Law, policing and justice
The anti-democratic tendencies of many governments are reflected in restrictions on the right to protest or strike, creeping surveillance, and the rollback of civil liberties.
In our section on law, policing and justice we cover how citizens are pushing back, from campaigns against police corruption to movements for migrants’ rights, prison abolition and decriminalisation of sex work and more.
The anti-democratic tendencies of many governments are reflected in restrictions on the right to protest or strike, creeping surveillance, and the rollback of civil liberties.
In our section on law, policing and justice we cover how citizens are pushing back, from campaigns against police corruption to movements for migrants’ rights, prison abolition and decriminalisation of sex work and more.
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Solidarity across borders
As governments borrow ideas from each other to expand their anti-migrant regimes, movements to defend migrants’ rights must likewise share strategies of resistance. Hear from five activists on the ground
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Grassroots resistance is our only hope on immigration
Both major parties are wedded to anti-migrant rhetoric and policy. Platforming migrants’ rights activists and organisations is the route forward, writes Aidan Frere-Smith
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Abolition Revolution – review
Abolition Revolution looks to a future free of the punitive systems that permeate British society, argues Shahed Ezaydi
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The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill is authoritarian, illiberal and illegal
Keith Ewing exposes the authoritarian character of the UK government’s latest attack on trade unions and why it must be stopped
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Tangled in Terror: Uprooting Islamophobia – review
Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan’s book does not shy away from vital connections between Islamophobia and the forces of global capitalism, writes Farzana Khan
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The ongoing battle for French pensions
Once again the French state is trying to cut pension entitlements. As millions take to the streets, Sylvestre Jaffard reports on this renewed battle across the nation
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Dare to struggle, dare to win: overcoming the latest assault on workers’ rights
Unions must re-build a militant rank-and-file movement to fight anti-worker legislation. Petitions and legal manoeuvring will not do, argues Paul O’Connell
