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Feature: Ctrl Meets Adam Deacon

Having kindly taking time out of his busy acting schedule to be on the judging panel of our film competition, we borrowed another ten minutes from Adam Deacon - star of Kidulthood, Adulthood and Dubplate Drama - to get the low down on life under the spotlight...

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Blog: Gavin Martin

On the evening of April 1st, at about 10pm, I completed the public transport leg of my journey home at Liverpool Street station in the City of London, only to find nearly every exit blocked. One was still open and it allowed people to spill out of the station on streets around it. But access to the...

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Win tickets to National Film Premiere

On Thursday May 14th, Ctrl.Alt.Shift will premiere the 5 short films made by the up-and-coming young filmmakers that won our film competition at the end of last year. Each film tackles current global issues and injustices.The evening marks the culmination of a national competition launched by Ctrl....

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Feature: Who Polices The Police?

Nicky Fisher, who is shown in video footage being assaulted by a police sergeant at the vigil for Ian Tomlinson, has reportedly hired Max Clifford to represent her, and is rumoured to be asking £50k for an exclusive interview. It might seem like a bizarre juxtaposition – Clifford, typically...

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Young Blood: Put People First Visteon

The G20 protests may be over, but those aggravated by injustice aren't planning on shutting up and bowing out any time soon - as proven by the wave of worker protests across the nation at car parts firm Visteon. I remember the Put People First march on March 28th, the first of many G20...

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Ctrl.Alt.Shift @ The Tamil ProtestsCtrl.Alt.Shift @ The Tamil Protests

Last Monday, a friend of mine called me to say there was a protest going on outside Parliament. "Thousands of Tamils are here", he urged. Intrigued by how this had happened considering it is now illegal to demonstrate within a 1km zone of Parliament Square under section 132 of the...

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Blog: Russell Myrie

It's looking increasingly likely that the fallout from the G20 protests will have the same far reaching consequences for policing seen after the Brixton riots, Hillsborough, and the Stephen Lawrence inquiry.

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Ctrl.Alt.Shift @ New Scotland Yard Protest

If you haven't seen the footage from the G20 protests by now, you must've been sleeping. Police officers backhanding women, beating peaceful demonstrators with batons, and pushing over Ian Tomlinson, allegedly causing his tragic death (a view held by many). The Stop the War Coalition were...

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Young Blood: When Climate Camp Got Ugly

Climate Camp in the city took center stage at Bishopsgate, Central London at exactly 12.30. Dozens of tents were simultaneously pitched in the street and activists sat down on picnic rugs along the road, despite the efforts of a few police who had no option but to retreat to the pavement. Within...

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Young Blood: Activism by Numbers

Numbers was what got talked about this G20. Maybe it's because when you talk about numbers you don't have to talk about individuals and their lives, but leave that whole issue for another time. These numbers were big, like 10 million extra children facing starvation, or how about 1.1 trillion non-...

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