Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) has been described as the Guantanamo Bay of the British Isles. The parallels are irrefutable: a high-security prison where people are detained without trial or ‘usual’ judicial processes, numerous reports of abuses perpetrated by custody officers, and the routine deprivation of […]

One of the kettles that hothoused anti-fascist protesters for several hours on Saturday just so happened to be a mere toss of a cop’s truncheon away from Cable Street: scene of the folkloric 1936 battle where the amassed inhabitants of East London ensured that Mosley’s fascists and The Met left […]

“Town that won’t stop flooding: Hebden Bridge cleans up for the third time in three weeks.” That was a Daily Mail headline on July 11th 2012. It was a slight exaggeration. Most people who live in Hebden are pretty sure they were only flooded twice, but it was enough. Cars were […]