Tag archives for Civil Liberties
The current crisis shows how our justice system needs an overhaul
When the UK finally began official lockdown on 23 March, Owen Jones joked on Twitter, “Never thought I'd be relieved to be placed under house arrest along with millions of…
We belong here! Hungarian activists fight back in refugee crisis
Romani activists from the Ide tartozunk! (We belong here!) network show their support to refugees in front of the Hungarian Parliament. Hungary and Austria are in spitting distance from each…
Showing race equality the green light
Are road accidents a 'race' issue? Nearly 50 years ago in Oakland, California, a political movement ran one of its earliest campaigns on this topic – protesting against a set…
Lessons from Ferguson and #Blacklivesmatter
Image: nefer|media We've all seen reports from Ferguson, protests, and the killing on camera of a black man in New York. The Police, far from being the servants of the…
Romanian diaspora raises a cup of tea for democracy
Image: Adriana Neagoe A centre-right candidate may not be everyone's cup of tea, but the results of the recent Romanian elections can leave many of us smiling all the same.…
Police suppress challenges to university marketisation
Clifford Fleming is the co-convenor of the Young Greens of England and Wales, and Campaigns and Citizenship Officer at the University of Manchester Students’ Union. He tweets Universities are places…
A dream…
50 years ago today, Dr Martin Luther King gave his most famous speech. Here is its full text, cut with a few pictures of unarmed black people killed by American…
8 months of police harrasment, finally behind me.
Last week, Sean Farmelo was found not guilty of violent disorder at a student protest in February. Here is his shocking account of what happened: a story of fabricated evidence,…
Universities are becoming part of an oppressive infrastructure
A worrying trend is taking hold; what started as a trickle is becoming a torrent. A disproportionate attack on student protestors is unsettling not just the student movement, but a…
Does the government need new Internet surveillance powers?
Surveillance of citizens by governments is generally a bad thing. All things being equal, the more of it the worse. So regardless of the specific details of the legislation the…