Tag Archives: police powers

The Riots and the Reaction

Last week's riots revealed anger but also the weakness of our class. We must inspire disaffected youth with a vision of a different society, says Callum Williamson Urban riots, such as those we witnessed over four nights last week, rarely result in a positive outcome for our class and at worst can lead to tragedy. The ...

First they came for the anarchists

Maciej Zurowski spoke to Donnacha DeLong, anarchist and NUJ President (first published here) “Any information relating to anarchists should be reported to the local police” - that is what the good citizens of Westminster were being urged in a notice recently issued by the Metropolitan Police. After all, they are told, “anarchism is a political philosophy ...

Socialise, not criminalise youth

Communist Students member Carey Davies examines state proscription and media demonising: The recent period has seen the rights and freedoms of young people further threatened under the auspices of combating ‘youth drinking’. Last week a new plan to tackle the supposed problem was unveiled by the government. Predictably this struck a chord with the media, which went ...