Kevin Blowe

Kettling police powers May 2012
Kevin Blowe invites you to a conference on defending our fundamental liberties during the Olympics and beyond

Pure class August 2011
Kevin Blowe reviews Chavs: the demonisation of the working class, by Owen Jones

AV: Yes or no? April 2011
Hilary Wainwright and Kevin Blowe debate the alternative vote

Policing the age of austerity January 2011
Kevin Blowe on what the anti-cuts movement can expect from the police in the coming year.

No easy answers September 2010
Kolya Abramsky's Sparking a Worldwide Energy Revolution (AK Press), reviewed by Kevin Blowe

Fearless satire June 2010
Disgusting Bliss: the brass eye of Chris Morris by Lucian Randall (Simon and Schuster), reviewed by Kevin Blowe

Picturing energy May 2010
Amelia’s Anthology of Illustration by Amelia Gregory Amelia’s House Anyone who has argued with climate change deniers knows that explaining the science is hard work. Its complexity can be baffling, and scientific experts have an unfortunate tendency to misunderstand the importance of communicating their ideas, believing that their data and their authority are sufficient to [...]

Being Tamsin December 2009
Kevin Blowe reviews Rush! The Making of a Climate Activist by Tamsin Omond (Marion Boyars, 2009)

Policing the police August 2009
The police are no more our servants than corporations or the media. Kevin Blowe examines how the government's increasingly authoritarian approach to crime and security has enabled the police to emerge from a series of scandals and controversies with their powers enhanced. He argues that campaigners need to radically rethink their approach to policing in Britain