DTRTP Newsletter: Trenton’s victory, Justice 4 Mark, Prisoner Solidarity & #copsoffcamps

Posted on 18 December 202118 December 2021 by admin

DtRtP’s December newsletter, covering Trenton Odlfied’s fantastic victory against Theresa Mays attempt to deport him, updates on #copsoffcampus & the Sussex Five & on the Inquest into Mark Duggan’s death.… Read More

Responses to the repression of the #copsoffcampus demo.

Posted on 10 December 2021 by admin

The Guardian has published some fantastic responses the police riot last Wednesday. Hundreds of lecturers and education staff have signed statements of support.… Read More

Nadine in the Guardian on Trenton and Deepa’s victory.

Posted on 10 December 2021 by admin

Nadine, from DTRTP, has written a fantastic piece in the Guardian today about how Deepa and Trenton’s victory against Theresa May might signal greater justice in the future for migrants.… Read More

Campaigning leads to reopening of probe into Sean Rigg’s Death.

Posted on 10 December 2021 by admin

The IPCC have re-opened the probe into Sean Rigg’s death by the hands of police in Brixton police station in 2008.… Read More

Lecturers must stand with students to preserve the right to protest -statement now on-line to sign

Posted on 10 December 202110 December 2021 by admin

The campus battlelines are clear: staff, students on one side against university management, police and courts on the other. … Read More

UK Academic Staff Statement Against the Criminalisation of Protest

Posted on 9 December 202110 December 2021 by admin

Statement by UK Academic Staff Against the Criminalisation of Protest (9 December 2021) [To sign please email info@defendtherighttoprotest.org] Last week marked a threshold in the long-running assault on students’ rights and on the future of public education in general.… Read More

Trade Unions back Trenton against attempts to deport him

Posted on 9 December 2021 by admin

Five General Secretaries of major unions in Britain have backed Trenton. (see below) 101 people have also provided character references attesting to Trenton and the “public good”: http://www.deepanaik-trentonoldfield.net We the undersigned call on Theresa May to stop the deportation of Trenton Oldfield.… Read More

Protest at Trenton Oldfield’s tribunal today!

Posted on 8 December 20219 December 2021 by admin

STOP THE DEPORTATION OF TRENTON OLDFIELD Tribunal Monday 9th December, Taylor House, Rosebury Ave, EC1R 4QU Protest outside, 9.30am.… Read More

Cops off campus! Stop the criminalisation of students!

Posted on 8 December 2021 by admin

Over the last week, we have seen a violent crackdown on student protests, including students being suspended, kettled and arrested en masse, injunctions against protests on campus… Here are a few meetings we are taking part in over the next week to discuss this attack on our right to protest and how we can fight back - hope you can come along!… Read More

UCU’s Higher Education Committee passes an emergency motion in support of the Sussex Five

Posted on 8 December 2021 by admin

UCU’s Higher Education Committee passes an emergency motion in support of the Sussex Five: Stop criminalisation of student protesters at the University of Sussex HEC notes: • Five University of Sussex students were suspended on 4th Dec.… Read More