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Why do we have a police force in the first place? How does policing uphold racism, capitalism and colonialism?

A photo of Manston camp from 30 October 2022, showing a large number of people fenced in with barbed wire and many security guards, with children running towards the barbed wire fence in front of the camera.

Eye-witness report from Manston Camp

Camp well over twice capacity, vulnerable people sleeping on the floor.

Rally of striking NEU members with the Girls Day School Trust (GDST) in Parliament square in February 2022.

Standing up for education – NEU Conference 2022 report

An unpredictable conference of the National Education Union showed an instinctive aversion to oppression and a desire to take action, but competing visions and priorities about how to deliver it. Conference delegates John Stephens and Andrew Stone report (in a personal capacity).

Photo of protest outside Stoke Newington police station on 18 March after revalations that Child Q was strip-searched in her school in Hackney

Cops out of schools!

rs21 members report on the protests in London and Manchester after the revelation that Child Q was strip searched in her school.

Image shows the cover of ABOLITION.FEMINSM.NOW by Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie, plus background images of protestors.

Reimagining the relationship between care and power

Abu Leila reviews Abolition. Feminism. Now. in the context of radical politics in Britain.

Photo of protestors in the London demonstration as part of the Kill the bill day of action on 15 January 2022. Banners include Stop the War, the Revolutionary Communist Group, Extinction Rebellion, migrants welcome, and homemade placards.

Today’s #KilltheBill protests show that the fight against increased police powers will continue

Protests on the eve of the final House of Lords vote on the Police Crime and Sentencing bill are not a last-ditch effort but a warmup for the fight to come, writes Charlotte Powell.

The Good Lord Bird: John Brown’s militant abolitionism

Bill Crane looks at the life of militant US abolitionist John Brown and his portrayal in a recent TV adaptation of James McBride’s novel The Good Lord Bird.