The Conservative Party has just quietly axed yet another manifesto housing pledge, hoping no one would notice. Unfortunately the media has, as it relates to a controversial area of housing…
Hunched in his market workshop in a northern Dakar suburb, Cheikh Lo recounted why he had pinned all his hopes on Senegal’s anti-establishment president elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye. “We’ve suffered…
German trade union members in the rail industry have won a resounding victory against their employer Deutsche Bahn – getting it to reduce their working to to 35 hours WITHOUT…
A newly-formed political party, offering ‘democratic eco-socialism’ has announced its first candidate for the upcoming general election – whenever that may be. So, it seems the Social Justice Party means…
The UK High Court has ruled that jailed publisher Julian Assange MAY be able to stop his extradition to the US – but only if judges think any assurances given…
Palestine Action has once again shown the power of direct action – by shutting down another UK weapons factory. Meanwhile, activists in the US have stepped up their campaign, also…
Britain is in the midst of a social care crisis, thanks to successive Conservative Party governments. Staff shortages, increasing energy prices, and the cost of living crisis are squeezing care…
On Saturday 23 March around two hundred people gathered outside the new Elbit Horizon H2 factory in Filton, north Bristol. It was to protest against the company’s complicity in Israel‘s…
The Labour Party‘s shadow work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall has announced some more of her plans for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). This time, they dangerously involved…
Britain’s housing stock offers the poorest value for money among advanced nations. That’s the verdict of a Resolution Foundation study published on Monday 25 March. It warns that the UK’s…
Joe Biden and the US congress have continued to act in step with Israel’s ongoing colonisation and genocide in Palestine. Congress passed a bill that contained a long-term provision that…
Thursday 21 of March was the International Day of Forests. Naturally then, tree-burning bioenergy giant Drax marked the occasion by dropping its annual report. On the very same day however,…