Political Leadership | Tottenham Defence Campaign Once again our community has to pick up the pieces of major social unrest. The reasons for this outburst are many and more complex than the responses that have dominated the media in the immediacy of the event, particularly those from our political leadership. The Tottenham Defence Campaign has been […]
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The Application of Farce as Filter
UK Border Farce It would be easy enough to see the farcical nature(Pertaining to or of the nature of a farce) of the new Tier 4 visa restrictions (those aimed at ‘adult’ students, a.k.a. international university students) as some kind of error or self-defeating bureaucratic fuck up. But, not unlike the management of call centres […]
The Accomplice
The Accomplice of Love The accomplice is someone who is not there. Someone you can see only if you see things. To feel the love of the accomplice is to feel safe to be unsafe. The love of the accomplice is known by what he makes vulnerable, by the bodies she teaches to open in […]
Regeneration, repression and dispossession: eviction from the entrepreneurial city
Regeneration projects In August of 2009 the Islington Tribune reported on a story that revealed with unusual clarity the logic at the core of recent ‘regeneration’ projects in the UK. Having already reneged on promises to expand transport services, provide green spaces and social housing to abut the newly built Arsenal Emirates stadium, Arsenal FC […]
Prison Support
In the age of Twitter and Facebook, writing a letter – on paper with a pen – seems pretty outdated, but for those in prison, letters are a serious and needed lifeline. Don’t forget all mail is ‘monitored’ – so don’t write anything that might get you, your friends or others into trouble, but on […]
Prisons are reproductive units: Notes From Court Monitoring
With many in our movements currently facing criminal trials and long custodial sentences, the role that the courts, legal system and prisons play is made clearer by the day, as is the need for solidarity with those inside. If you’ve been wondering what happened to the student movement of last Spring, the answer is that […]
Lecturers Defend Your Students
Collective expressions of political opposition are the most terrifying thing in the world – if you’re the government, police and courts, that is. The past few months have seen an incredible crack-down on protest and heavy sentences handed down to anyone involved in a public order situation. Just as “rioters” have received lengthy and explicitly […]
Interview with Haneen Maikey
Queer Politics & Haneen Maikey If we behave like those on the other side, then we are the other side – Jean Genet The Paper spoke with Haneen Maikey, Director of Al-Qaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society, a Palestinian grassroots queer political organisation working throughout Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. At […]
HM Prison – A Survival Guide
Carl Cattermole, HMP: A Survival Guide In calling this a ‘survival guide’ I guess I’ve already wrong footed you: people’s vicarious view of prison is that you’ll arrive, get robbed, get banged up with a psychopath and then get raped in the shower. In reality it’s nothing like this… I ended up on the high-risk […]
Going to jail
So your going to jail? By the time you read this, I’ll be in jail. I have hurt no one, offended no one, threatened nobody, and yet I am in prison for 18 months…I am being sent to jail on the most spurious of charges, just as many others are too. I am not asking […]