Protests and police repression in Nigeria
Reports from Kano and Abuja: the End Hunger protests, mass arrests and police brutality.
‘In Our Millions’: the policing of Palestine protests since October 7th
The movement for Palestine must also be a movement against police.
The shift in Glasgow and how we fight back
What to make of new violence against the Palestine solidarity movement?
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Why do we have a police force in the first place? How does policing uphold racism, capitalism and colonialism?
Palestine solidarity protesters face down police repression in London
rs21 members refute claims of “clashes” between police and protesters on Saturday’s Free Palestine Coalition march.
Palestine solidarity, the anti-BDS bill and the security state
Legal attacks on Palestine solidarity are part of a wider clampdown on protests and strikes.
The Brook House Three trial: a major victory for anti-deportation activists
Jury sees justice in their activism: Lisa Leak reports on the trial.
Voter suppression and protest repression: the Tories’ attack on democracy
The government is swiftly and systematically destroying the rights on which ordinary people rely: to vote, to protest, to strike.
Behind the Cardiff riot: a community failed by police and politicians
Following the tragic death of two young people in Ely on Monday and the riot that followed, the police’s version of events has unravelled. But, as Ann Marie Zogina reports, the area in west Cardiff has not only been failed by the police, but the politicians who claim to represent it as well. Tragedy has […]
Abolition Revolution: a vital step into the future
We need to get rid of police and prisons entirely.
Lützerath: solidarity with climate activists under attack
Climate activists fight to stop the destruction of a German village and the expansion of German coal.
Activists tell Pride in London: ‘no pride in cops or borders’
On Saturday 2 July, Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants halted the Pride in London march to protest against police presence at the event.
Mad Pride campaigns for psychiatric abolition
Hundreds gathered to oppose abuse of psychiatric patients, celebrate Mad culture, and call for psychiatric abolition.
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.
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.
Kill The Bill: the day of action
rs21 members took part in a social media campaign as part of the #KillTheBill day of action against the new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill on Saturday 21 August 2021,
Amending the Police Bill won’t be enough
Kate Bradley summarises the scrutiny report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill, considering how this might impact this new repressive legislation.
Colombia: ‘the hegemony of the right is cracking up’
The mass movement has forced the withdrawal of President Iván Duque’s tax reform proposal and has shed light on a much broader situation of discontent.
The Police Bill, lockdown and the right to protest
Barrister David Renton explores why the government is so determined to suppress protest, the Police Bill, and the impact of the Covid Regulations on protest rights.
What’s behind the riots in the North of Ireland?
The riots in the North of Ireland must be understood in the context of continued sectarian division and state repression.
#KillTheBill – where it came from, where it’s going
Th Police Bill is an assault on us all and an attack on us all must be met by resistance from us all. Unity and solidarity must be the clarion call of this movement.
‘We are peaceful, what are you?’: Bristol against police powers
Bristol has been one of the major flashpoints in the protest movement against the bill, with demonstrations being violently suppressed by local police.
Kill the Bill!
Tens of thousands took to the streets around the country over the Easter weekend to protest against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. rs21 members who attended the protests report in pictures.
We Will Not Be Divided – Statement from Sisters Uncut
Sisters Uncut’s statement against police and state violence and the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021, originally published on 23 March 2021. rs21 signed the statement alongside groups including Black Lives Matter UK, Jewish Solidarity Action and Docs Not Cops.
A criminal record: 10 times Bristol police abused local people
Bristol’s police force – presented by the media as the victims of a ‘mob’ – are among the most violent, racist and abusive parts of Britain’s police state.