Dickens was not only the first great urban novelist in England, but also one of the most important social commentators who used fiction effectively to … Charles Dickens as Social Commentator and CriticRead more
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Posted inChild Labor / Children / News
British Police Using Children As Criminal Informants
The British Government’s intelligence and police forces are using children as “covert human intelligence source (CHIS)” in operations against criminal gangs, drug dealers and terrorist … British Police Using Children As Criminal InformantsRead more
Posted inNews / Palestine
British Jews are speaking out on Israel
In May of this year, a group of U.K.-based Jewish anti-occupation activists held a demonstration in London’s Parliament Square, where we recited the kaddish, the … British Jews are speaking out on IsraelRead more
Posted inCIA / ToMl / Torture
MI6 put questions to prisoner waterboarded 83 times by CIA
British intelligence officers put questions to a man despite knowing he had been subjected to appalling abuse, including being waterboarded 83 times, according to damning … MI6 put questions to prisoner waterboarded 83 times by CIARead more
Posted inEmpire / ToMl
White, Neoliberal Monarchy Needs to Go
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were married Saturday at Windsor Castle in a ceremony that many heralded for celebrating black culture and history. Markle is … White, Neoliberal Monarchy Needs to GoRead more
Posted inBlack / Racism / ToMl
U.K. Gov’t Has Been Targeting Black Immigrants for Years
Gabrielle Bruney talking: Windrush scandal, which boils down to the government treating British Caribbeans, who are in the country legally—legal citizens—as if they were illegal … U.K. Gov’t Has Been Targeting Black Immigrants for YearsRead more
Posted inNews / Pollution
London considering car-free days in bid to tackle air pollution
London is considering introducing car-free days in an attempt to tackle the city’s air pollution crisis that experts say is responsible for thousands of early … London considering car-free days in bid to tackle air pollutionRead more
Posted inMedia / Politics / ToMl
How the BBC kept out ‘subversives’
For decades the BBC denied that job applicants were subject to political vetting by MI5. But in fact vetting began in the early days of … How the BBC kept out ‘subversives’Read more
Posted inFacebook / News
Brexit Won Thanks to Cambridge Analytica
Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower who revealed Cambridge Analytica’s, or CA, links to Facebook and the sharing of millions of people’s data, claimed the Brexit referendum … Brexit Won Thanks to Cambridge AnalyticaRead more
Posted inWorker
UK “gig economy” worker’s death tied to no sick pay, no sick leave
The tragic death of 53-year-old courier, Don Lane, underlines the terrible conditions workers face in the so-called “gig economy.” Lane, from Christchurch on the south … UK “gig economy” worker’s death tied to no sick pay, no sick leaveRead more