Thirteen civil rights demonstrators were shot dead by the British Army on the day that came to be known as Bloody Sunday, 30 January 1972, in northern Ireland, forty years ago today. But the Guardian thought it was the Civil Rights activists who were to blame: The organisers of the demonstration, miss Bernadette Devlin among [...]
This Monday, the eviction of hundreds of Travelers, or Gypsies, camped at Dale Farm, in Essex was halted in the High Court. The eighty or more families have been on the site for more than ten years, on land they bought. The Council says that the travelers have broken England’s Town and Country Planning Act [...]
[...] there was no other remedy for a wrong than British justice – just as today it is usually taken as read that the proper answer to the problems of indigenous peoples are intervention by government programs or even the armed force of the “international community.” They could see Aboriginal peoples as victims, but not as authors of their own destiny. Their policy was to protect, with all its hidden patrician intent.
Britain’s deadliest gang is the police. These are some of the people they have killed over the years. This list is not exhaustive, excluding deaths in prison and psychiatric care, and many where culpability is unclear. Mark Duggan, d. 6 August 2011, aged 29 The father of four was shot dead by the Trident unit [...]
“There are five years left to save the planet.” That is what the World Wildlife Fund said — three years ago — so by 2012, it is all over. Some were a bit more optimistic. Volcanologist Bill McGuire, of the UK Government’s Natural Hazard Working Group gave us seven years to save the planet, and that [...]
James Heartfield lives in London, researching political movements, and economic development. His book Green Capitalism: Manufacturing Scarcity in an Age of Abundance came out in 2008, and The Aborigines' Protection Society 1836-1909 is forthcoming by Hurst.
