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Offensive Behaviour And The Independence Referendum
This article was originally published on Emancipation and Liberation. By Jim Slaven (@JimSlaven) As another football season draws to a close it is fair to say this one will not be remembered for much of the action on the pitch. While off the field the increasingly shambolic nature of the administration of the national game … Continue reading
Scotland’s Met Of The North
By Jim Slaven (@JimSlaven) Tomorrow there will be a demonstration calling for an end to the criminalisation of football fans in Scotland. The demonstration will take place at George Square in Glasgow at 12 noon. Although organised by Celtic supporters in response to the behaviour of the police towards Celtic supporters this protest should be supported … Continue reading
Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective Statement
GARC Statement in relation to PSNI differences in policing Loyalist protests as opposed to residents protests. For the past six week Loyalists, led by the UVF and various factions of the UDA, assisted by the Loyal Orders and Unionist politicians have been engaged in illegal roadblocks across the Six Counties with the vast majority taking … Continue reading
The Policing You Don’t See
The problem of the lack of transparency and accountability in policing structures is not one confined to Ireland. In Scotland the SNP Government are introducing a single police force which will become a Met of the North. This report from Committee For Administration Of Justice confirming the ongoing role of MI5 and political policing in the occupied Six … Continue reading
Collaborating With The U.S. Empire
By Larry Pinkney “What most of us must be involved in—whether we teach or write, make films, write films, direct films, play music, act, whatever we do—has to not only make people feel good and inspired and at one with people around them, but also has to educate a new generation to this very modest thing: change … Continue reading
Hillsborough And The Battle Of Orgreave: One Police Force, Two Disgraces
I was still at school during the Miners strike and the NCB Scottish headquarters was right next to my school so everyday we would go down and stand with the striking miners in the picket line. Sometimes we would give them our dinner money but most of the time we would just join in with … Continue reading
Radical Olympics: Olympic Tourist Arrested
By Shiv Malik A man who cycled 9,320 miles from India to join Olympic celebrations inLondon was held by police as part of a mass arrest of cyclingcampaigners during last week’s opening ceremony. Aedewan Adnan from Malaysia, who had joined his father in Kolkata in November to raise money for charity and support the Malaysian Olympic team, was held by police … Continue reading
The Case Of Alan Lundy
By Irish Law and Democracy Committee The recent arrest and detention of Alan Lundy on the 14th July 2012 in relation to events in Ardoyne has raised serious concerns in the ILDC over the actions and intentions of the PSNI and the PPS. Alan Lundy was formally charged the following day in relation to allegations … Continue reading
Ardoyne Update: Lundy Family Statement
Lundy Family Statement 16/7/2012 Today our father, son and brother Alan Lundy was unjustly remanded in custody on two dubious charges of riotous assembly. The first of these charges relates to an incident that occurred seven years ago in 2005, and with the length of time between this incident and Alan being charged means we … Continue reading
