Report: A Mining Museum Has Threatened Workers Speaking Out About Strikes
by 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.
Tag: miners strike
Opinion: Anti-Vax Canadian Truckers Deserve Our Solidarity
by 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
by 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
by 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
by 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."