Showing race equality the green light
Are road accidents a 'race' issue? Nearly 50 years ago in Oakland, California, a political movement ran one of its earliest campaigns on this topic – protesting against a set…
Lessons from Ferguson and #Blacklivesmatter
Image: nefer|media We've all seen reports from Ferguson, protests, and the killing on camera of a black man in New York. The Police, far from being the servants of the…
It’s time for London to get votes that matter
The 2010 Purple Protests demanded electoral reform. Image: Ric Lander. In this year's local elections, once again, voters got the councillors they didn't elect. I'm being flippant, of course some…
Illegal Evictions – Divide and rule
Since the start of the recession there has been a rise in illegal evictions, and with the changes to Housing Benefit coming in next year there could be an even…
Community finance: Where’s our Cathy Come Home moment?
In 1966 the film Cathy Come Home depicted the struggle of a once happy family thrown into poverty and misery after father and husband Reg is injured and loses his…
Black Heroes: Elizabeth Eckford
Black History Month runs the length of October. If you'd like to write for us about your Black Heroes, get in touch at A couple of years back I went…
Privatisation Reversed? Chile shows the way to reclaim public services
In Chile, a challenge has emerged to the idea that privatisation is permanent. Student led protests and demonstrations have focused on reversing the privatisation of education. Protests in Santiago were…
Private police?: Georgian Policy for the Modern Age
What did you do if you were the victim of a crime in Georgian London? Say, for example, you’d been held up by bandits on the road, or had your…
A very British problem, or, how I learned to stop worrying and love renting
Norwich City Councillor Samir Jeraj responds to Alyson MacDonald's The Case Against Landlords. In the 2006 film Thank You For Smoking, the anti-hero lobbyist for the tobacco industry muses about…