Student occupiers are taking a stand against their ‘illegal and forceful’ eviction
On 3 March, private bailiffs evicted students who were peacefully occupying a university building at London's School of African and...
Sophia is a journalist and community organiser whose work focuses on racism, state violence and anti-racism in education, policing, and the justice system. In particular, she seeks to shine a light on the harmful systems of punishment and surveillance that target marginalised children and young people in the UK.
She believes that the abolition of police, prisons, and all systems of punishment, incarceration and exploitation is necessary for our collective survival, and makes a case for this in her writing, research and activism. Her hope for a future in which everyone can thrive doesn’t lie in the state and its institutions, but in the grassroots activism of communities working in solidarity to build new infrastructures of care and healing.
On 3 March, private bailiffs evicted students who were peacefully occupying a university building at London's School of African and...
On 23 February, the government announced plans to ban pupils who fail their maths and English GCSEs from taking out...
On 17 February, Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner announced the party's "hardline" approach to law and order. In a shocking statement,...
A freedom of information (FoI) request on the Metropolitan Police's use of strip-searches has revealed that Black people remain over...
Founder of police monitoring group Bristol Copwatch John Pegram is launching a case against Avon & Somerset Police. It's on...
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has warned it will apply to court for an injunction unless striking workers stop picketing...
On 1 February, human rights organisation Liberty launched a judicial review claim challenging the lawfulness of the Metropolitan police's gangs...
On 27 January, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) released its quarterly statistics on deaths and self-harm in prison in England...
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) cleaners from racialised minority backgrounds are taking their employer to court claiming indirect racial discrimination...
On Thursday 13 January, campaigners announced that - after years of campaigning and direct action - Elbit Systems will be closing its...
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published a list of over 200 businesses that have failed...
While UK headlines were concerned with prime minister Boris Johnson's 2020 Christmas party, home secretary Priti Patel's controversial nationality and...
The government's draconian Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill will enter the report stage in the House of Lords...
On 1 December, higher education staff and University and College Union (UCU) members launched their first of three days of...
Harris Academy Tottenham fired teacher Josh Adusei after he publicised allegations about the school's draconian 'zero tolerance' policies. He accused...
On 9 November, students from the London School of Economics (LSE) protested a debate hosting Israeli Ambassador to the United...
This week, world leaders met in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26. Proceedings have largely been characterised...
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