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Hood self-help or hood self-organisation?
CW: This article contains images of people now deceased. There’s an upsurge in ex-career criminals taking to social media to tell their stories and to warn others against following in their footsteps. From Spanian to Dave Obeda, Gaz Wright and others; the message is clear. Crime costs more than it pays, and according to the…
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Where does the power to end genocide come from?
The modern Palestinian Resistance movement is the perfect demonstration of the chasm between the will of social movements and their power. Despite huge mobilisations and actions taken by people in solidarity around the world since October 2023, the genocide continues to be carried out with active support from major world powers. It’s crucially important that…
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Where to for the Tamil struggle?
15 years ago the national liberation war came to an end, with the destruction of the de-facto Tamil Eelam state and the mass slaughter of at least 169,796 Tamils by the genocidal Sri Lankan government. Now, even commemorating the Tamil dead, both civilian and soldier alike, is met with police repression. The Prevention of Terrorism…