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Liz Kendall vs Tower Hamlets - It is Rabina's Canvassers at the doors

In two weeks time, the embattled Council in Tower Hamlets may have a new occupant in the post of Executive Mayor

Philippine President Aquino no longer deserves any support from workers and trad

11-05-2015 12:04 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

THE workers and the trade unions throughout the world mark today the International Labor Day – 125th anniversary globally and 112th celebration here in the Philippines. This historic and revered day has been an enduring and stirring symbol for the working class despite serious setbacks caused by multipronged and systematic neoliberal attacks against the workers, the masses and their organizations, which have seriously threatened to dilute if not totally wipe out the hard-fought sociopolitical gains achieved by the labor movement in the past hundred years or so.

PHILIPPINES: Young progressives take the helm of Akbayan party leadership

09-05-2015 13:30 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Akbayan once again proves that progressive politics cuts across generations. With great pride, Akbayan members elected a significant number of young progressive activists to the Party Leadership at the recently concluded 6th Regular National Congress last 23-25th of April.

Philippine Women's Group Gabriela blast President Aquino

27-04-2015 13:33 | Analysis | Gender | Social Struggles | World

A WOMEN’S group on Thursday criticized President Benigno Aquino III for comparing her mother, the late President Corazon Aquino, to Gabriela Silang, the first Filipino woman revolutionary leader.

Tower Hamlets Council may never knowingly lie - so what's up on this impasse?

The Local Govt Chronicle website says that there is an impasse over appointing a Tower Hamlets Council Chief Exec. The Council's response from Lutfur Raham appears to dispute that. Labour Cllr Clare Harrison makes another iffy-so-so-

Tower Hamlets Council may never knowingly lie - so what's up on this impasse?

The Local Govt Chronicle website says that there is an impasse over appointing a Tower Hamlets Council Chief Exec. The Council's response from Lutfur Raham appears to dispute that. Labour Cllr Clare Harrison makes another iffy-so-so-

No Party Manifesto wants to make victims get Svetlana Lokhova's awards

Svetlana Lokhova’s award of £3.2 compensation against the Sberbank CIB
is interesting. The tribunal awarding the sum made a number of appropriate comments hitting hard on the sexist nature of the harassment that went on in that bank.

Tower Hateful - the tales of the vulnerable, the disabled and the deprived

06-04-2015 15:10 | Analysis | Anti-racism | London | World

Tower Hateful - the tales of the vulnerable, the disabled and the deprived

Danny Schechter 1942-2015 - an appreciation.

Danny Schechter, surely one of the greatest, if not the greatest, American journalist of the twentieth century sadly passed away on Thursday 19th March 2015 after a brave battle with cancer. His prolific output, commitment to truth, justice and humanity should be a beacon of light to young journalists everywhere. Here is my tribute to the News Dissector with whom I corresponded for 14 years.

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Photos from anti-Pegida protest outside Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh

15 photos from the demonstration at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh to protest against far right group Pegida. The racists failed to make an appearance however and perhaps the far right are on the back foot. It pays to be vigilant though.

Report of Radical Independence Campaign Conference

Here is a report with 20 photos of the RIC conference in Dundee last weekend. As we approach the May 7th UK election, events in Scotland may influence what happens in Westminster. How will issues like austerity, Trident and overseas wars be affected?

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Charlie Hebdo 10 weeks on

It is now 10 weeks since the Paris shootings which dominated the news headlines for so long. As race and immigration are likely to feature strongly in the coming election in May here is a detailed analysis of the media coverage of the Paris shootings and their aftermath.

Does Met Cop Sir Bernard really care about dealing with Tower Hamlets Crimes?

Sir Bernard, Cllr Rabina Khan, Cllr Ohid Ahmed, Cllr Amy Whitelock and MPs' Home Affairs Cottee Chair Keith Vaz all feature here

Information Commission has stopped monitoring Tower Hamlets Council

Today’s news that the Information Commission has stopped monitoring Tower Hamlets Council after allegedly improving made by that Council on Information Provision will come as news to many.

Curo Housing to monitor tenants using remote-controlled worker drones

Curo, the not-for-profit housing & support organisation based in Bath, is becoming one of the first in the country to look at using drones as part of its tenant management tool kit.

Curo Housing Bath HQ to hold EMERGENETICS sessions at its INSPIRE 2015 Forum

01-03-2015 11:15 | Analysis | Social Struggles | London | World

Has CURO Housing’s unelected 15 member board authorised the use of its HQ for disseminating this pseudo-scientific/religious ego-building management mumbo-jumbo?

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Rotherham - why the New Commissioners are no answer at all -

Rotherham Council is no more; not as an independent, elected local Council serving local people in Rotherham according to democratic standards, aspirations and needs. Rotherham is the latest such Council, to be subjected to Erick Pickles DCLG "intervention". The other Council is London’s Tower Hamlets. There, the number of Commissioners is fewer and their remit less extensive than is shown to be the case on Rotherham. However, the interventions conform the dominant view in Society that local Councils are failing in very serious ways. So what should happen?

Victor da Cunha Curo Housing seeks advice from senior military officer

Victor da Cunha Curo Housing Group Chief Executive invites senior military officer to teach him how to translate the leadership of a disciplined environment like the army into the housing world at The Curo Groups Inspire 2015 forum.

The Shortwave Report 2/20/15 Listen Globally!

20-02-2015 01:13 | Analysis | World

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Havana Cuba, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Sputnik Radio.

A review of 'Dispatches Against Displacement'

17-02-2015 05:25 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

A work by a prominent San Francisco USA housing activist in a context of ongoing defeat for San Francisco renters.

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Liz Kendall vs Tower Hamlets - It is Rabina's Canvassers at the doors

Philippine President Aquino no longer deserves any support from workers and trad

PHILIPPINES: Young progressives take the helm of Akbayan party leadership

Philippine Women's Group Gabriela blast President Aquino

Tower Hamlets Council may never knowingly lie - so what's up on this impasse?

Tower Hamlets Council may never knowingly lie - so what's up on this impasse?

No Party Manifesto wants to make victims get Svetlana Lokhova's awards

Tower Hateful - the tales of the vulnerable, the disabled and the deprived

Danny Schechter 1942-2015 - an appreciation.

Photos from anti-Pegida protest outside Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh

Report of Radical Independence Campaign Conference

Charlie Hebdo 10 weeks on

Does Met Cop Sir Bernard really care about dealing with Tower Hamlets Crimes?

Information Commission has stopped monitoring Tower Hamlets Council

Curo Housing to monitor tenants using remote-controlled worker drones

Curo Housing Bath HQ to hold EMERGENETICS sessions at its INSPIRE 2015 Forum

Rotherham - why the New Commissioners are no answer at all -

Victor da Cunha Curo Housing seeks advice from senior military officer

The Shortwave Report 2/20/15 Listen Globally!

A review of 'Dispatches Against Displacement'

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