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Paul Heron – Police, protest and the new authoritarianism

Author
Paul Heron
Date
21 April 2026
Type
Video
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Paul Heron discusses the Spycops Inquiry, the escalating attacks on dissent and how we resist at Counterfire’s Revolution! weekender

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