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Two South African union leaders arrested after budget protests
South African police arrested two trade union leaders during a protest in Cape Town last Wednesday (24 February). Andre Adams, provincial secretary of the left-wing South African Federation of Trade…
Outsourced London school cleaners go on strike
La Retraite strike members. Image credit via United Voices of the World. From the 16th March, a group of outsourced cleaning staff at La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ School in…
Student campaigners call for Barclays to be kicked off campuses for good
Student campaigners have called for five UK universities to refuse the return of Barclays branches to campuses. The students argue that the bank is fueling the climate crisis due to…
Sian Berry pledges to set up People’s Land Commission as Mayor of London
Green Party of England and Wales co-leader Sian Berry has pledged to set up a 'People’s Land Commission' if elected as Mayor of London in May. She believes this would…
Trinity College Cambridge commits to divest from fossil fuels
Image credit: Rafa Esteve - Creative Commons Trinity College, Cambridge has announced it intends to terminate all direct and indirect investments in the fossil fuel industry. The move comes after…
Uber drivers win historic battle to be treated as workers, not self employed
Uber drivers are not “self-employed” but workers with full rights, according to the UK Supreme Court. The decision - hailed as an “emphatic victory” by the App Drivers and Couriers’…
Yoga teachers are fighting back against exploitation
The Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) launched a branch representing yoga teachers last week, taking on an industry worth almost £1 billion in the UK. The IWGB is a…
Brazilian mining’s disaster: The Brumadinho Dam collapse two years on
Vale Mining executives agreed on a settlement worth $7 billion (US) with the state government of Minas Gerais, Brazil, last week. The money is to act as compensation for the…
Greens ahead of Lib Dems in second General Election poll this week
On Monday 8 February, an opinion poll from IPSOS Mori suggested that more people would vote Green if a general election were held tomorrow than would vote Liberal Democrat. Today,…
85th university in the UK has divested from fossil fuels
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has today become the 85th university in the UK to publicly commit to divest from fossil fuels. Making the commitment, LTSM Director David Lalloo…