What happens when the very institutions meant to protect us become the ones we must fight against?
Join campaigner Janet Alder and political writer Dan Glazebrook as they present Defiance: Racial Injustice, Police Brutality, A Sister's Fight for the Truth, a damning account of one of the most notorious deaths in custody in UK history—and the decades-long battle to uncover what really happened.
The police killing of Christopher Alder involved the destruction of evidence, a whitewash investigation, and illegal surveillance. For decades, his sister Janet has relentlessly fought for justice, fearlessly holding UK state institutions to account. This probing exposé draws on exhaustive documentary evidence alongside Janet's personal story of uncovering the truth in a system designed to obscure it.
Janet has written for the New Statesman, and her campaign has been reported on by the BBC, Socialist Worker, and the Guardian. Dan is a political writer whose work has appeared in the Guardian, Independent, and Counterpunch, and whose first book Divide and Ruin examines Western foreign policy.
In conversation, together they will explore what Janet's story reveals about institutional racism, police accountability, and the sophisticated methods used by state institutions to evade justice.
"This book has it all. And we need to read it all, feel it all. Then take it all to others... Her story of struggle against almighty odds reflects the story of our times both inside and outside the justice system." Michael Mansfield KC

The ‘stream and book’ package includes a unique ticket for the stream, and a copy of Defiance (RRP £9.99) deliverable to any UK address.
The event will initially be broadcast on November 7 at 6.30pm UK time. It will be available to view up to two weeks after the event has ended and can be accessed Worldwide. If you live in a time zone that does not suit the initial broadcast time you can watch it at any point after the initial showing for two weeks.
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