to pull me back, but were beaten away with batons. The police carried me away. Around five minutes later, my younger brother was also forced through, the wheelchair still in his hands.” Continue reading
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Our youth are leading the way By Jeremy Corbyn
From the comfort of the Commons, Business Secretary Vince Cable – having turned from economic saint to monetarist ogre in seven months – calmly told the house that state support for higher education teaching would reduce from 60 per cent to 40 and that the rest would be ‘made up by the private sector.’ Continue reading
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Video: Who will stand up to the Bully Boys in Blue?
This is a video of the way Kent police treated climate protesters at the Kingsnorth Climate Camp in August 2008. Continue reading
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Baton charges and kettling: police’s G20 crowd control tactics under fire
Police tactics of containing thousands of people for several hours at the Bank of England protests and using batons against climate camp protesters were condemned yesterday as an infringement of the right to demonstrate. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 