1st October 2011
Travellers Called “Parasites” Because They Won’t Leave Their Own Land
The Daily Telegraph prides itself in upholding Christian values, the right to property and the maintenance of British civil liberties, yet when it comes to ethnic minorities, commenters on the Telegraph seem to differentiate between those who have much wealth and those who are “parasites”.
26th February 2011
NHS Reforms Could Allow Data-Sharing on Patients
In a disturbing piece of news, the British Medical Association has warned that the NHS reforms could leave room for extensive and dangerous data-sharing concerning patients’ health.
5th January 2011
Government To Roll-Out “Dirty Tricks” Social Control
Disturbing details of the Coalition Government’s psychological social controls have emerged.
In an article for the Independent, Martin Hickman shows that the government is planning a wide-range of instruments to persuade people in the UK to behave in ways the government decrees to be “good”.
18th November 2010
Police Shut Down Anti-Authority Website
A political activism website has been shut down by police after it posted an article advising student protesters how to avoid arrest.
Fitwatch, an organisation set up to monitor and protest against Forward Intelligence Teams (FITs), found that its web hosting service had been taken down following protests from the police.
24th September 2010
Can Burning a Book be a Criminal Offence?
Six men have been arrested and held for allegedly burning a book . The crime for which they have been held is “inciting racial hatred”, according to the Guardian newspaper.
Two men were arrested in Gateshead, UK, on the 15th September and four others detained on the 22nd September.
2nd July 2010
Peace and Democracy Camp Goes into History
It is, perhaps, typical English irony. The “peace camp” of protesters in Parliament Square outside the Houses of Parliament was targeted by Boris Johnson for closure on the same day that the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister said that the rights to non-violent protest would be restored.
23rd February 2010
Photography Fast Becoming the Prerogative of the State
The police and Government seem to be creating a situation where only official photography is permitted, using anti-terrorism legislation to arrest members of the public who photograph public events or buildings.
