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...
The creation of a new left party was never going to be easy. But after some rocky moments, it looks like the energy and hope around Your Party is back. And Zarah Sultana’s speech to around 600 people in Leeds On Wednesday 8 October was a perfect example of that: Zarah Sultana delivers a pa...
The BBC arranged an all-right-wing panel to challenge Green leader Zack Polanski on Question Time last night. But he schooled them all. And it was a perfect example of how to cut through establishment propaganda with clarity and compassion. In a short time, Polanski tackled: the immense da...
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that they will further support disabled people into work, by *checks notes* installing work coaches into GP surgeries. Yes, as well as forcing young people to take low-paying jobs and pushing those who can’t work to retrain as HGV dri...
Alliance Party Justice Minister Naomi Long responded to the presence of a large group of protestors outside her house last night by describing the incident as “bullying and intimidation.” No specific group has claimed responsibility for the action taken in East Belfast, though footage of i...
A Met Police officer who used cameras to spy on a 14 year old girl won’t be jailed. In July, Lee Hargrave was handed a suspended 13 month sentence. The sentence was later re-examined for being too lenient, but the appeal judges decided the sentence was correct. Hargrave will remain on the ...
On Thursday, 9 October, activists from the Palestine solidarity faction of Shut The System targeted Palantir Technology’s London office. They destroyed entrances, glass panels, security cameras and ID card readers. Activists then doused the front of the building in red paint to symbolise t...
Last month’s annual gathering of unions under the banner of the TUC was marked by the unanimous success of a motion condemning Keir Starmer’s ‘proscription’ (terrorism ban) on non-violent anti-genocide protest group Palestine Action. But Skwawkbox can reveal that the Unite union, amongst e...
On Thursday 9 October, the Canary was leading the livestreaming of the Your Party Liverpool launch – where both Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana were due to speak. Our stream was being shared by Your Party itself and other independent media outlets. Sadly, it didn’t go to plan. Our livestre...
WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS IMAGES AND VIDEOS SOME READERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING Within an hour or Israel adding its signature to the Trump ‘ceasefire‘, after Palestinian militia groups had already signed, the occupation began bombing Palestinian civilians even as they celebrated the sup...
