Civil liberties
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Our prison system is broken. Is it time to abolish prisons altogether?
David Scott argues that our prison system represents a human rights disaster, and reformist solutions can’t tackle the root problems.
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Who killed Agent Kingfisher?
Tom Palmer, aka Agent Kingfisher, was the ‘messiah’ of London’s squatting scene until his death last year. But who was responsible for his fate? MI5, late capitalism or simply a drug overdose? Matt Broomfield investigates.
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The police are not here to protect you
The police spend little of their time making arrests, and most crimes are not solved, writes Alex Vitale – their real purpose is social control
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‘In Gezi Park there is free food, medical care, a kids’ area and a library’
Ece Bulut gives us the latest from Istanbul’s Gezi Park, and looks at how the movement is organising – and changing people
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Defending the right to protest
Shami Chakrabarti examines the implications of New Labour’s expansion of anti-terror laws, and what it means for the right to protest
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Was High Court DSEi ruling aimed at stifling Bush protests?
Activists are increasingly worried that a High Court ruling made in October has given police the green light to use anti-terrorism laws to clamp down on people’s right to peaceful protest