Since 2023, Strike Map has evolved from digital mapping at a national level to organising ‘mega pickets’ — we believe that mass solidarity with localised disputes prepares the ground for future national action, writes HENRY FOWLER
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And justice for all?
PROFESSOR ANSELM ELDERGILL suggests ways in which the government can boost legal aid and support
AN IMPERATIVE CALL: Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers protest outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London demanding action action over government set fees for legal aid advocacy work, 2022
Like dictators of the past, Trump is seeking an enforcement agency answering only to him, asserts CJ ATKINS
From tens of thousands left abandoned to a militarised ‘looting’ crackdown, Hurricane Katrina laid bare racial inequities and government neglect, writes NATALIA MARQUES
Money makers already exploit cleaning and catering contracts while the military-industrial complex diverts billions from health to warfare — but Bevan’s vision will endure as long as people fight for it, writes ROGER MCKENZIE
How can we claim to be human while our countries still support and defend the massacres in Palestine, asks HUGH LANNING
The decision highlights the tension between freedom of expression and the state’s role in shaping historical memory at former concentration camps, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
CLEMENT ATTLEE’S Labour government introduced legal aid in 1949 through the Legal Aid and Advice Act in order to provide legal advice and representation for those who could not afford it.
Attlee viewed legal aid as a cornerstone of the new welfare state. The aim was “to provide legal advice for those of slender means and resources, so that no-one would be financially unable to prosecute a just and reasonable claim or defend a legal right; and to allow counsel and solicitors to be remunerated for their services.”
This objective recognised that the aim of justice is to give everyone their due and a fundamental purpose of the law is to prevent the strong from always having their way.
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