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Duggan Didn’t Shoot
The IPCC (Independent Police Complaints Commission) announced yesterday the findings of it’s investigation into the shooting of Mark Duggan on Thursday 4th of August and they make some disturbing reading. It turns out that the hand gun found at the … Continue reading
Follow the Leader?
A regular contributor gives us their thoughts on the looting taking place in London and all around the UK – is it unprovoked violence or following a dangerous trend? Amidst the thousands of words spoken on Radio 2 today (Tues … Continue reading
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Tagged Cops, Cuts, Demonstrations, Iraq, Militarism, Politics, Riots
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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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Tagged Colchester, Demonstrations, Militarism, Politics, Solidarity
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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
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