On Saturday 11 October, groups of soldiers defied orders and joined the youth-led protesters in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo. The next day, the CAPSAT military unit declared that it was taking control of the country’s military in solidarity with the anti-government demonstrations. In...
The British Medical Association’s (BMA) Scottish branch today announced potential industrial action on the horizon. Resident doctors are threatening strike action after the Scottish Government “shamefully reneged” on an earlier pay agreement. The BMA Scottish Resident Doctors’ Committee (S...
This article includes discussion of rape and sexual abuse On 9 October, the Metropolitan Police confirmed that former DJ and media personality Tim Westwood will face trial for multiple counts of rape and other sexual offences. The news comes more than 5 years after allegations of the prese...
The UCU is balloting members on demands that the higher education employers’ body – the Universities and Colleges Employers’ Association (UCEA) – commits to: a fair pay offer an agreement to stop university redundancies. protections for existing deals on terms and conditions. All five univ...
September saw massive protests sweep nations across the world, from Asia to Africa to South America. For the most part, the demonstrators spoke out against government corruption, inequality and economic hardship. Often, the protests were led by members of Gen-Z, the demographic born betwee...
Disabled people in the UK have been sounding the alarm about unofficial cuts, changes, and delays to the Department of Work and Pensions’ (DWP) Access to Work scheme since February 2024. The DWP has insisted that nothing has changed. However, the whistleblowers were finally vindicated last...
In a shock move, the Daily Express – the UK’s 16th most popular source of scrap paper – appears to be running the Greens’ ad campaign for them. What an act of charity! Without even a trace of irony or self-awareness detected, the Express recently ran the headline: The party even more dange...
The civil war in Sudan has displaced over 13 million people. It’s left more than 30 million in need of aid, of which just under 25 million are undergoing acute hunger. Within the vast scope of this humanitarian crisis, journalists on the ground in Sudan are being killed or displaced. This,...
US American military forces reportedly attacked two more Venezuelan vessels in international waters near the South American nation on 3 and 4 October. This brings the total number of similar strikes to four, with at least 21 people dead. And now, Trump is threatening to do the same – but t...
The weekend saw Trump order US National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon and Chicago, Illinois. The president cited rampant crime and illegal immigration as the reasons for the military intervention. Both cities are Democrat-led, marking the latest in a string of similar actions against ...