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Tottenham Burns – Anti-police Fury on the Streets of London
When the police shot 29 year old Mark Duggan dead on Thursday night, they couldn’t have expected the anger they would un-leash. Perhaps they picked the wrong man to kill, perhaps people have just seen too many police killings with … Continue reading
Solidarity With Michael Lyons – August 6th
Michael Lyons is currently serving 7 months in jail – his crime? Refusing to kill anybody. When Michael joined the Navy in 2005, he began training to be a medic and preparing to deploy to Afghanistan. However, by the time … Continue reading
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Mass Media and Mass Murder
The recent attacks in Norway were a tragedy – there’s no question about that. What has been pretty questionable though, has been the mainstream press’ reaction to them and the fairly explicit links between themselves and the attacker. As soon … Continue reading
Colchester Council Hates Gypsies
That’s right folks, if you thought it was just Basildon Council getting their fill of anti-gypsy racism, think again. Colchester Council has decided to use some of it’s money (perhaps the cash it saved by shutting down the Conexxions youth … Continue reading
The News of The World is dead… Long live the News of The World!
Anyone who’s been awake in the UK these last few weeks will have seen, heard and smelt the stink kicked up by the revelations of what’s been going on at News International – hacking the phones of dead school girls … Continue reading