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Long Read: How Do We Reclaim the Northern Soul?

Craig Gent

Northern England was deliberately torn apart within living memory. Putting it back together will demand a total overhaul of the British constitution, writes our North of England Editor Craig Gent.

Pickets at the National Coal Mining Museum of England. Photo: @UnisonWakey on Twitter

Report: A Mining Museum Has Threatened Workers Speaking Out About Strikes

Polly Smythe

The National Coal Mining Museum of England has a whole display about the miners' strike, but it won't let its staff speak out about current strike action.

A protester stands in front of police officers, who stand guard on a street after Windsor Police said that they are starting to enforce a court order to clear truckers and supporters who have been protesting against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates by blocking access to the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit and Windsor, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada February 12, 2022.

Opinion: Anti-Vax Canadian Truckers Deserve Our Solidarity

Shanice McBean

Justin Trudeau is freezing the bank accounts of Canadian truckers protesting vaccine mandates. The left should be up in arms, argues Shanice McBean, whatever we think of the protesters’ politics.

How to Bring Down a Government: Lessons From 1974

Callum Cant

With a fifth of the population living in poverty, impending climate breakdown and Boris Johnson in Downing Street, if there was ever a time to bring down the government, it’s now. What can we learn from the successes of the miners’ strike?

Long Read: On the Frontlines of Neoliberalism: Resource Extraction and Popular Resistance in Colombia

Milo Phillips

Colombia's programme of neoliberal reforms is wreaking social and environmental havoc, channeling the profits from the country's natural resources into the coffers of private companies. A diverse coalition of residents, activists and unionists is fighting back, in defiance of the state's violent attempts to silence them.

‘Happy Thatcher’s Dead Day’: Twitter Remembers the Iron Lady

Novara Reporters

Today marks the second anniversary of the death of Margaret Thatcher. Twitter has been reflecting on the moment we learned "the lady's not returning."

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