8 Reflections on Resisting Police and State-Sponsored Violence
On Saturday I was heartened by the United Families and Friends Campaign against deaths in custody (UFFC) annual march. Last year around 100 people marched on Whitehall; this year there was a much...
View Article#Romanos: How Greece is Being Set Alight by an Anarchist on Hunger Strike
“To all the armchair ‘fighters’, the professional humanists, the ‘sensitive’ intellectuals and spiritual personages: I say to you good riddance in advance.” These are the words of Nikos Romanos, the 21...
View Article#FergusonToLondon
On this week’s show James Butler and Aaron Bastani are joined by Wail Qassim as they discuss racist policing both sides of the Atlantic.
View Article#BaltimoreUprising
On this week’s show Aaron Bastani is joined by Ash Sarkar, Wail Qasim and Adam Cooper as the discuss the Baltimore Uprising and the political uses of violence.
View ArticleWhy You Shouldn’t #LoveThePolice
Aaron Bastani explains why Russell Brand’s new initiative #LoveThePolice ignores both structural and racial problems with the police force.
View ArticleCops – What Are They Good For?
Since the police force was established in Britain in 1829 the list of their crimes, committed largely with impunity, continues to rise at an alarming rate. James Butler asks: Is it time we started to...
View ArticleInterview: Yanis Varoufakis
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis sits down with Aaron Bastani, discussing everything from Nigel Farage to ‘libertarian marxism’ and the future of capitalism.
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Why do Protesters Block Roads?
Whenever protesters choose to block a road familiar arguments surface. Won’t it alienate people? Why don’t they obstruct a police station, or parliament? Why make this a problem for everyday people?...
View ArticleWelcome to Hell: A Report From the Front Line of G20
Wednesday 5th There are police checkpoints on all the major roads in and out of St Pauli and Sternschanze, the leftist districts at the heart of Hamburg. Helicopters fly overhead constantly, providing...
View Article3 Myths About Riots
Friday’s small scale anti-police riot in Hackney following the killing of Rashan Charles is provoking the same old responses from the same old people. It was ‘pure criminality’ led by ‘gangs’ of the...
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