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How Europe’s Migrant Crisis Reached the Canary Islands

Eoghan Gilmartin & Tommy Greene

As the world watches the volcanic eruption and tourists return, the Canary Islands have become the latest frontier of Europe’s war on migrants. Tommy Greene and Eoghan Gilmartin report.

gmb refuse workers strike

For Glasgow’s Striking Refuse Workers, Social and Climate Justice Are Inseparable

Ella Glover

Refuse workers in Glasgow went on strike during Cop26 to demand better pay and working conditions, shining a light on the vital role they play in the fight to protect our environment - and they're ready to strike again.

The Inside Story of Keir Starmer’s Farcical Diversity Audit

Oliver Eagleton

As Black Lives Matter drove a clamour for institutional change in 2020, Labour promised to respond. A year later, party insiders speak of union busting and double-standards in the name of diversity. Oliver Eagleton reports.

Workplace Strikes in the US Are Surging – But Workers Have a Difficult Path to Victory

Luis Feliz Leon and Maximillian Alvarez

Discontent fuelled a notable uptick in strikes in the US last month, dubbed ‘Striketober’. Rather than simply celebrating this increase in worker militancy, the left must focus on turning this moment into a movement.

John Major

The British Government Exploited the Angolan Civil War to Lobby for BP

Stephen Delahunty

Newly declassified documents show that John Major’s government leveraged Angola’s need for peacekeeping support to push the oil company’s interests. Stephen Delahunty reports.

Anti-government demonstration in Bangkok

Students and Gig Economy Workers Are Uniting to Fight Capitalism in Thailand

Gabriel Ernst

In Thailand, a radical alliance between leftist students and freshly unionised gig-economy workers is adding a new dimension to the battle against capitalism, dictatorship and the monarchy. Gabriel Ernst reports.

Cornish Nationalists Are Calling for an End to Westminster Rule. Here’s Why

Rebecca Tidy

Its unique history makes Cornwall an unusual case within conversations around devolution. Rebecca Tidy looks at the reasons why many Cornish people are seeking great autonomy from Westminster.

‘Fuck You, It’s Class’: How Welsh Pride Went Mainstream

Gina Tonic

For many people who grew up in the south Wales valleys, there was once a real sense of shame attached to being Welsh. But from renewed interest in the national football team to the emerging independence movement, Welsh pride is seeing a resurgence. Gina Tonic reports.

Berlin Just Voted to Abolish Major Corporate Landlords

Isaac Würmann

Berliners have voted to expropriate nearly 250,000 apartments - transferring them from corporate landlords to public ownership. Isaac Würmann reports.

Amazon Amazon Fresh food capitalism London

Amazon’s ‘Total-Surveillance’ Supermarkets Have Arrived

Sophie K Rosa

As Amazon quietly launches its chain of convenience stores in the UK, campaigners are keen to raise the alarm about what it could mean for our freedom.

How We Won: The Ugandan Feminists Who Overturned an Anti-Porn Law

Sophie K Rosa

Ending a six-year battle, feminist campaigners in Uganda have overturned a law designed to criminalise pornography, but which ended up criminalising women’s sexuality. While this victory is undoubtedly important, there is a bigger war to be fought, they say.

image of a crowd of protestors in london with pink and red signs reading "sex work is work", "outlaw poverty not prostitutes", "rights not raids" and "soho says: safety for sex workers"

OnlyFans’ Ban – and Its Suspension – Shows That Banks Have a Chokehold on Sex Work

Marin Scarlett

A muddled legal landscape provides the perfect cover for financial institutions to discriminate with impunity, writes Marin Scarlett.

The Rider-Owned Food Courier Coop Taking on Deliveroo

Alex D King

A group of former Deliveroo riders have set up their own food courier cooperative as an alternative to the exploitative conditions of the gig economy. Alex D King reports.

People gathered inside Latin Village

How We Won: The Community That Saved Latin Village From Demolition

Sophie K Rosa

After a 15-year fight, traders and residents have seized back London's last Latin market, straight from the jaws of property developers. The site, once slated for demolition, will now be managed by the community.

How We Won: The Mother Who Stopped Her Son’s Deportation

Mark Montegriffo

A mother, with the help of the public, activists, journalists, celebrities and MPs, fought the Home Office to successfully stop the deportation of her autistic son Osime Brown. Mark Montegriffo reports.

A Deportation Flight Just Left for Vietnam. Why Was It So Hard to Stop?

Rivkah Brown

Despite the valiant efforts of activists, the Home Office flight went ahead as planned on Wednesday afternoon. Rivkah Brown looks at why it couldn’t be stopped.

A Group of Renters Just Won £19,000 From Their Billionaire Landlord – And They’re Just Getting Started

Rivkah Brown

In a historic victory for renters everywhere, Somerford Grove Renters successfully sued their lawyered-up landlord and are now preparing dozens more suits. If successful, they stand to win half a million pounds. Rivkah Brown reports.

A food bank

Jobcentre Staff Were Taught to Inflict ‘Psychological Harm’ on the Unemployed

Sophie K Rosa

A new report reveals how the coalition government pressured jobcentre staff to bully the unemployed out of claiming benefits. Sophie K Rosa reports.

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