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‘One of the most brutal things I’ve ever seen.’ Eyewitness accounts of police violence in Bristol.
On 23 March, people peacefully gathered on College Green in Bristol in the latest #KillTheBill protest. This ended in what protesters called “brutal” violence when riot police using police dogs and horses moved in on just 200 people. “They turned up in their riot vans and surrounded us” People gathered to raise awareness of the… Read more
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Zero-hours contracts
What are zero-hours contracts? And what are the realities facing workers on ZHCs in the UK? The Charted Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) says a zero-hours contract (ZHC) is “unlike a traditional contract of employment” because it “offers no guarantee of work”. So the employee is in employment. But they face the prospect of… Read more
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Venezuela
Right-wingers often hold Venezuela up as proof that socialism can’t work. But what’s the truth? What led to this point? And what are the real factors affecting this oil-dependent nation? The 1998 election of Hugo Chávez marked a massive break from the country’s past. It was also the first big victory in Latin America’s ‘Pink… Read more
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Establishment and press reaction to the events in Bristol are a brief lesson in counterinsurgency
Photos and videos of Bristol’s ‘Kill the Bill’ demo caused immediate waves in both news and social media. The city erupted into street confrontations between police and the public, with spectacular images of a burning police van and smashed up police station spreading wildly. And then a familiar chorus began, emerging from the keyboards of… Read more
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