The sixth day of the Stop the Arms Fair resistance resumed yesterday with a full day of protests and performances by Inter Terrestrials, Boom Boom Racoon, Backyard Bully, Fedzilla, Thunder Tunnel & the Dangle Berry […]
Tag: policing
It’s G7 summit leaders who’ll cause huge disruption for Cornish communities, not protesters
Between 11 and 13 June, the UK will host the G7 global summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall. Since the announcement of the venue, Resist G7 (RG7), a coalition of local, national, and international groups, has […]
Social media is now more important than ever to hold police accountable
On 9 April, UK police news website Police Oracle reported that a senior Metropolitan Police officer is calling for an end to “trial by social media”. To achieve this, he is calling for “government and […]
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 […]
Why the new policing bill is also chillingly racist
The new policing bill essentially threatens to criminalise one of the UK’s most discriminated minority communities and destroy the fabric of their lives. It’s also racist. A rising number of people know that the Police, […]
‘One of the most brutal things I’ve ever seen.’ Eyewitness accounts of police violence in Bristol.
On 23 March, people peacefully gathered on College Green in Bristol in the latest #KillTheBill protest. This ended in what protesters called “brutal” violence when riot police using police dogs and horses moved in on […]
Establishment and press reaction to the events in Bristol are a brief lesson in counterinsurgency
Photos and videos of Bristol’s ‘Kill the Bill’ demo caused immediate waves in both news and social media. The city erupted into street confrontations between police and the public, with spectacular images of a burning […]