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

SINCE the Bangladesh Awami League Party led by Sheikh Hasina won a landslide victory in the 2008 elections, citizens of Bangladesh have been increasingly crushed under the heel of a despotic, brutal regime that offers democracy in name only — beatings, torture and the persecution of political opponents are all common occurrences.
Amnesty International highlighted the issue in a 2020 report, calling for urgent action — yet Western leaders, including those in the EU and Britain, continue to remain silent.
Bangladesh has known democracy before — previous leaders established a free press, an unbiased judiciary and fair elections.

Our housing crisis isn’t an accident – it’s class war, trapping millions in poverty while landlords and billionaires profit. To solve it, we need comprehensive transformation, not mere tokenistic reform, writes BECK ROBERTSON


