military and law enforcement
News and articles about work, policy and mutinies in armed forces and police services around the world.
The Meaning of Tiananmen
Burt Green analyses the events of Tiananmen Square and their consequences.
The Meaning of Tiananmen
"It's anarchy, but it's organized anarchy."
- Dan Rather, reporting from Tiananmen Square in late May/early June 1989
China: Riots in Chongqing after death of a schoolboy
Rioting broke out in Chonqing after it was reported that the child's parents had been arrested.
The secondary school pupil died last Thursday after being stabbed by another pupil. 10000 people took to the streets to protest after it was reported that the parents had been arrested after having complained about delays in calling for an ambulance.
The MOVE bombing, 1985
Historical information about the police bombing of the predominantly black radical lifestlye grouping MOVE, which killed eleven people and left hundreds homeless.
Introduction
MOVE is an organisation formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1972 by John Africa and Donald Glassey - a loose-knit, mostly black group whose members all adopted the surname Africa, advocated a back-to-nature lifestyle and preached against technology.
Morocco: Mayday solidarity protest attacked
Auxiliary forces using boots and truncheons attacked the peaceful sit-in outside the Moroccan Parliament building last Friday.
The protest was organised by the Moroccan association for human rights (AMDH) after a call by the National Solidarity group for the Mayday Detainees (INSAD), those arrested at May Day include workers, unionists, students and the unemployed.
Scotland: Dockers strike over pensions
Hundreds of workers at Rosyth naval dockyard in Fife yesterday ignored the pleas of union officials and walked out in a row over pension cuts
The Daily Record reported that more than 600 workers - almost all those in the yard at the time-took part in the wildcat strike.
They are furious at changes to their pension scheme.
Babcock International, who run the yard, have told workers they will have to pay more into the scheme but will receive smaller pensions when they retire.
China: riots against police brutality
People in the south-western city of Chongqing fought riot police after a flower-seller was attacked by a policeman.
The rioting took place last weekend. It is currently unclear why the policeman attacked Mr Changming, but he was apparently hospitalised after being beaten with a shovel. His wife brother-in-law and son were also injured.
Panoptican society - Anarchist Federation
The British State want iris scan, fingerprint, photo, NINO, and the old chestnut “if you're doing nothing wrong you've got nothing to hide” is being aired again. The type of info required they claim is only the basic necessary to prove your identity and to fight crime.
ID Cards
Repression as state strategy - A Murder of Crows
Repression is a topic that is often discussed in the revolutionary milieu, but unfortunately it is a subject that is not well understood.
Because of democratic baggage, repression is often understood as simply an anomalous and outrageous violation of rights. What people fail to comprehend is that repression is part of the standard operating procedure of any class society. There are those that rule and those who are ruled, and to maintain this divide, a combination of coercion and accommodation is necessary.
The new bad guys - Wildcat
A critical look at the various theories surrounding the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, which claimed 168 lives and left over 800 injured. While we disagree with some of the article we reproduce here for reference.
Pirate utopias: Under the banner of death, 1640-1820
An interesting look at the life and times of pirates in the 17th and 18th centuries. This article explores the somewhat libertarian and communalist values which guided the life of a pirate during those years.
"In an honest Service, there is thin Commons, low Wages, and hard Labour; in this, Plenty and Satiety, Pleasure and Ease, Liberty and Power; and who would not ballance Creditor on this Side, when all the Hazard that is run for it, at worst, is only a sower Look or two at choaking. No, a merry Life and a short one shall be my Motto" - Pirate Captain Bartholomew Roberts.(1)
