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Who’s missing from the climate movement?

Alice Hubbard8 January 20211 Comment2021-01-08T19:01:17+00:00

We all know who Greta Thunberg is, but do you know who Vanessa Nakate is? Last January, Nakate, founder of Fridays For Future Uganda, was famously cut out of a…

We can’t build our way out of the climate emergency

Jonathan Essex 3 January 2021 No Comment2021-01-03T19:48:43+00:00

For far too long public debate on the sufficiency of climate action has focused on how quickly we are rolling out wind turbines, solar panels or even nuclear power. Such…

Where next for the student movement in 2021?

Billy Wassell and Jane Baston 2 January 2021 No Comment2021-01-02T22:03:44+00:00

2020 saw the UK student movement truly demonstrate its strength. Rent strikes erupted in student halls up and down the country in response to exploitative accommodation contracts. Climate activists have…

2021 will be the last chance to agree global climate governance

Sam Alston 1 January 2021 No Comment2021-01-01T17:58:24+00:00

In 2015, the Paris agreement was negotiated committing countries to climate targets. The agreement also outlined a global architecture supporting the international response. Discussions over the carbon markets in article…

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Greens ahead of Lib Dems in new Westminster poll

Chris Jarvis4 January 20211 Comment2021-01-04T16:14:24+00:00

The UK's Green Parties are continuing their strong showing in opinion polls in 2021. A new poll has found support for the Greens if a general election were held tomorrow…

Greens on 7% in latest general election poll

Chris Jarvis 3 January 2021 No Comment2021-01-03T16:15:12+00:00

The UK's Green Parties are entering 2021 riding high in the polls. A new poll suggests that if a general election were held tomorrow, the Greens would receive per cent…

Greens back teachers’ call to close schools and move learning online

Chris Jarvis 2 January 2021 No Comment2021-01-02T16:51:23+00:00

The Green Party of England and Wales has today backed calls from teaching unions to take steps to protect the safety of staff and students by moving to online learning…

Turkey’s new minimum wage is ‘far from meeting the expectations of workers’, union claims

Will Herbert 29 December 2020 No Comment2020-12-29T10:32:58+00:00

Turkey’s largest trade union centre has called the country’s minimum wage increase ‘inadequate’ and said it will ‘victimize’ workers. The Minimum Wage Determination Commission, which sets the minimum wage in…

Strikes against low pay at Leeds-based bus manufacturer Optare to extend into 2021

William Harrison 20 December 2020 1 Comment2020-12-20T18:49:36+00:00

Optare bus. Image credit via charles cars, CC BY On Monday 14th December, Unite announced that strike action at bus manufacturer Optare, which began in October 2020 over ‘broken promises’…