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Support Jasmine, #KillTheBill (What’s Happening newsletter #15)
Welcome to this week’s Real Media / Phoenix Media Co-op newsletter. Please also remember to subscribe on YouTube to check out our What’s Happening round-up, which will be back soon. Sponsorship protests – Indigenous voices […]
#KillTheBill protests make a difference (What’s Happening newsletter #13)
Welcome to the second Real Media / Phoenix Media Co-op newsletter of the year. Please also remember to subscribe on YouTube to check out our What’s Happening round-up, which will be back in February. #KillTheBill […]
What’s Happening newsletter #12
Welcome to the first Real Media and Phoenix Media Co-op newsletter of 2022. Our What’s Happening YouTube round-up will be back soon. In the meantime, here are three big UK stories from the first two […]
What’s Happening newsletter #9
Real Media and Phoenix Media Co-op have teamed up to release a regular newsletter. We collectively seek to provide bold, accurate, accessible journalism which is unashamedly internationalist and subversive. At the centre of this is […]
TimeToRise #2
TimeToRise is Phoenix Media Co-op’s regular newsletter about what’s new in the struggle for a better world, from the UK and beyond. Afghanistan This week, the chauvinist Taliban retaking control of Afghanistan is the main story. As Phoenix […]
Kill the Bill Cornwall joined the coalition of resistance to G7
Cornwall’s Kill the Bill movement held its most recent protest on 13 June. And it coincided with the G7 summit’s presence in the county. Kill the Bill and the G7 collide As part of the […]
As the #KilltheBill campaign gathers national momentum, we need to stay connected to our streets and neighbourhoods
On Saturday 1 May, thousands of people demonstrated against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSCB) in at least 39 cities across the UK. The national day of action against the PCSCB was the […]
A weekend of trespass kept resistance against the new crime bill alive
Following a national call-out to “go for a walk, a swim or a paddle in a local area” on 24 April, people across England engaged in acts of trespass. It was part of a wider […]
May Day, May Day, May Day! Moves to Kill the Bill grow louder and stronger.
Calls have gone out around the UK for the latest Kill the Bill (KTB) demonstrations on Saturday 1 May. This is also a longstanding international day of solidarity for unions and workers. So around the […]
London police drew batons to protect a McDonald’s lorry, #KillTheBill eyewitnesses claim
Protests against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSCB) took place across England and Wales on 3 April 2021. Most demonstrations passed by uneventfully. But as one participant told Phoenix Media Co-op, the Metropolitan […]
UK human rights situation rapidly deteriorating, according to Amnesty International
Amnesty International has just released its 2020/21 report on global human rights. And its section on the UK isn’t flattering. The comments also come at a time of popular resistance, following weeks of nationwide protests about […]
Protester’s survival kit: know your rights, police surveillance and how to stay safe
Ahead of a mass weekend of action against the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill, please read and share this essential guide from Netpol (Network for Police Monitoring). Police carry out intense surveillance on protest […]
It’s ‘police who turn protest into violence’, and we’ve had enough
On 30 March, the fourth #KillTheBill demo in Bristol went ahead peacefully. Although police were present, they kept their distance. The result? No violence. Coincidence? Absolutely not. It demonstrated that tooled-up riot cops inflame and […]
Police evicting a #killthebill squat didn’t hold back
The Metropolitan Police has evicted two buildings recently squatted as part of actions against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSCB). And a personal account from one of the squatters shows once again how […]