Report: University Docks Pay From Lecturer for Strike While He Was Having Heart Surgery
Andrew Kersley
SOAS has been accused of ‘gross incompetence’ after deducting pay for lecturers over a strike that they didn’t actually take part in.
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Report: Israeli Forces Are Deliberately Shooting at Palestinian Paramedics
Daisy Schofield
Amid the deadliest year on record for Palestinians in the West Bank, paramedics tell Novara Media Israeli soldiers are driving them away from casualties with sniper fire, targeting ambulances with live ammunition and confiscating their bulletproof vests.
Opinion: Why Does Every Politician Need a Sob Story?
Aaron Bastani
If ‘progressive’ centrist politicians really want to strike a chord, they need a compelling story for the country, writes Aaron Bastani, not just more hard luck stories about themselves.
Feature: Meet the French MP Who Went From Cleaning Hotel Rooms to Taking on the Country’s Political Elite
Olly Haynes
Speaking to Novara Media, Rachel Keke slams France’s ‘seriously disconnected’ centrist politicians.
Report: Manchester Police Drop Discriminatory Carnival Bans
Moya Lothian-McLean
Greater Manchester Police abandoned plans to ban people from a local Caribbean carnival after Novara Media revealed that Black people were eight times more likely to be targeted.
Report: Asylum Seekers in London Are Protesting Poor Living Conditions and Long Wait Times
Sophie K Rosa
A series of asylum-seeker-led protests this year has drawn attention to deteriorating conditions in the overcrowded, poor-quality accommodation refugees are forced to live in.
Report: Housing Charity Accused of Trying to ‘Get Around Law’ to Break Strike
Polly Smythe
Employers are no longer allowed to use agency workers to undermine strikes, so St Mungo’s have simply given strike-breaking agency workers short-term contracts.
Review: The New ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’ Doesn’t Just Preach to the Converted
Juliet Jacques
By transposing the Italian play to London in the 2020s, Daniel Raggett’s new production is a memorable piece of consciousness-raising, argues Juliet Jacques.
Feature: School Exclusions Are Ruining Poor, Black and Disabled Students’ Lives
Daisy Schofield
Pupil suspensions are now at a six-year high, with local councils reportedly asking pupil referral units to take more excluded children than they have space for.
Obituary: Mario Tronti Helped Us See Class Struggle
Craig Gent
With the passing of Mario Tronti, we’ve lost a thinker who showed us that working-class struggle isn’t capital’s remainder, but its impetus, writes Craig Gent.
Report: Activists Wipe Out Land Rover Fleet By Drilling Holes in Tyres
Clare Hymer
Activists have destroyed the tyres of around 60 SUVs at a Jaguar dealership in Exeter after a Land Rover crashed into an outdoor tea party, leaving two children dead.
Report: ‘It’s a Scandal’: How Property Developers Failed to Sell a Single Flat in Balfron Tower
Ella Jessel
Analysis: Brits Have Fallen Out of Love With the BBC
Ell Folan
New data shows trust in the BBC has plunged dramatically amongst both left and rightwingers. Ell Folan explains.
Opinion: Labour or the SNP? It’s Not Much of a Choice for Working Class Scots
Jonathon Shafi
Scotland deserves better than a rightwing Labour party committed to a two-child benefit cap or a neoliberal SNP without a real independence strategy, argues Jonathon Shafi.
Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Position on Austerity Is Almost Identical to the Tories’
Aaron Bastani
With his 'tough' position on public spending Keir Starmer is being far more dishonest than Liz Truss - and far more outlandish than Jeremy Corbyn.
Analysis: Fossil Fuel Companies Are Paying Influencers to Do Their PR
Sam Bright
In a leaked document, BP lamented being seen as ‘one of the bad guys’ and said it would pay influencers to help rebrand the oil company as more ‘relatable, passionate and authentic’.
Report: Councils Are Paying Dodgy Bailiffs to Collect Tax Debts
Andrew Kersley
With unpaid council tax hitting a record high, councils are turning to debt collectors. But with histories of controversy and questions over their efficacy, campaigners are demanding a stop to the practice. Andrew Kersley reports.
Opinion: Mental Health Diagnoses Are Capitalist Constructs
Micha Frazer-Carroll
Mental and physical diagnoses aren’t objective facts that exist in nature, writes Micha Frazer-Carroll: they're constructed by capitalism.