The act which came into force this week could make terrorists of us all
Category: law & order
Power Hides from the People
New market “freedoms” need the help of old-fashioned authoritarianism
Illegal Beagles
In the name of preventing violence, the government is being asked to ban peaceful protest
More Human Than We Are
Corporations are asserting their “human rights” to exploit the rest of us.
Disruptive Protest is a Civic Duty
When the law is wrong it must be challenged. That’s progress
Publish and Be Damned
Britain’s libel laws allow the rich and powerful to silence the excluded
Protest and Survive
Britain has started the biggest civil rights clampdown in recent history
Inequality Before the Law
The powerful enjoy immunity, while the law treats the powerless ever more harshly
A Tax on Information
Government agencies are making us pay throught the nose for our right to know
Silencing Dissent
Big companies are using the courts to stifle their critics
Defective Inspectors
As the security services seek to justify their existence, harmless activists are being treated as terrorists
A Seedy Business
Old plant varieties have been criminalised by a series of draconian laws intended to protect big corporations
Hunting the Beast
I track down the police torturer who had me beaten up in 1989
Why the Police Provoke Crowds
The police seem to want as much trouble as they can get.
Publish and Be Damned
Britain’s libel laws allow the rich and powerful to silence the excluded
Back to 1662
The Government’s repressive new laws contain eerie similarities to statutes passed hundreds of years ago