Neirin Llafar is the pseudonym of a UK based writer.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy we should all be alarmed about our new university 'businesses' and their enforcers
As has become clear, the universities are colluding with police and even the unions to clamp down on student protest...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWho killed Ian Tomlinson? A rogue cop? Or Britain and her culture of policing dissent?
Ian Tomlinson's death was not an isolated incident but symptomatic of an endemic culture of violence in the policing...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIn defence of Black Bloc
The state, with its monopoly on the legitimate use of violence, can afford to be idiotic in its analysis of the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDealing with dissent - The view from the authorities
How is dissent understood in the UK by those tasked with its “facilitation”? Several sources have emerged in the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPostmodernism in the Streets: the tactics of protest are changing
Three things were revealed by the recent wave of nationwide student protest. Firstly, the demonstrations represent a...