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
Criminal Justice Bill 2023: Criminalising poverty
Another vile bill from the 'Nasty Party'.
Julian Assange: criminalising journalism
Protest on Day X.
After officer charged with Chris Kaba’s murder, Police demand impunity
Suella Braverman and Rishi Sunak have rushed to reassure the police.
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.
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 […]
Institutional sexism in the police
The reputation of the Metropolitan Police is in tatters - again.
Kyle Rittenhouse and Michael Reinoehl: a tale of two shootings
Racist judicial system frees right wing militiaman Kyle Rittenhouse, but murders Michael Reinoehl
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 […]
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.
Police: enforcers of class rule
The police do not exist to ‘protect and serve’ the population at large.
Police officers evade prosecution for domestic violence
Only 43 of 800 accused officers have been prosecuted.
Stop the retreat in the face of Tory attacks
If our “leaders'' won't lead, then grassroots activists need to take initiative and organise.
Morgan inquiry: Met police found ‘institutionally corrupt’
Inquiry has exposed a pattern of corruption among some of the country's top coppers.
Police Bill raises the need for organised self-defence
Self defence is no offence
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.
Bristol, riots and resistance
It’s the police violence we should be condemning.
Victory for the Shrewsbury 24—but this is only the beginning
State surveillance, political trials and blacklisting
Not one more: the fight to end violence against women
We cannot rely on the police or state.
Myanmar: Resistance to coup continues, solidarity with workers and youth
At least 38 protesters killed on 3 March.
Pakistan: Down with state repression! International solidarity with Kashmir!
Major Pakistani police operation against Kashmiris.
