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Drop the charges protest. Photo: Steve Eason / CC BY-NC 2.0

The clampdown on dissent is spreading

Resist Labour’s war on workers – Counterfire freesheet December 2025

Falkirk Unity March and Rally. We all Belong here. Saturday 6th December. Assemble: Callendar House, 11am Photo: Stand up to racism Scotland

Falkirk anti-fascists building unity

Keir Starmer and Peter Mandelson. Photo: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

The rot at the heart of Westminster

The Ice Man cometh: new racist rules for UK skilled-workers visas

Plaque of the Battle of Cable Street. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0”.

Make Whitechapel our Cable Street next Saturday

Defend Our Juries protest in Parliament Square, 9 August. Photo: Steve Eason / CC BY-NC 2.0

What a farce: arrests go into thousands as protests over ban continue

Two years of genocide: Blood on Starmer’s hands – Counterfire freesheet October 2025

Blacklisted trade unionist Dave Smith holding reports. Photo: Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance

Spycops – undercover and unaccountable

Sir Keir Starmer at Westminster, September 2025. Photo: Flickr/Lauren Hurley

The state has no business controlling your identity – weekly briefing

Palestine protester, police. Photo: Alisdare Hickson / CC BY-SA 2.0

Starmer supports genocide in Gaza, repression at home

State oppression in Parliament Square, September 2025. Photo: Indigo Nolan/ Flickr / CC BY 4.0

A bad day for the Met and a good one for protest – weekly briefing

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