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Solidarity with migrants isn’t ‘terrorism’ – the Stansted 15 case shames the UK
GRACIE BRADLEY 11 December 2018 for openDemocracy We should cherish dissenters trying to stop human rights abuses – not imprison them under anti-terrorism laws designed to prevent further Lockerbie bombings. In March 2017, fifteen people tried to stop a secretive…
Mistrust and earthquakes: why Lancashire communities are so shaken by fracking tremors
Anna Szolucha, Northumbria University, Newcastle for The Conversation After a month of tranquillity, fracking has resumed at the Preston New Road site near Blackpool triggering the biggest tremor to date. There have been 12 tremors over a four-day period, including…
Stand with the #Stansted15 for International Migrants Day
Tuesday December 18 Organized by Unis Resist Border Controls, South Asia Solidarity Group, No Borders Leeds, Manchester Palestine Action, End Deportations For International Migrants Day on Tuesday 18 December, activists from all over the UK will stand in solidarity with the…
Rights that protect against socioeconomic disadvantage are long overdue – the UK is already paying the price
Peter Roderick, Newcastle University and Allyson Pollock, Newcastle University, for The Conversation In 2018, two anniversaries and a crucial decision loom large in the UK. We saw in the 70th anniversary of the NHS in July, while December 10 marks…
Brexit or no Brexit, life-changing medicines already aren’t getting through
HEIDI CHOW 29 November 2018 Big Pharma is hurting the NHS [UK National Health Service] at its core – here’s what we need to do, if we’re bold enough. Warnings of price hikes, supply problems and stockpiling under a no-deal…
Preston [UK] changed its fortunes with ‘Corbynomics’ – now other cities are doing the same
Julian Manley, University of Central Lancashire for The Conversation I am sure they are an estimable bunch, but Preston Council are not the locomotive of the UK economy. We Conservatives know that it is only a strong private sector economy…
Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants
Inspired by Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners in the 1980s, Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants (LGSMigrants) is a queer group that stands in solidarity with other communities facing state violence and media attacks. In the current political climate,…
Nuclear power reveals the absurdity of Britain’s political economy
By TOM KELSEY 4 September 2018 for openDemocracy Hinkley Point C is the latest in a long string of misguided nuclear policies. Hinkley Point C makes no sense, least of all for electricity consumers. The foreign companies building the nuclear…
Women vow to continue campaign for safe abortion in Argentina…
…in spite of negative vote from the Senate, with a little help from the Pope. Disappointing news for activists demanding safe and free termination of pregnancy (as opposed to back street, often lethal, abortions in particular for the less well…
UK: A national government would only deliver for the rich
By DIANE ABBOTT MP 21 July 2018 “The national interest” always ends up meaning the interests of the banks, financial services and industrialists. There is a growing chorus of voices calling for some kind of national government. Sometimes it is expressed by…
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