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Scuffles as travellers’ ‘Kill The Bill’ demo ends in clashes with police in London

Scuffles as travellers’ ‘Kill The Bill’ demo ends in clashes with police in LondonTravellers, gypsies, and squatters gathered in London on Wednesday (July 7) to protest against a new government bill which, if passed, will criminalise trespass with the intention … Continue reading

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‘The police bill is wiping out a culture’: New Travellers take a stand

If it becomes law, residing on land without permission would be a criminal offence, threatening a way of life for communities across the UK by Harriet Grant Guardian, Mon 5 Jul 2021 14.45 BST “Iam worried that not everyone knows what … Continue reading

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‘They thought we were terrorists’: meet Joe Rush, the master of mutoid art and king of Glastonbury

The punky master of outsider art was once a pariah, thrown out of Britain for his anarchist ways. Now, he’s a national treasure. Joe Rush relives 40 years of sticking it to the ‘straight world’ “They thought we were terrorists,” … Continue reading

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The Police Bill – new threat or just lazy racism?

Johnny Eastleigh looks at 500 years of attempts by parliament to create outlaws of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller population It’s no news to any of us anymore that Romany people were targets of the Egyptians Act 1530. The Act went … Continue reading

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“We Are People Too”: A blog by Chris McDonagh on growing up as an Irish Traveller

Chris McDonagh is a Campaigns Officer at Friends, Families and Travellers. Chris is an Irish Traveller and grew up travelling around the United Kingdom. Here he writes on his personal experiences of growing up within the Travelling community, both good and … Continue reading

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Stoney Cross

5th JUNE 1986 Stoney Cross, Hampshire. Operation Daybreak eviction from site and ‘The Walk’. A year after the Beanfield…. and still they haven’t finished yet [KillTheBill]. Upwards xxhttps://www.facebook.com/tashuk/posts/10158552103536799 Beanfield set from earlier https://www.facebook.com/tashuk/posts/10158544497391799

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