Police, crime and justice

Chris Kaba’s killer walks free

The acquittal of Martyn Blake has been seized on by police chiefs to demand immunity for killings

Jeremy Dewar  ·  07 November 2024

Criminal Justice Bill 2023: Criminalising poverty

Another vile bill from the 'Nasty Party'.

Workers Power  ·  14 January 2024

Julian Assange: criminalising journalism

Protest on Day X.

Alex Rutherford  ·  16 October 2023

After officer charged with Chris Kaba’s murder, Police demand impunity

Suella Braverman and Rishi Sunak have rushed to reassure the police.

Jeremy Dewar  ·  13 October 2023

Oppressed French youth demand justice for Nahel!

27 June, Nanterre (a banlieue of Paris): two policemen stop a car, one shouting, ‘Open or I put a bullet in your head!’. Seconds later, a shot. 17-year-old Nahel M is dead.

Marc Lasalle  ·  05 July 2023

Interview with a striking barrister: “We will wear them down”

By Alex Rutherford As industrial militancy rises again in Britain for the first time in many years, criminal barristers have joined the strike wave. Workers Power spoke to Saul Brody, a striking barrister from Manchester, to discuss why the strike matters, the problems in the criminal justice system, and the impact of these issues on […]

Alex Rutherford  ·  18 August 2022

Institutional sexism in the police

The reputation of the Metropolitan Police is in tatters - again.

Rebecca Anderson  ·  20 March 2022

Kyle Rittenhouse and Michael Reinoehl: a tale of two shootings

Racist judicial system frees right wing militiaman Kyle Rittenhouse, but murders Michael Reinoehl

Andy Yorke  ·  12 December 2021

Violence against women: workers’ inquiry not judges’ cover-up

By Rebecca Anderson THE TRIAL of Wayne Couzens for the murder of Sarah Everard has shone a spotlight on violence against women and the inability of the police and judicial system to confront the problem. For months after Sarah’s murder the Metropolitan Police and Home Office dismissed any notion that there was a deep-seated prejudice […]

Rebecca Anderson  ·  22 October 2021

Met boss keeps top job – for now

Despite a career of abuse, cover-up and racism, Cressida Dick will be reappointed as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.

Marcel Rajecky  ·  07 October 2021

Police: enforcers of class rule

The police do not exist to ‘protect and serve’ the population at large.

George Banks  ·  11 July 2021

Police officers evade prosecution for domestic violence

Only 43 of 800 accused officers have been prosecuted.

Alex Rutherford  ·  11 July 2021

Stop the retreat in the face of Tory attacks

If our “leaders'' won't lead, then grassroots activists need to take initiative and organise.

George Banks  ·  11 July 2021

Morgan inquiry: Met police found ‘institutionally corrupt’

Inquiry has exposed a pattern of corruption among some of the country's top coppers.

Joe Crathorne  ·  11 July 2021

Police Bill raises the need for organised self-defence

Self defence is no offence

Joe Crathorne  ·  03 May 2021

USA: Daunte Wright’s murder shows police cannot be reformed

Wright’s murder, and the sheer number of such killings over many years, proves the inherently racist character of the police force. Quite simply, they cannot be reformed.

Tom Burns  ·  14 April 2021

Bristol, riots and resistance

It’s the police violence we should be condemning.

Tim Nailsea  ·  30 March 2021

Victory for the Shrewsbury 24—but this is only the beginning

State surveillance, political trials and blacklisting

Joe Crathorne  ·  27 March 2021

Not one more: the fight to end violence against women

We cannot rely on the police or state.

Urte March  ·  18 March 2021

Myanmar: Resistance to coup continues, solidarity with workers and youth

At least 38 protesters killed on 3 March.

Dave Stockton  ·  10 March 2021

Pakistan: Down with state repression! International solidarity with Kashmir!

Major Pakistani police operation against Kashmiris.

Workers Power  ·  13 January 2021

Spy cops: stranger than fiction

We need a workers' inquiry.

Dave Brody  ·  23 November 2020

Chile: Mass movement wins constitutional convention

From protests to the referendum and beyond.

Chris Clough  ·  04 November 2020

Murder and whitewash: the case of David Oluwale

Hounded to his death by Leeds police.

Rebecca Anderson  ·  08 October 2020

Colombia: authoritarianism in the pandemic

Protests in Colombia met with police violence

J. Garcia  ·  21 September 2020

USA: Trump toys with a Police State

Donald Trump has been trialling a presidential coup d’etat.

Dave Stockton  ·  22 July 2020

Five ways the government’s emergency coronavirus legislation threatens the working class – and how to fight back

From strengthened police powers to forcing workers to pay for the crisis.

Dave Brody  ·  08 June 2020

Hong Kong: learning the right lessons

The trashing of the Legislative Council, Legco, building in Hong Kong on July 1 certainly drew the world's attention to the ongoing opposition to the proposed Extradition Law that would allow people detained in Hong Kong to be tried in mainland Chinese courts.

Workers Power  ·  09 July 2019

Hong Kong: “Occupy 2.0” forces government retreat, for now

On Sunday, 1 million people marched in protest against a proposed new law which will allow Beijing to extradite anyone from the territory of Hong Kong.

Workers Power  ·  14 June 2019

Bread and Roses: The 1912 Lawrence Textile strike

The 10-week textile strike in 1912 is one of the greatest strikes in US labour history and unlike many others it was a victory.

Workers Power  ·  06 March 2019

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