May Day, or International Workers Day, is celebrated on 1st May by numerous countries on each continent as a public holiday. Other countries celebrate a Labour Day on another date, but with the same intentions and origin. Established by the Second International in the late 19th century, the holiday honours workers’ rights and their contribution … Continue reading
When passing the Tower of London on the bus, that for most locals annoying stop between Aldgate and the City where tourists crowd the crosswalks and block the bus doors,I can’t help but think of two things: The prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and the irony of time. The Tower of London is most famous … Continue reading
Now, finally, I know. Immersing myself in the writing of various moral philosophers recently (Butler, Levinas, Arendt, Appiah, etc.) I resurfaced with the idea that all humans are tied to each other through ethical obligations deriving from a common vulnerability and interdependency as well as the fact that the we were born into this world … Continue reading
So Jeremy Hunt decided to indeed close the Lewisham A&E. But….don’t forget: On Saturday, Jan 26th an estimated 25,000-30,000 angered citizens took to Lewisham’s busy Fried Chicken and Caribbean Hair Salon lined streets to express their opinion with banners, music, heart-warming speeches, hotdog booths and a lot of enthusiasm. Families, health care workers, and students, … Continue reading
Londoners won’t let go of their NHS without a fight, this much is clear. What today seems like a mere local struggle to keep open an emergency ward and maternity services of a Southeast London hospital is just the tip of an iceberg. Measures alike these, taken in the less wealthy boroughs of the capital, … Continue reading
http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/12/22/missing-british-somali-man-reappears-in-new-york-court/ “Mahdi Hashi, the British-Somali man who disappeared from east Africa shortly after being stripped of his British citizenship, appeared yesterday in a New York federal court alongside two Swedish men. All three appear to have been rendered by the United States from Djibouti, and have now been charged with terrorism offences. Hashi, 23, is accused of … Continue reading
Protest today outside BBC Question Time. If any of you have ever been to the understaffed and busy hospital in Lewisham, one of London’s poorest neighbourhoods and also with almost 50% ethnic minorities, and have waited several hours in the crowded A&E waiting room between the city’s homeless and addicted (as I have on various … Continue reading
A top comrade of UK’s Socialist Workers Party (SWP), a member of the party’s central committee has allegedly been accused by a female member of sexual harassment and abuse. However the party’s panel found not enough proof for his guilt – so they did not take any action against him. The following (from a report of the … Continue reading
Church of England lifts ban on gay bishops – Europe – Al Jazeera English. civil partnerships for clergymen (as long as they stay celibate) I must say, I was positively surprised by the progressive public opinion on homosexuality in the United Kingdom when I first moved there. And they continue the struggle against homophobia, hand … Continue reading
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