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Mar 31 2018Christopher Alder killed by police – 20 years on and the fight for justice continues
Nearly 200 packed into the meeting to commemorate Christopher and support the courage of his sister Janet’s fight for Justice. Christopher, a former British army paratrooper was killed by police in Hull 20 years ago. He died on the floor of the police station, handcuffed as officers made monkey noises and stood around laughing as […]
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Aug 14 2017After Charlottesville Nazi terror, Trump shows his inner racism
Trump is in an alliance with Nazi terrorists. That is the only reasonable conclusion that can be made following the murder of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville on Saturday. The Nazi ‘Unite the Right’ rally which was met by a counter-protest by anti-fascists, saw a motley collection of Nazi organisations come together to defend ‘Southern heritage’ […]
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Jul 24 2017Rashan Charles killing: police now judge, jury and executioner in fake ‘war on drugs’
The mainstream media is going into overdrive to try and justify the police killing of 20-year-old Rashan Charles. The story seems to go like this – he was a drug dealer so what did he expect. We had the same concocted story when the police killed Edson da Costa a few weeks ago. We had […]
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Jul 23 2017Vigil for Rashan Charles – jail killer police!
A vigil for Rashan Charles – killed by Hackney police – takes place tomorrow Monday 24th July at 6.30pm: Stoke Newington police station 33 Stoke Newington High St, N16 8DS Black Lives Matter Movement urges everyone who can – black and white, young and old – to be at the police station tomorrow. We demand […]
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Jul 23 2017Hackney police kill young black man Rashan Charles
Twenty-year-old Rashan (Rashman) Charles was killed by police on Kingsland Road, Hackney, in the early hours of Saturday morning. A video posted on Twitter shows Rashan being taken to the ground and held in a headlock by a uniformed officer, followed shortly after by a plain clothed policeman who ‘assists’ his colleague by kneeling on […]
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Jun 28 2017Edson witnesses speak out: ‘I was there and I saw it. The police killed him’
Thanks to Socialist Worker By Sadie Robinson The woman who drove the car that Edson Da Costa was stopped in by cops shortly before his death has spoken to Socialist Worker about his treatment. Edson died in hospital last week six days after the police stopped the car in Beckton, east London, on 15 June. Jussara was among a […]
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Jun 27 2017Daily Mail protects police killers by whipping up hate against justice for Edson protesters
We received this email from the Daily ‘hate’ Mail yesterday: Is the Black Lives Matter UK movement able to comment on the protest last night in Forest Gate? On Twitter you called for people to get down there and many protesters there seemed to have BLM banners etc. Did you organise it? If not, who […]
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Jun 26 2017Riot police attack peaceful protesters fighting for justice for Edson Da Costa
Protesters besieged Forest Gate police station in east London yesterday in protest at the killing of Edson Da Costa. The peaceful protest saw people march to Stratford station where they were greeted by a massive ver reaction by the police who bussed in hundreds of riot police when there was no riot taking place. Later, […]
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Jun 26 2017Protesters furious with the cops demand justice for Edson Da Costa
From Socialist Worker Bitter anger against the police burst onto the streets of east London last night, Sunday. Hundreds of people protested demanding justice for Edir Frederico Da Costa, known as Edson, who died after being arrested on 15 June. “The police killed Edson,” one protester told Socialist Worker. “They lied about what happened and we will […]
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Jan 27 2017Racist Met cop openly admits to racial profiling of black DJ in car stop
The police seem to be intent on starting more riots with their brazen racism. From the Guardian – The police watchdog has launched an investigation after an officer pulled over a DJ driving a Bentley in central London and told him that black people driving in “gangster-style clothing” are more likely to be stopped. DMO […]
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