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INJUSTICE IN COURT
Injustice in court. At the end of last month, Amnesty International warned of ‘a terrible day for British justice’ after the justice and security bill, which extends so-called ‘secret court’ powers into the main civil courts in England and Wales, passed through the House of Lords. The bill has nothing to do with ‘justice’ or KENNY BELL: FROM LOSS TO LIVING LEGACY Participatory, empowering organisation . Kenny’s starting point, and returning point, was the need constantly to build, renew and develop a strong and creative trade union in the workplace; an organisation able also to reach out to the city and fellow citizens, to be a strong base for a regional strategy and to be a resource for internationalsolidarity.
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CLASSIC BOOK: POLICING THE CRISIS Policing the Crisis, first published in 1978, remains one of the most thorough, powerful and persuasive accounts of how ‘public consent’ for new forms of statecraft and state reform is manufactured. It is a remarkably ambitious and rich study of policing and race relations in the 1970s, collaboratively written by members of the Birmingham CLASSIC BOOK: IF THEY COME IN THE MORNING Angela Davis’s seminal collection of essays If They Come in the Morning loses none of its urgency or prescience nearly 50 years on. From the likes of Black Panthers Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins and Huey Newton to Soledad Brother George Jackson to philosopher Herbert Marcuse, we are given a scathing analysis of the American prison system that remains sadly applicable today. REBEL RAMBLERS: THE POLITICS OF WALKING Rebel ramblers: The politics of walking. By Alex Berger, under a CC license. Every journey begins with a single step. When 250,000 people congregate in central London, then walk from one pre-determined place to another to protest about a visit from a foreign politician, we call it a march or a demonstration. When a million attend a Pride march CHE GUEVARA: THE ECONOMICS OF REVOLUTION Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution by Helen Yaffe, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 368pp, hbk £70, pbk £17.99. Debate this article and the Cuban revolution’s relevance for the left in FORCING MPS TO TAKE AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE MONARCHY Pledging allegiance to the British monarch is a necessary prerequisite for all members of Parliament to take their seats at Westminster. There is an alternative pledge, of ‘solemn affirmation’, which removes the religious element of the oath. MPs who wish to represent constituents at Westminster without endorsing an unelected monarchy REFUGEE FAMILY REUNIFICATION DURING A PANDEMIC WOKE JOKES | RED PEPPERSEE MORE ON REDPEPPER.ORG.UKINJUSTICE IN COURT
Injustice in court. At the end of last month, Amnesty International warned of ‘a terrible day for British justice’ after the justice and security bill, which extends so-called ‘secret court’ powers into the main civil courts in England and Wales, passed through the House of Lords. The bill has nothing to do with ‘justice’ or KENNY BELL: FROM LOSS TO LIVING LEGACY Participatory, empowering organisation . Kenny’s starting point, and returning point, was the need constantly to build, renew and develop a strong and creative trade union in the workplace; an organisation able also to reach out to the city and fellow citizens, to be a strong base for a regional strategy and to be a resource for internationalsolidarity.
THE POLITICS OF COVID-19: THE FRICTIONS AND PROMISES OFSEE MORE ONREDPEPPER.ORG.UK
CLASSIC BOOK: POLICING THE CRISIS Policing the Crisis, first published in 1978, remains one of the most thorough, powerful and persuasive accounts of how ‘public consent’ for new forms of statecraft and state reform is manufactured. It is a remarkably ambitious and rich study of policing and race relations in the 1970s, collaboratively written by members of the Birmingham CLASSIC BOOK: IF THEY COME IN THE MORNING Angela Davis’s seminal collection of essays If They Come in the Morning loses none of its urgency or prescience nearly 50 years on. From the likes of Black Panthers Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins and Huey Newton to Soledad Brother George Jackson to philosopher Herbert Marcuse, we are given a scathing analysis of the American prison system that remains sadly applicable today. REBEL RAMBLERS: THE POLITICS OF WALKING Rebel ramblers: The politics of walking. By Alex Berger, under a CC license. Every journey begins with a single step. When 250,000 people congregate in central London, then walk from one pre-determined place to another to protest about a visit from a foreign politician, we call it a march or a demonstration. When a million attend a Pride march CHE GUEVARA: THE ECONOMICS OF REVOLUTION Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution by Helen Yaffe, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 368pp, hbk £70, pbk £17.99. Debate this article and the Cuban revolution’s relevance for the left in FORCING MPS TO TAKE AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE MONARCHY Pledging allegiance to the British monarch is a necessary prerequisite for all members of Parliament to take their seats at Westminster. There is an alternative pledge, of ‘solemn affirmation’, which removes the religious element of the oath. MPs who wish to represent constituents at Westminster without endorsing an unelected monarchySPORTING POLITICS
Another summer of sport is upon us. Well, maybe. We know better by now than to put dates in the diary without a ‘tbc’ alongside – even erstwhile calendar fixtures like the Olympic Games and European Championships. But while pandemic-induced decisions to UNIONISING YOUR WORKPLACE Unionising your workplace. 1 Keep it quiet at first. When faced with mistreatment in the workplace, it is tempting to respond angrily and spontaneously. It is much more effective, however, to step back and think strategically about long-term solutions. Dissent from an individual may result in that person being singled out as atroublemaker
LAURA CLANCY
The Firm and its long-lasting grip. 12 June 2021 Laura Clancy examines the history of the Crown, its role in empire and its continuing functional and ideological purpose today THE POLITICS OF COVID-19: THE FRICTIONS AND PROMISES OF ‘The group is not built on the idea of a charitable donation of time and effort, but on the principle that at any time, any member could need help or have something to offer’ – the onboarding document of a London mutual aid group. In March, a group of volunteers in Lewisham, south London, set up the first Covid-19 Mutual Aid group to facilitate care efforts for those self-isolating due WHEN TRUTH IS NOT ENOUGH Power can lead to such overweening confidence that its holders believe they can avoid the world as it is if it doesn’t fit their plans, invent a fantasy and expect everyone else to believe it too. Donald Trump has used every weapon at his disposal to uphold his fantasy. Boris Johnson acts as if THE FIRM AND ITS LONG-LASTING GRIP We are usually presented with a set of typical images of the British royal family: the queen as an elderly (great-)grandmother clutching her iconic handbag; Prince William, Kate Middleton and their children as an ‘ordinary, middle-class’ family; ceremonial state spectaclesproviding familiar
WHERE’S LEFT IN CORNWALL? Enshrined in Cornish folklore are stories of rebellions against cases of English government encroachment, such as the Battle of Blackheath in 1497 and the Prayer Book Rebellion in 1549. Yet, unlike in other Celtic nations, there emerged no successful movement to achieve anydegree of Cornish
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU’VE BEEN BLACKLISTED AND WHAT YOU CAN DO If you wish to check whether you are on the Blacklist held by the Consulting Association you can call the ICO’s helpline on 0303 123 1113 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. If your details are not on this list, unfortunately it is very difficult to discover if you are on a blacklist; however, here are a few things to bear in mind andsome
A MAD WORLD: CAPITALISM AND THE RISE OF MENTAL ILLNESS Mental illness is consistently associated with deprivation, low income, unemployment, poor education, poorer physical health and increased health-risk behaviour.’. Some commentators have even suggested that capitalism itself, as a way of being or way of thinking about the world, might be seen as a rather ‘psychopathic’ or pathological system. WHAT DOES BREXIT MEAN FOR MIGRANTS? The system set to replace it, as outlined in the Immigration White Paper, amounts to a levelling down of rights. The headline policy is a salary threshold of £30.000 for prospective immigrants from the EU – which already applies to non-European migrants who come to the UK on a “skilled workers” visa. It’s hard to find a rational REFUGEE FAMILY REUNIFICATION DURING A PANDEMIC WOKE JOKES | RED PEPPERSEE MORE ON REDPEPPER.ORG.UKINJUSTICE IN COURT
Injustice in court. At the end of last month, Amnesty International warned of ‘a terrible day for British justice’ after the justice and security bill, which extends so-called ‘secret court’ powers into the main civil courts in England and Wales, passed through the House of Lords. The bill has nothing to do with ‘justice’ or THE POLITICS OF COVID-19: THE FRICTIONS AND PROMISES OFSEE MORE ONREDPEPPER.ORG.UK
KENNY BELL: FROM LOSS TO LIVING LEGACY Participatory, empowering organisation . Kenny’s starting point, and returning point, was the need constantly to build, renew and develop a strong and creative trade union in the workplace; an organisation able also to reach out to the city and fellow citizens, to be a strong base for a regional strategy and to be a resource for internationalsolidarity.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU’VE BEEN BLACKLISTED AND WHAT YOU CAN DO If you wish to check whether you are on the Blacklist held by the Consulting Association you can call the ICO’s helpline on 0303 123 1113 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. If your details are not on this list, unfortunately it is very difficult to discover if you are on a blacklist; however, here are a few things to bear in mind andsome
CLASSIC BOOK: IF THEY COME IN THE MORNING Angela Davis’s seminal collection of essays If They Come in the Morning loses none of its urgency or prescience nearly 50 years on. From the likes of Black Panthers Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins and Huey Newton to Soledad Brother George Jackson to philosopher Herbert Marcuse, we are given a scathing analysis of the American prison system that remains sadly applicable today. CLASSIC BOOK: POLICING THE CRISIS Policing the Crisis, first published in 1978, remains one of the most thorough, powerful and persuasive accounts of how ‘public consent’ for new forms of statecraft and state reform is manufactured. It is a remarkably ambitious and rich study of policing and race relations in the 1970s, collaboratively written by members of the Birmingham REBEL RAMBLERS: THE POLITICS OF WALKING Rebel ramblers: The politics of walking. By Alex Berger, under a CC license. Every journey begins with a single step. When 250,000 people congregate in central London, then walk from one pre-determined place to another to protest about a visit from a foreign politician, we call it a march or a demonstration. When a million attend a Pride march FORCING MPS TO TAKE AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE MONARCHY Pledging allegiance to the British monarch is a necessary prerequisite for all members of Parliament to take their seats at Westminster. There is an alternative pledge, of ‘solemn affirmation’, which removes the religious element of the oath. MPs who wish to represent constituents at Westminster without endorsing an unelected monarchy REFUGEE FAMILY REUNIFICATION DURING A PANDEMIC WOKE JOKES | RED PEPPERSEE MORE ON REDPEPPER.ORG.UKINJUSTICE IN COURT
Injustice in court. At the end of last month, Amnesty International warned of ‘a terrible day for British justice’ after the justice and security bill, which extends so-called ‘secret court’ powers into the main civil courts in England and Wales, passed through the House of Lords. The bill has nothing to do with ‘justice’ or THE POLITICS OF COVID-19: THE FRICTIONS AND PROMISES OFSEE MORE ONREDPEPPER.ORG.UK
KENNY BELL: FROM LOSS TO LIVING LEGACY Participatory, empowering organisation . Kenny’s starting point, and returning point, was the need constantly to build, renew and develop a strong and creative trade union in the workplace; an organisation able also to reach out to the city and fellow citizens, to be a strong base for a regional strategy and to be a resource for internationalsolidarity.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU’VE BEEN BLACKLISTED AND WHAT YOU CAN DO If you wish to check whether you are on the Blacklist held by the Consulting Association you can call the ICO’s helpline on 0303 123 1113 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. If your details are not on this list, unfortunately it is very difficult to discover if you are on a blacklist; however, here are a few things to bear in mind andsome
CLASSIC BOOK: IF THEY COME IN THE MORNING Angela Davis’s seminal collection of essays If They Come in the Morning loses none of its urgency or prescience nearly 50 years on. From the likes of Black Panthers Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins and Huey Newton to Soledad Brother George Jackson to philosopher Herbert Marcuse, we are given a scathing analysis of the American prison system that remains sadly applicable today. CLASSIC BOOK: POLICING THE CRISIS Policing the Crisis, first published in 1978, remains one of the most thorough, powerful and persuasive accounts of how ‘public consent’ for new forms of statecraft and state reform is manufactured. It is a remarkably ambitious and rich study of policing and race relations in the 1970s, collaboratively written by members of the Birmingham REBEL RAMBLERS: THE POLITICS OF WALKING Rebel ramblers: The politics of walking. By Alex Berger, under a CC license. Every journey begins with a single step. When 250,000 people congregate in central London, then walk from one pre-determined place to another to protest about a visit from a foreign politician, we call it a march or a demonstration. When a million attend a Pride march FORCING MPS TO TAKE AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE MONARCHY Pledging allegiance to the British monarch is a necessary prerequisite for all members of Parliament to take their seats at Westminster. There is an alternative pledge, of ‘solemn affirmation’, which removes the religious element of the oath. MPs who wish to represent constituents at Westminster without endorsing an unelected monarchy UNIONISING YOUR WORKPLACE Unionising your workplace. 1 Keep it quiet at first. When faced with mistreatment in the workplace, it is tempting to respond angrily and spontaneously. It is much more effective, however, to step back and think strategically about long-term solutions. Dissent from an individual may result in that person being singled out as atroublemaker
SPORTING POLITICS
Another summer of sport is upon us. Well, maybe. We know better by now than to put dates in the diary without a ‘tbc’ alongside – even erstwhile calendar fixtures like the Olympic Games and European Championships. But while pandemic-induced decisions to THE FIRM AND ITS LONG-LASTING GRIP We are usually presented with a set of typical images of the British royal family: the queen as an elderly (great-)grandmother clutching her iconic handbag; Prince William, Kate Middleton and their children as an ‘ordinary, middle-class’ family; ceremonial state spectaclesproviding familiar
WHEN TRUTH IS NOT ENOUGH Power can lead to such overweening confidence that its holders believe they can avoid the world as it is if it doesn’t fit their plans, invent a fantasy and expect everyone else to believe it too. Donald Trump has used every weapon at his disposal to uphold his fantasy. Boris Johnson acts as if WHERE’S LEFT IN CORNWALL? Enshrined in Cornish folklore are stories of rebellions against cases of English government encroachment, such as the Battle of Blackheath in 1497 and the Prayer Book Rebellion in 1549. Yet, unlike in other Celtic nations, there emerged no successful movement to achieve anydegree of Cornish
THE BATTLE FOR ENGLAND’S WATERWAYS Kayakers can’t help but undermine the dominion of modern riparian rights. Fishing on rivers is by and large a fixed pastime, rooted to one spot, and property is comfortable with that notion: if you want this spot, it belongs to me, but you can have it for a price. HOW TO KNOW IF YOU’VE BEEN BLACKLISTED AND WHAT YOU CAN DO If you wish to check whether you are on the Blacklist held by the Consulting Association you can call the ICO’s helpline on 0303 123 1113 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. If your details are not on this list, unfortunately it is very difficult to discover if you are on a blacklist; however, here are a few things to bear in mind andsome
A MAD WORLD: CAPITALISM AND THE RISE OF MENTAL ILLNESS Mental illness is consistently associated with deprivation, low income, unemployment, poor education, poorer physical health and increased health-risk behaviour.’. Some commentators have even suggested that capitalism itself, as a way of being or way of thinking about the world, might be seen as a rather ‘psychopathic’ or pathological system. ROJAVA’S EVERYDAY DEMOCRACY Located in north eastern Rojava, Amûdê County demonstrates what decentralisation and self-administration can look like in practice. Starting at the end of government rule in 2012, its communes, district people’s council and the municipality (Şaredarî) were all subjected to processes of NAOMI RESCORLA-BROWN Where’s left in Cornwall? 9 June 2021 Shifting Cornish landscapes have brought with them substantial social change writes NaomiRescorla-Brown
REFUGEE FAMILY REUNIFICATION DURING A PANDEMIC WOKE JOKES | RED PEPPERSEE MORE ON REDPEPPER.ORG.UKINJUSTICE IN COURT
Injustice in court. At the end of last month, Amnesty International warned of ‘a terrible day for British justice’ after the justice and security bill, which extends so-called ‘secret court’ powers into the main civil courts in England and Wales, passed through the House of Lords. The bill has nothing to do with ‘justice’ or CLASSIC BOOK: IF THEY COME IN THE MORNING Angela Davis’s seminal collection of essays If They Come in the Morning loses none of its urgency or prescience nearly 50 years on. From the likes of Black Panthers Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins and Huey Newton to Soledad Brother George Jackson to philosopher Herbert Marcuse, we are given a scathing analysis of the American prison system that remains sadly applicable today. KENNY BELL: FROM LOSS TO LIVING LEGACY Participatory, empowering organisation . Kenny’s starting point, and returning point, was the need constantly to build, renew and develop a strong and creative trade union in the workplace; an organisation able also to reach out to the city and fellow citizens, to be a strong base for a regional strategy and to be a resource for internationalsolidarity.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU’VE BEEN BLACKLISTED AND WHAT YOU CAN DO If you wish to check whether you are on the Blacklist held by the Consulting Association you can call the ICO’s helpline on 0303 123 1113 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. If your details are not on this list, unfortunately it is very difficult to discover if you are on a blacklist; however, here are a few things to bear in mind andsome
CLASSIC BOOK: POLICING THE CRISIS Policing the Crisis, first published in 1978, remains one of the most thorough, powerful and persuasive accounts of how ‘public consent’ for new forms of statecraft and state reform is manufactured. It is a remarkably ambitious and rich study of policing and race relations in the 1970s, collaboratively written by members of the Birmingham REBEL RAMBLERS: THE POLITICS OF WALKING Rebel ramblers: The politics of walking. By Alex Berger, under a CC license. Every journey begins with a single step. When 250,000 people congregate in central London, then walk from one pre-determined place to another to protest about a visit from a foreign politician, we call it a march or a demonstration. When a million attend a Pride march A MAD WORLD: CAPITALISM AND THE RISE OF MENTAL ILLNESS Mental illness is consistently associated with deprivation, low income, unemployment, poor education, poorer physical health and increased health-risk behaviour.’. Some commentators have even suggested that capitalism itself, as a way of being or way of thinking about the world, might be seen as a rather ‘psychopathic’ or pathological system. FORCING MPS TO TAKE AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE MONARCHY Pledging allegiance to the British monarch is a necessary prerequisite for all members of Parliament to take their seats at Westminster. There is an alternative pledge, of ‘solemn affirmation’, which removes the religious element of the oath. MPs who wish to represent constituents at Westminster without endorsing an unelected monarchy REFUGEE FAMILY REUNIFICATION DURING A PANDEMIC WOKE JOKES | RED PEPPERSEE MORE ON REDPEPPER.ORG.UKINJUSTICE IN COURT
Injustice in court. At the end of last month, Amnesty International warned of ‘a terrible day for British justice’ after the justice and security bill, which extends so-called ‘secret court’ powers into the main civil courts in England and Wales, passed through the House of Lords. The bill has nothing to do with ‘justice’ or CLASSIC BOOK: IF THEY COME IN THE MORNING Angela Davis’s seminal collection of essays If They Come in the Morning loses none of its urgency or prescience nearly 50 years on. From the likes of Black Panthers Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins and Huey Newton to Soledad Brother George Jackson to philosopher Herbert Marcuse, we are given a scathing analysis of the American prison system that remains sadly applicable today. KENNY BELL: FROM LOSS TO LIVING LEGACY Participatory, empowering organisation . Kenny’s starting point, and returning point, was the need constantly to build, renew and develop a strong and creative trade union in the workplace; an organisation able also to reach out to the city and fellow citizens, to be a strong base for a regional strategy and to be a resource for internationalsolidarity.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU’VE BEEN BLACKLISTED AND WHAT YOU CAN DO If you wish to check whether you are on the Blacklist held by the Consulting Association you can call the ICO’s helpline on 0303 123 1113 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. If your details are not on this list, unfortunately it is very difficult to discover if you are on a blacklist; however, here are a few things to bear in mind andsome
CLASSIC BOOK: POLICING THE CRISIS Policing the Crisis, first published in 1978, remains one of the most thorough, powerful and persuasive accounts of how ‘public consent’ for new forms of statecraft and state reform is manufactured. It is a remarkably ambitious and rich study of policing and race relations in the 1970s, collaboratively written by members of the Birmingham REBEL RAMBLERS: THE POLITICS OF WALKING Rebel ramblers: The politics of walking. By Alex Berger, under a CC license. Every journey begins with a single step. When 250,000 people congregate in central London, then walk from one pre-determined place to another to protest about a visit from a foreign politician, we call it a march or a demonstration. When a million attend a Pride march A MAD WORLD: CAPITALISM AND THE RISE OF MENTAL ILLNESS Mental illness is consistently associated with deprivation, low income, unemployment, poor education, poorer physical health and increased health-risk behaviour.’. Some commentators have even suggested that capitalism itself, as a way of being or way of thinking about the world, might be seen as a rather ‘psychopathic’ or pathological system. FORCING MPS TO TAKE AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE MONARCHY Pledging allegiance to the British monarch is a necessary prerequisite for all members of Parliament to take their seats at Westminster. There is an alternative pledge, of ‘solemn affirmation’, which removes the religious element of the oath. MPs who wish to represent constituents at Westminster without endorsing an unelected monarchy NOT READY FOR TAKE-OFF Imagine you’ve had your heart set on a particular career since you were a child. Having done your research on how to train for your dream career, you find out what the relevant trade union is. What would your reaction be if you discovered that this trade union was actively discouraging people fromRESISTANCE AND AID
‘Resistance and aid’ is part three of three from a collection of essays on ‘social solidarity’ that were originally featured in issue #231, ‘People, Power, Place’, published in March 2021. Read parts one and two. A decade of consecutive crises in Greece has generated three grassroots WHERE’S LEFT IN CORNWALL? Enshrined in Cornish folklore are stories of rebellions against cases of English government encroachment, such as the Battle of Blackheath in 1497 and the Prayer Book Rebellion in 1549. Yet, unlike in other Celtic nations, there emerged no successful movement to achieve anydegree of
REFUGEE FAMILY REUNIFICATION DURING A PANDEMIC For two decades, the Republic of Ireland operated a system whereby refugees were entitled to apply for family reunification with grandparents, parents or guardians, siblings, and children. In 2016 the law changed to only include spouses and children under 18, and parents if the applicant is a minor. This restriction was in partjustified by
THE CASE FOR NORTHERN INDEPENDENCE The case for Northern independence. The so-called United Kingdom is on the verge of collapse. The Republic of Ireland led the way; the next break is only a matter of time. It could be Scottish independence or Irish reunification – only time will tell. But one thing we know for sure is that the Westminster elite will not quench our collective ROJAVA’S EVERYDAY DEMOCRACY Located in north eastern Rojava, Amûdê County demonstrates what decentralisation and self-administration can look like in practice. Starting at the end of government rule in 2012, its communes, district people’s council and the municipality (Şaredarî) were all subjected to processes of OUR BODIES, OUR CHOICE Our bodies, our choice. This article is from Red Pepper Issue 223: Feminist Futures. Subscribe now for the best in news, views and cutting-edge analysis. Across the world, a battle for bodily autonomy rages. Feminists are on the frontlines, demanding that all of us should be able to determine what happens with and to our bodies –kicking back
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU’VE BEEN BLACKLISTED AND WHAT YOU CAN DO If you wish to check whether you are on the Blacklist held by the Consulting Association you can call the ICO’s helpline on 0303 123 1113 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. If your details are not on this list, unfortunately it is very difficult to discover if you are on a blacklist; however, here are a few things to bear in mind andsome
NAOMI RESCORLA-BROWN Where’s left in Cornwall? 9 June 2021 Shifting Cornish landscapes have brought with them substantial social change writes NaomiRescorla-Brown
CLASSIC BOOK: POLICING THE CRISIS Policing the Crisis, first published in 1978, remains one of the most thorough, powerful and persuasive accounts of how ‘public consent’ for new forms of statecraft and state reform is manufactured. It is a remarkably ambitious and rich study of policing and race relations in the 1970s, collaboratively written by members of the Birmingham REFUGEE FAMILY REUNIFICATION DURING A PANDEMIC WOKE JOKES | RED PEPPERSEE MORE ON REDPEPPER.ORG.UKINJUSTICE IN COURT
Injustice in court. At the end of last month, Amnesty International warned of ‘a terrible day for British justice’ after the justice and security bill, which extends so-called ‘secret court’ powers into the main civil courts in England and Wales, passed through the House of Lords. The bill has nothing to do with ‘justice’ or CLASSIC BOOK: IF THEY COME IN THE MORNING Angela Davis’s seminal collection of essays If They Come in the Morning loses none of its urgency or prescience nearly 50 years on. From the likes of Black Panthers Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins and Huey Newton to Soledad Brother George Jackson to philosopher Herbert Marcuse, we are given a scathing analysis of the American prison system that remains sadly applicable today. KENNY BELL: FROM LOSS TO LIVING LEGACY Participatory, empowering organisation . Kenny’s starting point, and returning point, was the need constantly to build, renew and develop a strong and creative trade union in the workplace; an organisation able also to reach out to the city and fellow citizens, to be a strong base for a regional strategy and to be a resource for internationalsolidarity.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU’VE BEEN BLACKLISTED AND WHAT YOU CAN DO If you wish to check whether you are on the Blacklist held by the Consulting Association you can call the ICO’s helpline on 0303 123 1113 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. If your details are not on this list, unfortunately it is very difficult to discover if you are on a blacklist; however, here are a few things to bear in mind andsome
CLASSIC BOOK: POLICING THE CRISIS Policing the Crisis, first published in 1978, remains one of the most thorough, powerful and persuasive accounts of how ‘public consent’ for new forms of statecraft and state reform is manufactured. It is a remarkably ambitious and rich study of policing and race relations in the 1970s, collaboratively written by members of the Birmingham REBEL RAMBLERS: THE POLITICS OF WALKING Rebel ramblers: The politics of walking. By Alex Berger, under a CC license. Every journey begins with a single step. When 250,000 people congregate in central London, then walk from one pre-determined place to another to protest about a visit from a foreign politician, we call it a march or a demonstration. When a million attend a Pride march A MAD WORLD: CAPITALISM AND THE RISE OF MENTAL ILLNESS Mental illness is consistently associated with deprivation, low income, unemployment, poor education, poorer physical health and increased health-risk behaviour.’. Some commentators have even suggested that capitalism itself, as a way of being or way of thinking about the world, might be seen as a rather ‘psychopathic’ or pathological system. FORCING MPS TO TAKE AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE MONARCHY Pledging allegiance to the British monarch is a necessary prerequisite for all members of Parliament to take their seats at Westminster. There is an alternative pledge, of ‘solemn affirmation’, which removes the religious element of the oath. MPs who wish to represent constituents at Westminster without endorsing an unelected monarchy REFUGEE FAMILY REUNIFICATION DURING A PANDEMIC WOKE JOKES | RED PEPPERSEE MORE ON REDPEPPER.ORG.UKINJUSTICE IN COURT
Injustice in court. At the end of last month, Amnesty International warned of ‘a terrible day for British justice’ after the justice and security bill, which extends so-called ‘secret court’ powers into the main civil courts in England and Wales, passed through the House of Lords. The bill has nothing to do with ‘justice’ or CLASSIC BOOK: IF THEY COME IN THE MORNING Angela Davis’s seminal collection of essays If They Come in the Morning loses none of its urgency or prescience nearly 50 years on. From the likes of Black Panthers Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins and Huey Newton to Soledad Brother George Jackson to philosopher Herbert Marcuse, we are given a scathing analysis of the American prison system that remains sadly applicable today. KENNY BELL: FROM LOSS TO LIVING LEGACY Participatory, empowering organisation . Kenny’s starting point, and returning point, was the need constantly to build, renew and develop a strong and creative trade union in the workplace; an organisation able also to reach out to the city and fellow citizens, to be a strong base for a regional strategy and to be a resource for internationalsolidarity.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU’VE BEEN BLACKLISTED AND WHAT YOU CAN DO If you wish to check whether you are on the Blacklist held by the Consulting Association you can call the ICO’s helpline on 0303 123 1113 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. If your details are not on this list, unfortunately it is very difficult to discover if you are on a blacklist; however, here are a few things to bear in mind andsome
CLASSIC BOOK: POLICING THE CRISIS Policing the Crisis, first published in 1978, remains one of the most thorough, powerful and persuasive accounts of how ‘public consent’ for new forms of statecraft and state reform is manufactured. It is a remarkably ambitious and rich study of policing and race relations in the 1970s, collaboratively written by members of the Birmingham REBEL RAMBLERS: THE POLITICS OF WALKING Rebel ramblers: The politics of walking. By Alex Berger, under a CC license. Every journey begins with a single step. When 250,000 people congregate in central London, then walk from one pre-determined place to another to protest about a visit from a foreign politician, we call it a march or a demonstration. When a million attend a Pride march A MAD WORLD: CAPITALISM AND THE RISE OF MENTAL ILLNESS Mental illness is consistently associated with deprivation, low income, unemployment, poor education, poorer physical health and increased health-risk behaviour.’. Some commentators have even suggested that capitalism itself, as a way of being or way of thinking about the world, might be seen as a rather ‘psychopathic’ or pathological system. FORCING MPS TO TAKE AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE MONARCHY Pledging allegiance to the British monarch is a necessary prerequisite for all members of Parliament to take their seats at Westminster. There is an alternative pledge, of ‘solemn affirmation’, which removes the religious element of the oath. MPs who wish to represent constituents at Westminster without endorsing an unelected monarchy NOT READY FOR TAKE-OFF Imagine you’ve had your heart set on a particular career since you were a child. Having done your research on how to train for your dream career, you find out what the relevant trade union is. What would your reaction be if you discovered that this trade union was actively discouraging people fromRESISTANCE AND AID
‘Resistance and aid’ is part three of three from a collection of essays on ‘social solidarity’ that were originally featured in issue #231, ‘People, Power, Place’, published in March 2021. Read parts one and two. A decade of consecutive crises in Greece has generated three grassroots REFUGEE FAMILY REUNIFICATION DURING A PANDEMIC For two decades, the Republic of Ireland operated a system whereby refugees were entitled to apply for family reunification with grandparents, parents or guardians, siblings, and children. In 2016 the law changed to only include spouses and children under 18, and parents if the applicant is a minor. This restriction was in partjustified by
ROJAVA’S EVERYDAY DEMOCRACY Located in north eastern Rojava, Amûdê County demonstrates what decentralisation and self-administration can look like in practice. Starting at the end of government rule in 2012, its communes, district people’s council and the municipality (Şaredarî) were all subjected to processes of HOW TO KNOW IF YOU’VE BEEN BLACKLISTED AND WHAT YOU CAN DO If you wish to check whether you are on the Blacklist held by the Consulting Association you can call the ICO’s helpline on 0303 123 1113 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. If your details are not on this list, unfortunately it is very difficult to discover if you are on a blacklist; however, here are a few things to bear in mind andsome
NAOMI RESCORLA-BROWN Where’s left in Cornwall? 9 June 2021 Shifting Cornish landscapes have brought with them substantial social change writes NaomiRescorla-Brown
OUR BODIES, OUR CHOICE Our bodies, our choice. This article is from Red Pepper Issue 223: Feminist Futures. Subscribe now for the best in news, views and cutting-edge analysis. Across the world, a battle for bodily autonomy rages. Feminists are on the frontlines, demanding that all of us should be able to determine what happens with and to our bodies –kicking back
THE CASE FOR NORTHERN INDEPENDENCE The case for Northern independence. The so-called United Kingdom is on the verge of collapse. The Republic of Ireland led the way; the next break is only a matter of time. It could be Scottish independence or Irish reunification – only time will tell. But one thing we know for sure is that the Westminster elite will not quench our collectiveSEAN MELEADY
Not ready for take-off. 7 June 2021 The trade unionists of the skies have been saving jobs as their industry taxis on the runway, writesSean Meleady
CLASSIC BOOK: POLICING THE CRISIS Policing the Crisis, first published in 1978, remains one of the most thorough, powerful and persuasive accounts of how ‘public consent’ for new forms of statecraft and state reform is manufactured. It is a remarkably ambitious and rich study of policing and race relations in the 1970s, collaboratively written by members of the Birmingham RED PEPPERWE STAND WITH JEREMY CORBYNGET INVOLVEDA COMPLETE COCK-UP BY GOVERNMENTCLIMATERED PEPPER GRAND FORKSRED PEPPER NEWS UGANDA TODAY Video games and anti-capitalist aesthetics. As more and more video games infuse their narratives with explicitly political themes, B.G.M. Muggeridge asks why so CLASSIC BOOK: IF THEY COME IN THE MORNING Angela Davis’s seminal collection of essays If They Come in the Morning loses none of its urgency or prescience nearly 50 years on. From the likes of Black Panthers Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins and Huey Newton to Soledad Brother George Jackson to philosopher Herbert Marcuse, we are given a scathing analysis of the American prison system that remains sadly applicable today. CLASSIC BOOK: POLICING THE CRISIS Policing the Crisis, first published in 1978, remains one of the most thorough, powerful and persuasive accounts of how ‘public consent’ for new forms of statecraft and state reform is manufactured. It is a remarkably ambitious and rich study of policing and race relations in the 1970s, collaboratively written by members of the Birmingham OUR PRISON SYSTEM IS BROKEN. IS IT TIME TO ABOLISH PRISONSPRISON ABOLITION BOOKSPRISON ABOLITION DEFINITIONPRISON ABOLITION GROUPSPRISON ABOLITION ORGANIZATIONS Somewhere in the region of between about 40 to 45% of prisoners in England and Wales context, have within a two-year period of time, experienced thoughts of taking their own life. In 2016 there were more than 345 deaths in prison of which, as of January 2018, 120 have been classified as self-inflicted deaths. As more than 40 deaths have yetto
CONTAGION: HOW THE CRISIS SPREAD What made the situation in 2009 different was the spread of the financial crisis from Wall Street to Europe in 2008, with banks collapsing or being bailed out by governments. The fallout from Wall Street made the creditor countries worry that private borrowers in the debtor countries would not be able to pay back their loans. THE POLITICS OF BOB DYLAN The Politics of Bob Dylan. Forty years ago, on 26 October 1963, Bob Dylan premiered ‘The Times They are A-Changin”, his generational anthem, to a sold-out house at New York’s Carnegie Hall. The song is founded on a conviction that the movement for social change is unstoppable, that history will conform to morality. REBEL RAMBLERS: THE POLITICS OF WALKING Rebel ramblers: The politics of walking. By Alex Berger, under a CC license. Every journey begins with a single step. When 250,000 people congregate in central London, then walk from one pre-determined place to another to protest about a visit from a foreign politician, we call it a march or a demonstration. When a million attend a Pride march KENNY BELL: FROM LOSS TO LIVING LEGACY Participatory, empowering organisation . Kenny’s starting point, and returning point, was the need constantly to build, renew and develop a strong and creative trade union in the workplace; an organisation able also to reach out to the city and fellow citizens, to be a strong base for a regional strategy and to be a resource for internationalsolidarity.
THE POLITICAL WHITENESS OF #METOO The political whiteness of #MeToo. On 24 January 2018, gymnastics coach Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in a Michigan state prison for seven counts of sexual assault of minors. This was one of three sentences given to Nassar, accused of molesting at least 250 girls and young women and one young man, between 1992 and 2016. AGE OLD TRIBAL BLOODLUST Africa is tribal. The traditional tribal hatred in Kenya was what caused the violence in 2007 and 2008 – it wasn’t the massive inequalities of an economic system that was designed for settler and metropolitan power enrichment, the grinding poverty of the poor and affluence of the rich or the land problems resulting from colonialland
RED PEPPERWE STAND WITH JEREMY CORBYNGET INVOLVEDA COMPLETE COCK-UP BY GOVERNMENTCLIMATERED PEPPER GRAND FORKSRED PEPPER NEWS UGANDA TODAY Video games and anti-capitalist aesthetics. As more and more video games infuse their narratives with explicitly political themes, B.G.M. Muggeridge asks why so CLASSIC BOOK: IF THEY COME IN THE MORNING Angela Davis’s seminal collection of essays If They Come in the Morning loses none of its urgency or prescience nearly 50 years on. From the likes of Black Panthers Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins and Huey Newton to Soledad Brother George Jackson to philosopher Herbert Marcuse, we are given a scathing analysis of the American prison system that remains sadly applicable today. CLASSIC BOOK: POLICING THE CRISIS Policing the Crisis, first published in 1978, remains one of the most thorough, powerful and persuasive accounts of how ‘public consent’ for new forms of statecraft and state reform is manufactured. It is a remarkably ambitious and rich study of policing and race relations in the 1970s, collaboratively written by members of the Birmingham OUR PRISON SYSTEM IS BROKEN. IS IT TIME TO ABOLISH PRISONSPRISON ABOLITION BOOKSPRISON ABOLITION DEFINITIONPRISON ABOLITION GROUPSPRISON ABOLITION ORGANIZATIONS Somewhere in the region of between about 40 to 45% of prisoners in England and Wales context, have within a two-year period of time, experienced thoughts of taking their own life. In 2016 there were more than 345 deaths in prison of which, as of January 2018, 120 have been classified as self-inflicted deaths. As more than 40 deaths have yetto
CONTAGION: HOW THE CRISIS SPREAD What made the situation in 2009 different was the spread of the financial crisis from Wall Street to Europe in 2008, with banks collapsing or being bailed out by governments. The fallout from Wall Street made the creditor countries worry that private borrowers in the debtor countries would not be able to pay back their loans. THE POLITICS OF BOB DYLAN The Politics of Bob Dylan. Forty years ago, on 26 October 1963, Bob Dylan premiered ‘The Times They are A-Changin”, his generational anthem, to a sold-out house at New York’s Carnegie Hall. The song is founded on a conviction that the movement for social change is unstoppable, that history will conform to morality. REBEL RAMBLERS: THE POLITICS OF WALKING Rebel ramblers: The politics of walking. By Alex Berger, under a CC license. Every journey begins with a single step. When 250,000 people congregate in central London, then walk from one pre-determined place to another to protest about a visit from a foreign politician, we call it a march or a demonstration. When a million attend a Pride march KENNY BELL: FROM LOSS TO LIVING LEGACY Participatory, empowering organisation . Kenny’s starting point, and returning point, was the need constantly to build, renew and develop a strong and creative trade union in the workplace; an organisation able also to reach out to the city and fellow citizens, to be a strong base for a regional strategy and to be a resource for internationalsolidarity.
THE POLITICAL WHITENESS OF #METOO The political whiteness of #MeToo. On 24 January 2018, gymnastics coach Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in a Michigan state prison for seven counts of sexual assault of minors. This was one of three sentences given to Nassar, accused of molesting at least 250 girls and young women and one young man, between 1992 and 2016. AGE OLD TRIBAL BLOODLUST Africa is tribal. The traditional tribal hatred in Kenya was what caused the violence in 2007 and 2008 – it wasn’t the massive inequalities of an economic system that was designed for settler and metropolitan power enrichment, the grinding poverty of the poor and affluence of the rich or the land problems resulting from colonialland
NOT READY FOR TAKE-OFF 1 day ago · Imagine you’ve had your heart set on a particular career since you were a child. Having done your research on how to train for your dream career, you find out what the relevant trade union is. What would your reaction be if you discovered that this trade union was actively discouraging people fromRESISTANCE AND AID
‘Resistance and aid’ is part three of three from a collection of essays on ‘social solidarity’ that were originally featured in issue #231, ‘People, Power, Place’, published in March 2021. Read parts one and two. A decade of consecutive crises in Greece has generated three grassroots ROJAVA’S EVERYDAY DEMOCRACY Located in north eastern Rojava, Amûdê County demonstrates what decentralisation and self-administration can look like in practice. Starting at the end of government rule in 2012, its communes, district people’s council and the municipality (Şaredarî) were all subjected to processes of INVENTING THE FUTURE Inventing the Future. When the latest global economic crisis unfolded the Euro-American left was poorly positioned to respond. Trade unions had been crushed by years of sustained ideological, physical and legal assault and were a shadow of their former selves, both numerically and in terms of their confidence in articulating alternatives. HOW TO KNOW IF YOU’VE BEEN BLACKLISTED AND WHAT YOU CAN DO If you wish to check whether you are on the Blacklist held by the Consulting Association you can call the ICO’s helpline on 0303 123 1113 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. If your details are not on this list, unfortunately it is very difficult to discover if you are on a blacklist; however, here are a few things to bear in mind andsome
BREAKING UP BRITAIN
Breaking up Britain. In a previous century – 1999 to be precise – the Scottish Labour Party was still quite popular. Its big brother down south had won the 1997 election by a landslide and up here, the first Scottish parliament in 300 years had just been established. It felt like new winds were blowing through the corridors of power.INJUSTICE IN COURT
Injustice in court. At the end of last month, Amnesty International warned of ‘a terrible day for British justice’ after the justice and security bill, which extends so-called ‘secret court’ powers into the main civil courts in England and Wales, passed through the House of Lords. The bill has nothing to do with ‘justice’ orSEAN MELEADY
Not ready for take-off. 7 June 2021 The trade unionists of the skies have been saving jobs as their industry taxis on the runway, writesSean Meleady
WHO ARE ‘THE WORKING CLASS’? The working class is the home of those who constantly commit acts of solidarity within their class, and against the systems that seek to divide us. In part two of this series, published on Sunday 19 April, D and John-Baptiste discuss socialism, conservatism and pathways to working-class solidarity. D Hunter is the author of Chav Solidarityand
TEN THINGS YOU CAN DO TO COMBAT RACISM AND You must be ready to redress the balance. 10. Be ready to critique the EU. Over recent weeks, accusations of racism and xenophobia have been laid solely at the feet of Leave voters and campaigners. By implication, the EU has been reimagined as a beacon of tolerance—a place of open borders, free from racism. RED PEPPERWE STAND WITH JEREMY CORBYNGET INVOLVEDA COMPLETE COCK-UP BY GOVERNMENTCLIMATERED PEPPER GRAND FORKSRED PEPPER NEWS UGANDA TODAY Video games and anti-capitalist aesthetics. As more and more video games infuse their narratives with explicitly political themes, B.G.M. Muggeridge asks why so CLASSIC BOOK: IF THEY COME IN THE MORNING Angela Davis’s seminal collection of essays If They Come in the Morning loses none of its urgency or prescience nearly 50 years on. From the likes of Black Panthers Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins and Huey Newton to Soledad Brother George Jackson to philosopher Herbert Marcuse, we are given a scathing analysis of the American prison system that remains sadly applicable today. CLASSIC BOOK: POLICING THE CRISIS Policing the Crisis, first published in 1978, remains one of the most thorough, powerful and persuasive accounts of how ‘public consent’ for new forms of statecraft and state reform is manufactured. It is a remarkably ambitious and rich study of policing and race relations in the 1970s, collaboratively written by members of the Birmingham OUR PRISON SYSTEM IS BROKEN. IS IT TIME TO ABOLISH PRISONSPRISON ABOLITION BOOKSPRISON ABOLITION DEFINITIONPRISON ABOLITION GROUPSPRISON ABOLITION ORGANIZATIONS Somewhere in the region of between about 40 to 45% of prisoners in England and Wales context, have within a two-year period of time, experienced thoughts of taking their own life. In 2016 there were more than 345 deaths in prison of which, as of January 2018, 120 have been classified as self-inflicted deaths. As more than 40 deaths have yetto
CONTAGION: HOW THE CRISIS SPREAD What made the situation in 2009 different was the spread of the financial crisis from Wall Street to Europe in 2008, with banks collapsing or being bailed out by governments. The fallout from Wall Street made the creditor countries worry that private borrowers in the debtor countries would not be able to pay back their loans. THE POLITICS OF BOB DYLAN The Politics of Bob Dylan. Forty years ago, on 26 October 1963, Bob Dylan premiered ‘The Times They are A-Changin”, his generational anthem, to a sold-out house at New York’s Carnegie Hall. The song is founded on a conviction that the movement for social change is unstoppable, that history will conform to morality. REBEL RAMBLERS: THE POLITICS OF WALKING Rebel ramblers: The politics of walking. By Alex Berger, under a CC license. Every journey begins with a single step. When 250,000 people congregate in central London, then walk from one pre-determined place to another to protest about a visit from a foreign politician, we call it a march or a demonstration. When a million attend a Pride march KENNY BELL: FROM LOSS TO LIVING LEGACY Participatory, empowering organisation . Kenny’s starting point, and returning point, was the need constantly to build, renew and develop a strong and creative trade union in the workplace; an organisation able also to reach out to the city and fellow citizens, to be a strong base for a regional strategy and to be a resource for internationalsolidarity.
THE POLITICAL WHITENESS OF #METOO The political whiteness of #MeToo. On 24 January 2018, gymnastics coach Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in a Michigan state prison for seven counts of sexual assault of minors. This was one of three sentences given to Nassar, accused of molesting at least 250 girls and young women and one young man, between 1992 and 2016. AGE OLD TRIBAL BLOODLUST Africa is tribal. The traditional tribal hatred in Kenya was what caused the violence in 2007 and 2008 – it wasn’t the massive inequalities of an economic system that was designed for settler and metropolitan power enrichment, the grinding poverty of the poor and affluence of the rich or the land problems resulting from colonialland
RED PEPPERWE STAND WITH JEREMY CORBYNGET INVOLVEDA COMPLETE COCK-UP BY GOVERNMENTCLIMATERED PEPPER GRAND FORKSRED PEPPER NEWS UGANDA TODAY Video games and anti-capitalist aesthetics. As more and more video games infuse their narratives with explicitly political themes, B.G.M. Muggeridge asks why so CLASSIC BOOK: IF THEY COME IN THE MORNING Angela Davis’s seminal collection of essays If They Come in the Morning loses none of its urgency or prescience nearly 50 years on. From the likes of Black Panthers Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins and Huey Newton to Soledad Brother George Jackson to philosopher Herbert Marcuse, we are given a scathing analysis of the American prison system that remains sadly applicable today. CLASSIC BOOK: POLICING THE CRISIS Policing the Crisis, first published in 1978, remains one of the most thorough, powerful and persuasive accounts of how ‘public consent’ for new forms of statecraft and state reform is manufactured. It is a remarkably ambitious and rich study of policing and race relations in the 1970s, collaboratively written by members of the Birmingham OUR PRISON SYSTEM IS BROKEN. IS IT TIME TO ABOLISH PRISONSPRISON ABOLITION BOOKSPRISON ABOLITION DEFINITIONPRISON ABOLITION GROUPSPRISON ABOLITION ORGANIZATIONS Somewhere in the region of between about 40 to 45% of prisoners in England and Wales context, have within a two-year period of time, experienced thoughts of taking their own life. In 2016 there were more than 345 deaths in prison of which, as of January 2018, 120 have been classified as self-inflicted deaths. As more than 40 deaths have yetto
CONTAGION: HOW THE CRISIS SPREAD What made the situation in 2009 different was the spread of the financial crisis from Wall Street to Europe in 2008, with banks collapsing or being bailed out by governments. The fallout from Wall Street made the creditor countries worry that private borrowers in the debtor countries would not be able to pay back their loans. THE POLITICS OF BOB DYLAN The Politics of Bob Dylan. Forty years ago, on 26 October 1963, Bob Dylan premiered ‘The Times They are A-Changin”, his generational anthem, to a sold-out house at New York’s Carnegie Hall. The song is founded on a conviction that the movement for social change is unstoppable, that history will conform to morality. REBEL RAMBLERS: THE POLITICS OF WALKING Rebel ramblers: The politics of walking. By Alex Berger, under a CC license. Every journey begins with a single step. When 250,000 people congregate in central London, then walk from one pre-determined place to another to protest about a visit from a foreign politician, we call it a march or a demonstration. When a million attend a Pride march KENNY BELL: FROM LOSS TO LIVING LEGACY Participatory, empowering organisation . Kenny’s starting point, and returning point, was the need constantly to build, renew and develop a strong and creative trade union in the workplace; an organisation able also to reach out to the city and fellow citizens, to be a strong base for a regional strategy and to be a resource for internationalsolidarity.
THE POLITICAL WHITENESS OF #METOO The political whiteness of #MeToo. On 24 January 2018, gymnastics coach Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in a Michigan state prison for seven counts of sexual assault of minors. This was one of three sentences given to Nassar, accused of molesting at least 250 girls and young women and one young man, between 1992 and 2016. AGE OLD TRIBAL BLOODLUST Africa is tribal. The traditional tribal hatred in Kenya was what caused the violence in 2007 and 2008 – it wasn’t the massive inequalities of an economic system that was designed for settler and metropolitan power enrichment, the grinding poverty of the poor and affluence of the rich or the land problems resulting from colonialland
NOT READY FOR TAKE-OFF 1 day ago · Imagine you’ve had your heart set on a particular career since you were a child. Having done your research on how to train for your dream career, you find out what the relevant trade union is. What would your reaction be if you discovered that this trade union was actively discouraging people fromRESISTANCE AND AID
‘Resistance and aid’ is part three of three from a collection of essays on ‘social solidarity’ that were originally featured in issue #231, ‘People, Power, Place’, published in March 2021. Read parts one and two. A decade of consecutive crises in Greece has generated three grassroots ROJAVA’S EVERYDAY DEMOCRACY Located in north eastern Rojava, Amûdê County demonstrates what decentralisation and self-administration can look like in practice. Starting at the end of government rule in 2012, its communes, district people’s council and the municipality (Şaredarî) were all subjected to processes of INVENTING THE FUTURE Inventing the Future. When the latest global economic crisis unfolded the Euro-American left was poorly positioned to respond. Trade unions had been crushed by years of sustained ideological, physical and legal assault and were a shadow of their former selves, both numerically and in terms of their confidence in articulating alternatives. HOW TO KNOW IF YOU’VE BEEN BLACKLISTED AND WHAT YOU CAN DO If you wish to check whether you are on the Blacklist held by the Consulting Association you can call the ICO’s helpline on 0303 123 1113 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. If your details are not on this list, unfortunately it is very difficult to discover if you are on a blacklist; however, here are a few things to bear in mind andsome
BREAKING UP BRITAIN
Breaking up Britain. In a previous century – 1999 to be precise – the Scottish Labour Party was still quite popular. Its big brother down south had won the 1997 election by a landslide and up here, the first Scottish parliament in 300 years had just been established. It felt like new winds were blowing through the corridors of power.INJUSTICE IN COURT
Injustice in court. At the end of last month, Amnesty International warned of ‘a terrible day for British justice’ after the justice and security bill, which extends so-called ‘secret court’ powers into the main civil courts in England and Wales, passed through the House of Lords. The bill has nothing to do with ‘justice’ orSEAN MELEADY
Not ready for take-off. 7 June 2021 The trade unionists of the skies have been saving jobs as their industry taxis on the runway, writesSean Meleady
WHO ARE ‘THE WORKING CLASS’? The working class is the home of those who constantly commit acts of solidarity within their class, and against the systems that seek to divide us. In part two of this series, published on Sunday 19 April, D and John-Baptiste discuss socialism, conservatism and pathways to working-class solidarity. D Hunter is the author of Chav Solidarityand
TEN THINGS YOU CAN DO TO COMBAT RACISM AND You must be ready to redress the balance. 10. Be ready to critique the EU. Over recent weeks, accusations of racism and xenophobia have been laid solely at the feet of Leave voters and campaigners. By implication, the EU has been reimagined as a beacon of tolerance—a place of open borders, free from racism. LEADING FROM THE BACK With voting underway, Simon Hedges shares his thoughts on Labour'sleadership election
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------------------------- US ELECTION 2020: AMERICA’S RISING PROGRESSIVE TIDE Robert L Borosage examines the future prospects of an energised US left, from Bernie Sanders and AOC to grassroots organisations acrossAmerica
SPRING CULTURE PREVIEW Siobhan McGuirk picks out culture highlights for February - May 2020 XR: THE CASE FOR DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY Climate Assembly UK begins this weekend. It's a good start, says Alex Bradbury, but does not meet XR's third demand for a Government-commissioned Citizens’ Assembly DEMOCRACY IN FOCUS: THE PEOPLE AND PARLIAMENT Stuart White explores the constitutional contradictions underlyingtoday’s crisis
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Manchester Momentum has successfully mobilised political engagement through its community-focused cultural strategy. Its ethos is here to stay, says Andrea Sandor ELECTION 2019: REFLECTIONS FROM PENISTONE AND STOCKSBRIDGE From dirty tricks campaigns to the private interests of career politicians, Sam Gregory explores why Labour lost a long-standingSheffield seat
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