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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The Ulez and the fight for clean air
Ian Sinclair spoke to respiratory specialist DR LAURA-JANE SMITH about how the impact of air pollution on our health is badly underestimated and the kind of legislation needed across Britain to fight it
People take part in a protest against the proposed ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) expansion in Orpington, London, August 19, 2023
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
FOLOWING the Tory win in the Uxbridge by-election last month, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer pressured London Mayor Sadiq Khan to pause the rollout of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (Ulez) to the outer boroughs of the capital city.
In response, over 400 doctors wrote to Khan and Starmer, urging the mayor to stand firm in his commitment to expanding the Ulez, noting “the devastating health consequences of air pollution.”
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