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Socialist Lawyer

Issue 65

Issue date: 01 October 2013

Back Matter
Front Matter	1
Austerity, legal aid, and fighting back Liz Davies	3
Re-born in the USA Paul Heron	4
A retrograde step David Renton	5
Broken promises Brian Richardson	6
Fighting for Vadim's freedom Paul Heron	7
Legal aid battle hots up	8
Carry on regardless Connor Johnston	9
Tories' contempt for the poor Rebecca Harvey	10
ELDH news and events Bill Bowring	11
Who is that man in the Lord Chancellor's seat? Clare Sambrook points a finger at Chris Grayling, the Tory minister enjoying his job of destroying legal aid Clare Sambrook	12
New threat to the right to protest: Stephen Knight on the new arrest tactic to include legal observers and Michael Goold and Emily Elliott on an important victory in the High Court against the Met police and its kettling actions Stephen Knight, Michael Goold, Emily Elliott	14
Eddie Gilfoyle: miscarriage of justice: Jacob Bindman on the tragic suicide which inexplicably became a murder Jacob Bindman	18
Kenya: a new constitution: Willy Mutunga on the culmination of almost five decades of struggles Willy Mutunga	20
The poetry of Talha Ahsan: who is currently in pre-trial solitary confinement in a supermax prison since his extradition to the USA with co-defendant Babar Ahmad Talha Ahsan	24
Ballots or banners?: Film maker Pablo Navarrete looks at how student protests in Chile have a political dimension Pablo Navarrete	26
Extortion, torture, death: price of migration to US: Fiona McPhail reports from the preliminary hearing of the international Permanent People's Tribunal in Mexico City Fiona McPhail	28
It started with a bus fare increase…: Rio-based Damian Platt analyses Brazil's 2013 mass demonstrations Damian Platt	30
What lies behind the ‘urban crisis’? Joviano Mayer and William Azalim look at the roots of the anger in Brazil Joviano Mayer, William Azalim	34
Agreement of the people: Paul Feldman on the campaign for a British constitution Paul Feldman	38
Rights or wrongs?: Bill Bowring replies to David Renton's ‘Do socialists still have an alternative concept of rights?’ Bill Bowring	40
Self determination: Steven Walker looks at what influenced young Cuban lawyer Fidel Castro Steven Walker	43
Uncovering decades of deception Anna Morris	44
A special practice John Hobson	45
Institutional culpability Liz Davies	45
Original and gripping Damian Platt	46
Expertly done Elizabeth Forrester	46