The Socialist 3 October 2018

Zombie Tory government: general election now

Labour conference shows: Blairites must be ousted

Socialist Party campaigns against the Blairites at Labour conference

'Tories must go' demonstration in Birmingham

Anti-fracking protesters jailed

Save Wirral NHS walk-in centres

More party than protest, but great response to socialist ideas at Leicester Pride

Zombie Tory government: general election now

Blood transfusion scandal

Shocking new data on declining life expectancy

NHS pay discrimination - militant union action can achieve fair pay for all

Maximus profitus: disabillity profiteering scandal

Tory Brexit Blues festival

Catering and courier workers strike together

Coordinated catering and courier strikes

York NHS workers strike against privatisation

Tube workers walk out

1,000 head teachers march on parliament

Camden - Unison members in pay fight

Is this generation socialist?

USA: crisis follows Supreme Court justice nomination

Indonesia tsunami - a disaster compounded by capitalism

Enthusiasm for Socialist ideas at the freshers fairs

The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists: one-man show's new take on lively socialist classic

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Big business calls the tune: anti-fracking protesters jailed

photo John McSporran (Creative Commons) (Click to enlarge)

Three anti-fracking activists became the first environmental protesters to be imprisoned since 1932. Then, Lancashire Ramblers carried out a mass trespass on Kinder Scout in the Derbyshire Peak District.

The three - Simon Blevins, Richard Roberts and Rich Loizou - were jailed for taking part in a lorry protest lasting nearly 100 hours outside Cuadrilla's shale gas site.

The prosecutor claimed that the protest caused traffic disruption, inconvenience to businesses and additional costs. Under capitalism, big business calls the tune and the government and the judiciary usually dance to it.

The High Court injunctions used against anti-fracking protesters could well be used by other capitalist companies seeking to prevent peaceful protest.