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7 Reflections on the Battle of Parliament Square and the 2010 Student Movement

Craig McVegas and Arianna Tassinari

It's five years since the ‘Battle of Parliament Square’, when students marched on parliament to oppose the tripling of tuition fees. Many left bloodied, others radicalised and many more exhausted. Here are some thoughts on what we can learn.

7 Ways in 7 Days We Can Show Solidarity with the People of Syria

Tabitha Bast

Feeling powerless following parliament’s vote to bomb Syria and not sure what to do next? Somewhere between overwhelming hopelessness and heading off to join the YPJ there are a range of everyday acts of solidarity. Here are a week’s worth.

6 Reasons We Need an Intersectional Approach to Climate Change

Maddy Winters

At the recent London Climate March, stewards tried to push the Global South bloc to the back of the protest, exemplifying the way NGOs routinely sanitise the environmental movement in spite of the people worst affected by climate change.

Long Read: On Airstrikes

James Butler

Sunday Long Read: The parliamentary vote to bomb Syria has provoked indignant rage across the country. Why is the case for airstrikes so shaky, who our Cameron’s allies and what support can we offer those in - and fleeing from - the region?

3 Reasons Hilary Benn’s Use of the International Brigades to Justify Bombing Syria Was Ignorant

Javier Moreno Zacarés

In his lauded speech in the Commons this week, Hilary Benn invoked the memory of the antifascist International Bridges to justify the bombing of Syria. In doing so, he ignored history to bolster British jingoism.

COPing out: what will it take to overcome the environmental movement’s impasse?

Nicholas Beuret

COP21 Special: The UN Climate Change conference (aka COP21) begins today in Paris. Following the recent attacks, the planned protest marches have been banned, but should that really leave the environmental movement struggling for ideas?

Long Read: ASR-Hole, Period Drama and Osborne’s Blood Money

Cameron Holleran

Sunday Long Read: The autumn spending review revealed Osborne will maintain the loathsome tampon tax and offer the cash to women's charities in a pathetic attempt to patch over the disproportionate effects his welfare cuts have on women.

Arts Strike Now! 5 Reasons Cultural Workers are Boycotting the Zabludowicz Collection

BDZ Group

Amid the erosion of public arts funding, the private Zabludowicz Collection has stepped up as the post-austerity arts pathbreaker. Notorious for its complicity in Israeli militarism, it is now the target of a boycott by cultural workers.

Walkout, strike…then strike again? Next steps for the UK student movement

Josh Berlyne and Rachel Hallam

Medical doctors are being squeezed and the recent HE Green Paper signals tuition fees could rise again before long. The UK student movement intends to escalate its tactics: can it succeed where the 2010 student movement failed?

‘Socialism with an iPad’: Is John McDonnell a Corbo-Futurist?

Callum Cant

As George Osborne’s total failure to meet his own deficit reduction targets was made embarrassingly clear last week, John McDonnell has laid out his vision of an economy of the future.

Long Read: If we want to challenge terrorism, we need to tackle climate change

Steve Rushton

Sunday Long Read: Following the Paris attacks, the French authorities banned planned marches at the forthcoming UN Climate Conference. This is counterproductive for tackling ISIS: the climate movement needs to be listened to in order to tackle terrorism.

Why can’t today’s mainstream media deal with anti-establishment politicians?

Ali Reza Naraghi

Jeremy Corbyn gets mauled and Bernie Sanders doesn't get a look-in. Meanwhile Donald Trump and Nigel Farage seem to be conducting the media orchestra. Why is it the mainstream media can't handle threats to the status quo?

Contesting Detention: A #ShutDownYarlsWood Photo Essay

Rosie Polya

A recent Movement for Justice protest at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre was the largest yet, attended by an estimated 1000 people. This photo essay explores the voices of those inside and outside the detention centre as pressure builds to shut it down.

After the Paris Attacks: 4 Questions We Need to Ask

James Butler

Following the Paris attacks, the right across Europe has already demanded military vengeance, the closure of Europe’s borders to refugees, and ramped-up domestic surveillance powers.

Long Read: Up Against the Housing Gatekeepers

Izzy Koksal

Sunday Long Read: Possession orders are on the rise and landlords are lobbying to make evictions even swifter. Meanwhile, housing offices are implementing 'gatekeeping' practices to against homeless applicants.

‘The government killed our family’: In Conversation with Refugees in Athens

Tomas Lynch

Pedion Tou Areos has become a makeshift refugee camp in central Athens, with many people passing through to central and western Europe from Syria and Afghanistan. Here some of the residents share their reflections and hopes.

Why Boris Johnson’s high-rise ambitions will have Londoners living in the shadows

Adam Robertson

Boris Johnson's answer to London's growing population is simply to build tall, fattening the wallets of investors in the process. In doing so, he contradicts the point of the capital's original high-rise estates.

Indonesia’s forest fires show we need to talk about palm oil

Ben Morris

Forest fires are still blazing in Indonesia while the mainstream media looks away. Caused by land clearances undertaken to farm palm oil, the disaster forces us to think about our increasing reliance on the crop.

7 Reflections on the Battle of Parliament Square and the 2010 Student Movement

Craig McVegas and Arianna Tassinari

7 Ways in 7 Days We Can Show Solidarity with the People of Syria

Tabitha Bast

6 Reasons We Need an Intersectional Approach to Climate Change

Maddy Winters

Long Read: On Airstrikes

James Butler

3 Reasons Hilary Benn’s Use of the International Brigades to Justify Bombing Syria Was Ignorant

Javier Moreno Zacarés

COPing out: what will it take to overcome the environmental movement’s impasse?

Nicholas Beuret

Long Read: ASR-Hole, Period Drama and Osborne’s Blood Money

Cameron Holleran

Arts Strike Now! 5 Reasons Cultural Workers are Boycotting the Zabludowicz Collection

BDZ Group

Walkout, strike…then strike again? Next steps for the UK student movement

Josh Berlyne and Rachel Hallam

‘Socialism with an iPad’: Is John McDonnell a Corbo-Futurist?

Callum Cant

Long Read: If we want to challenge terrorism, we need to tackle climate change

Steve Rushton

Why can’t today’s mainstream media deal with anti-establishment politicians?

Ali Reza Naraghi

Contesting Detention: A #ShutDownYarlsWood Photo Essay

Rosie Polya

After the Paris Attacks: 4 Questions We Need to Ask

James Butler

Long Read: Up Against the Housing Gatekeepers

Izzy Koksal

‘The government killed our family’: In Conversation with Refugees in Athens

Tomas Lynch

Why Boris Johnson’s high-rise ambitions will have Londoners living in the shadows

Adam Robertson

Indonesia’s forest fires show we need to talk about palm oil

Ben Morris

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7 Reflections on the Battle of Parliament Square and the 2010 Student Movement

Craig McVegas and Arianna Tassinari

7 Ways in 7 Days We Can Show Solidarity with the People of Syria

Tabitha Bast

6 Reasons We Need an Intersectional Approach to Climate Change

Maddy Winters

Long Read: On Airstrikes

James Butler

3 Reasons Hilary Benn’s Use of the International Brigades to Justify Bombing Syria Was Ignorant

Javier Moreno Zacarés

COPing out: what will it take to overcome the environmental movement’s impasse?

Nicholas Beuret

Long Read: ASR-Hole, Period Drama and Osborne’s Blood Money

Cameron Holleran

Arts Strike Now! 5 Reasons Cultural Workers are Boycotting the Zabludowicz Collection

BDZ Group

Walkout, strike…then strike again? Next steps for the UK student movement

Josh Berlyne and Rachel Hallam

‘Socialism with an iPad’: Is John McDonnell a Corbo-Futurist?

Callum Cant

Long Read: If we want to challenge terrorism, we need to tackle climate change

Steve Rushton

Why can’t today’s mainstream media deal with anti-establishment politicians?

Ali Reza Naraghi

Contesting Detention: A #ShutDownYarlsWood Photo Essay

Rosie Polya

After the Paris Attacks: 4 Questions We Need to Ask

James Butler

Long Read: Up Against the Housing Gatekeepers

Izzy Koksal

‘The government killed our family’: In Conversation with Refugees in Athens

Tomas Lynch

Why Boris Johnson’s high-rise ambitions will have Londoners living in the shadows

Adam Robertson

Indonesia’s forest fires show we need to talk about palm oil

Ben Morris

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