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Detroit bus drivers on wildcat strike

Steven. — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:36:24 +0000

About 800 bus drivers of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 26 were involved in the stoppage.

Union president Henry Gaffney said that the strike grew from his members' frustration with the growing dangers on the unpatrolled buses - two drivers were assaulted in the last two days.

The Truth about the Bonnot Gang - Ezra Brett Mell

Ret Marut — Sun, 06 May 2007 23:51:07 +0000

A fuller account was given in the book 'The Bonnot Gang' by Richard Parry; published by Rebel Press, London, 1987.

This pamphlet was published by Coptic Press and then reprinted by Solidarity Bookshop Publications, Chicago, 1969.

Shooting spree BNP man jailed for life

Steven. — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:22:47 +0000

Former boxer John Laidlaw, 24, who had earlier threatened to "kill all black people", was found guilty of three counts of attempted murder and two firearms charges. He is the latest in a long line of members and activists of the BNP - which claims to be a "law and order" party - to be jailed for violent, sexual or anti-social offences.

Belgium: Strikes across rail network

jef costello — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:32:55 +0000

A strike by conductors in Wallonia on Monday paralysed most of the rail services in the south of the country. The conductors were protesting at unsafe working conditions after three conductors were assaulted in the space of a few days.

Anti-social behaviour: a view from a London estate

Steven. — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:05:11 +0000

Short article with comment on anti-social behaviour, ASBOs, government policy and class in the London Borough of Lewisham.

Atlanta families protest against police killings

zobag — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:00:00 +0000

All 11 victims were shot dead, five times more than the usual number of annual killings by police. The families are demanding explainations from the police about the circumstances of the deaths, as they have never been told what actually happened to their relatives.

Iffat Muhammad says she has never known why police shot and killed her brother, Ab-raheem Muhammad in August this year.

Shoot to Kill

martinh — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 16:08:37 +0000

This article is from Black Flag in 1999. It analyses the British state's use of shoot to kill.

James Carr, The Black Panthers, & All That

libcom — Mon, 15 May 2006 22:05:37 +0000

Bad is reviewed here.

Former BNP councillor jailed for violent disorder

libcom — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:03:02 +0000

The group, from Burnley were among 24 people sentenced at the culmination of Operation Lucas, which was launched to investigate trouble in Manchester city centre following the match between England and Wales in October 2004.

Reflections on the violence within Thurday's demonstrations

alibi — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 07:11:11 +0000

We've reported on the incidents of violence amongst those demonstrating in Paris in previous articles. What we understand to be a small number of youths robbing and attacking demonstrators in small gangs. In some incidents these gangs have been fighting one another.

Friday March 24: Summary of events

alibi — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:29:23 +0000

Summary of todays events:
-The five main trade unions to meet Villepin today at the Matignon (his official residence)

Dunblane - what made Hamilton tick?

martinh — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:53:24 +0000

This was published in Black Flag #208, in 1996 not long after the horrific massacre at Dunblane. The media at the time were pre-occupied with gun control, here Albert Meltzer argues that they missed the point.

The Dunblane Massacre -
What Made Hamilton Tick?

Squatting After the CJA

martinh — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 15:25:25 +0000

This article is from Black Flag in 1996 and was one of a series looking at the impact of the Criminal Justice Act in the mid 90s.

Squatting after the CJA

Hunt Sabbing and the CJA

martinh — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 13:14:39 +0000

This article, from Black Flag #208 in mid-1995, was one of a series looking at the impact of the Criminal Justice Act, which aimed to criminalise the activities of hunt saboteurs, amongst others.

The Full Sutton Prisoners' Strike

martinh — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 22:33:24 +0000

From Black Flag #207 comes this account of the strike by prisoners at Full Sutton

Crime and community

libcom — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 13:33:41 +0000

Any serious critique of the Independent Working Class Association ought to accept that the fundamental premise of the IWCA is correct. The left has, as they state, abandoned the working class, and any effective resistance to capital can only be established on the basis of rebuilding a militant current within the working class.

BNP paedophile jailed

libcom — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:08:31 +0000

Roderick Rowley (51), previously from Coventry, was also ordered to register as a sex offender for ten years after admitting at Birmingham Crown Court 14 charges of making indecent photos, four of distributing them and one charge of possessing an image for distribution.

BNP 'arsonist' in court

libcom — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:07:19 +0000

Stephen Bailey (41) is accused of setting fire to sheds, litter bins and a car as well as a spate of car vandalism in the city's High Street.

Bailey has not entered pleas to 35 charges of criminal damage and 19 charges of arson.

Bailey, of St Botolph's Crescent, Lincoln, is accused of setting fire to sheds, litter bins and a car between May and November 2003.

Large-scale Massacre of Prisoners in Peru, 1986 - ICG

libcom — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:58:08 +0000

From Communism #6

Social-democratic peace is nothing else but the peace of tombs.

The tombs of all the proletarians who struggle against the State.

International Solidarity with the Proletariat and its prisoners in Peru!

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We are publishing here a translation of an article that was first published in our Spanish review "Comunismo" (No.22 - June 86).

Prisons Against the Proletariat - Communism #2

redtwister — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:41:17 +0000

1. Introduction