Police apologise and pay damages to protesters supporting Bristol’s ‘Colston Four’
Avon and Somerset police have issued an apology to four protesters they arrested for peacefully demonstrating in support of the...
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.
Avon and Somerset police have issued an apology to four protesters they arrested for peacefully demonstrating in support of the...
On 22 April, we commemorate the 28th anniversary of the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence. His untimely death led to...
Charlie Harrison, a Metropolitan police officer, has been jailed for breaking a Black man’s knee in a 'clear case of...
On 10 April 1981, young Brixton residents rose up in response to police oppression, entrenched inequality, and marginalisation. The unrest soon...
Protesters up and down the country have taken to the streets, and a broad-based coalition has come together to fight...
Labour MP for Warrington North and shadow women and equalities minister Charlotte Nichols has come under fire. People are criticising...
Pupils at Pimlico Academy have successfully challenged school leadership to make the secondary school more inclusive and reflective of the...
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On 26 March, protesters gathered in Bristol to peacefully demonstrate against the Tory government's draconian Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts...
The British media’s treatment of Meghan Markle has given us clear examples of its poisonous nature. Her recent interview with...
21 March marks the UN international Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The day is observed each year to...
Campaigners, MPs, and peers have written to home secretary Priti Patel. They're calling for changes to coronavirus (Covid-19) legislation to...
At the start of 2021, Mohamud Hassan, a 24-year-old Black man, died after being released from police custody. 10 weeks...
On 16 March, a gunman killed eight people at three different massage parlours in Atlanta, Georgia, including six Asian women. The...
A campaign is growing to defend professor David Miller against attempts to have him suspended from his role at the...
A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the disappearance of 33-year-old Sarah...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered this year’s much-anticipated budget on 3 March. Surprisingly - in a year in which Britain saw...
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