Charged - How the Police Try to Suppress Protest

Who do the police protect? An investigation into 40 years of battling protest that reveals a hidden police agenda against dissent.

List of contents

Foreword: Michael Mansfield QC
Introduction: Secrets and Lies

PART 1: Maggie Thatcher’s Bootboys
1. The Guinea Pig: The Messenger Printers, Warrington 1983
2. Maggie’s UK War: The Miners, Orgreave 1984
3. Boot Boys in the Beanfield: Battle of Stonehenge 1985
4. Murdoch’s Paper Boys: Wapping 1987
5. The Tinderbox: Anti-Poll Tax Protest 1990

PART 2: Major – Back to Basics
6. The Trap: Welling Anti-Racist Protest 1993
7. Succession of Repetitive Beats: Battle of Park Lane Criminal Justice Act 1994

PART 3: New Labour – Tough on Crime
8. The Commissioner’s Kettle: May Day Protest 2001
9. Barriers to protest: G8 Summit Gleneagles 2005
10. The MP’s Kettle: G20 Protest 2009

PART 4: Austerity Justice
11. Charged: Student Fee Protest 2010
12. State of Play

Acknowledgements
Endnotes
Index

About the author

Matt Foot is a criminal defence solicitor, he specialises in representing protestors and victims of miscarriages of justice. As a campaigning lawyer he co-founded Justice Alliance to protect legal aid and Asbo Concern. He has also written in the Guardian and the London Review of Books.Morag Livingstone is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer, and internationally published author. She is co-author of two best-selling narrative non-fiction books, Hackney Child and Tainted Love. She is a lecturer and teacher in the areas of photojournalism, the moving image, and storytelling.

Summary

Who do the police protect? An investigation into 40 years of battling protest that reveals a hidden police agenda against dissent.

Product details

• Authors: Matt Foot, Matt Livingstone Foot, Morag Livingstone, Livingstone Morag
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781839762499
• ISBN: 978-1-83976-249-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Social issues & processes, Public Administration, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Social and ethical issues, Demonstrations & protest movements, Pressure groups & lobbying, Public administration / Public policy