Image Scotland Yardies An article on the corruption and ineptitude of the Metropolitan Police's Drug Related Violence Intelligence Unit and the crack cocaine trade. From Black Flag #212 (1997)
Image Crime, Punishment, and Community Policing The term 'community policing' has been much abused in recent times, most particularly in the North of Ireland where it has become shorthand for…
Dope springs eternal from May Day riot - Nicholas Watt An amusing press cutting about the aftermath of the guerrilla gardening in Parliament Square during Mayday 2000.
Fighting Back in "Smack City" A 1986 article from Class War describing mass resistance to heroin dealers and the police in Liverpool.
Drugs and Guns – Black Flag Article on drug related violence in North West London and the Nation of Islam’s community based response. From Black Flag #218 1999.
Image Cops and Cocaine: Bent for the cause – Black Flag In Black Flag issue 212, in the article "Scotland Yardies" we argued that "police strategy is in reality about the confinement of crime within…
Image Losing Kathy: Slow Violence and Social Service Work in New York City An essay written in 2018 and updated in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York…
Image 1983-85: Bolivian Protests and Strikes Defeat President In 1983 Bolivia elected a left wing president supported by a coalition of leftist parties and union…
Image Careerists and Corporate Interest: Why despite endless failure the drug war will continue indefinitely A look at why drug war policies continue despite totally failing to achieve their…
