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Socialist Lawyer

Issue 68

Issue date: 01 October 2014

Back Matter
Front Matter	1
Taboos and stigma need to be fought Tim Potter	3
Revoking citizenship: ‘a form of punishment more punitive than torture’ Agnieszka Grabianka-Hindley	4
Unwelcome figures David Renton	5
The college making space for socialism in university life Guy Collender	6
Union links always strong Bill Bowring	7
Will food banks be just a way of life? Paul Heron	8
Testing times for Grayling Connor Johnston	9
Cowboys are in a league of their own Will Simpson	10
Supreme Court gives new rights to trafficking victims Jamila Duncan Bosu	11
Gerry Conlon: Gareth Peirce on the death of Gerry Conlon; and why Gerry's life is a reminder that wrongful convictions happen everywhere, by Michael Naughton Gareth Peirce, Michael Naughton	12
Ecocide: Prisca Merz argues it is now time to act against the large-scale damage or destruction of ecosystems Prisca Merz	16
Water cannon: In June the Metropolitan police bought a supply of water cannon from Germany. Natalie Sedacca asks if it is for preventing disorder or quelling democratic rights? Natalie Sedacca	20
Creating Memory is our Weapon: Photo essay featuring the work of B+ and Coleman of the famous march in 2001 on Mexico City by the insurgent Indian people of Chiapas	23
Black and dangerous? Rebecca Omonira asks why are black people with mental health problems more likely to be heavily medicated, restrained and detained against their will? Rebecca Omonira	28
The United States, Colombia and the spread of the death squad state: Daniel Kovalik looks at how the US maintains its ‘false-positive’ nightmare in Colombia Daniel Kovalik	36
Swiss judiciary declines justice: Annelen Micus reports on the murder of Colombian Nestlé worker and Sinaltrainal trade unionist Luciano Romero Annelen Micus	38
One of many Saturdays in prison: Camilo Insuasty-Obando recounts visiting his mother, a leading political campaigner, in prison in Colombia Camilo Insuasty-Obando	40
New York's toxic justice for the Ecuadorian oilfields: Corporate America dumps on Ecuador's indigenous people, argues Alexander J. Preiss Alexander J. Preiss	42
System chose cover up over justice Shanthi Sivakumaran	44
Much to learn from courageous youngsters Brian Richardson	45
‘Our past illuminates the present’ Peter Arkell	46