Woke-bashing of the week: GB News turns culture-war punditry into ‘literally insight’
Well, it is GB News, what did we expect?
Right-Wing Media Watch – ‘Thanks for the publicity’: Care4Calais brilliantly reclaims a Daily Mail ‘hit piece’
The approach follows a well-worn pattern in the right-wing British press. Humanitarian action reframed as controversy, aid depicted as incentive, and Muslim identity positioned as an additional source of tension.
Manchester completes UK’s first-of-its-kind village to support people out of homelessness
The project comes amid rising levels of homelessness in the city.
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Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, June 2021
Protests, strikes, sell-offs and more: find out what got spiked this week.
Labour MP: Corbyn’s manifesto commitment to Westminster overhaul was watered down
And Jon Trickett reveals Labour had cross-party backing for a citizens’ assembly – but Brexit scuppered it.
Why Unite’s leadership election isn’t about Left vs Right
It’s not as simple as radicals against a moderate, writes Alex Maguire.
Extinction Rebellion hits back at ‘defamatory’ Telegraph article ahead of protests
The direct action group is gearing up for a weekend of action, against the mainstream media’s failure to report fairly on the climate crisis.
‘Authoritarian’: Democracy groups sound alarm over plans to shackle UK elections watchdog
Trust in Britain’s party funding system is at rock bottom. Yet ministers plan to reduce the Electoral Commission’s independence.
UnionDues: Is social partnership the way forward for workers after the pandemic?
The ACAS chair speaks to Simon Sapper on bringing workers and bosses together.
Kim Johnson MP: I sit on the committee behind the ‘white working class’ education report. It’s a disgrace
The Education Select Committee’s report shows the Tories couldn’t care less about the white working class.
Labour challenges Tory MPs to vote against ‘developers’ charter’ as debate on planning heats up
Will Tories rebel against Johnson’s contentious planning reforms, which helped swing the Chesham and Amersham by-election in the Lib Dems favour?
Jenny Jones: Archaeologists’ exclusion from Environment Bill must be challenged
The current prohibition of archaeology from the forthcoming Environment Bill needs to be contested, writes Jenny Jones.
Public view Amazon staff as ‘key workers’ who deserve trade union rights – poll
Amazon workers have a long history of agitating for change. The public now support the fight to give Amazon staff trade union rights.