Low pay at luxury store – strike ballot at Harrods
There is the possibility of strike action by restaurant staff at Harrods this Christmas. Restaurant staff are rightly demanding £12 an hour, plus
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Nessie arrested: Policing Farce at COP26
So, Police Scotland’s promise to “facilitate peaceful protest” didn’t last long. As early as 7am on 3rd November they impounded an inflatable Nessie,
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SNP COUNCIL IN STRIKEBREAKING THREATS
We are sickened but not entirely surprised to learn that the SNP-run Glasgow City Council has threatened to bring in scabs against the
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New Jackdaw out – COP26 Special
Issue 9 of Jackdaw, the ACG’s free agitational bulletin, is out now. This issue is a COP26 special and copies will be mainly
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The rich get richer, the poor get poorer
During the pandemic, billionaires have increased their wealth by $5.5 trillion. At least nine new billionaires have appeared, growing rich on the profits
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Steak restaurant highlights the obscenity of capitalism
Nusret Gökçe, a Turkish cook and butcher became famous on the Internet a few years ago with shots of him flamboyantly sprinkling salt
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Quote of the Week – Murray Bookchin
“The assumption that what currently exists must necessarily exist is the acid that corrodes all visionary thinking.” Murray Bookchin
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BAD COP? – What should we expect from COP26?
We might hope that climate activism would be inclusive and easy to understand. After all, the problem is easy enough to explain and
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Capitalism and the Global South: Colonialism and Climate Change
In Naomi Klein’s Documentary This Changes Everything (based on the book by the same name), Klein says “We, in the global North, with
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Reparations – a call for Climate Justice
The wasteful opulence that characterizes the middle and upper classes of Western industrialized nations was created by colonizing and plundering the Global South.
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