As many expected, Joe Biden’s approach to Venezuela has not differed too much from Donald Trump’s. The current US president has largely left his predecessor’s sanctions in place. I spoke to UN special rapporteur Alena […]
Category: People
May Day, May Day, May Day! Moves to Kill the Bill grow louder and stronger.
Calls have gone out around the UK for the latest Kill the Bill (KTB) demonstrations on Saturday 1 May. This is also a longstanding international day of solidarity for unions and workers. So around the […]
The ‘completely corrupt’ US lobbying system uses China and Russia to justify military spending
Phoenix Media Co-op asked nuclear policy specialist Joe Cirincione about the power of the arms lobby in US politics. And he explained how treating China and Russia as enemies helps to justify massive spending on weapons, especially […]
UN experts slam ‘cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment’ of US prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal
On 20 April, a group of UN human rights experts spoke out about the treatment of US prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. This followed reports that authorities had shackled Abu-Jamal to a hospital bed as he awaited […]
Campaign events aim to champion workers’ rights in the fight against sweatshops
No Sweat is a UK “grassroots anti-sweatshop campaign & wholesale supplier of ethical T-shirts”. And ahead of a series of events in the coming days, Phoenix Media Co-op got in touch to find out more. […]
Protesters call for medical attention for Russian prisoner Alexei Navalny at demo in Germany
Alexei Navalny is a Russian anti-corruption activist and opposition politician. He’s currently in prison, and on hunger strike. And this week, protesters both inside and outside of Russia showed concern for his health by hitting the […]
Welcome to the innovative, exciting and compassionate future of events
The global Covid-19 pandemic decimated the events industry. But it’s evolving, finding exciting and innovative ways to reach audiences cut off from live entertainment for the past year. In Cornwall, one events organiser is not […]
People are planning to commit ‘blatant anarchy’ in England’s countryside this weekend
Groups across the country are planning to trespass into England’s countryside as part of a new land justice movement. And the call-out is timed to coincide with the anniversary of one of the country’s most famous […]
Stephen Lawrence’s murder highlighted institutional racism. 28 years later, what has changed?
22 April marks the third official Stephen Lawrence Day. Lawrence was an 18-year-old Black man who was murdered by a group of racist thugs in Eltham in 1993. 28 years ago he was stabbed and […]
Spycops delay a ‘slap in the face’ to people who suffered undercover police abuses
On 20 April, the Undercover Policing Inquiry announced a new delay. And people fighting for justice over the Spycops scandal saw this as yet another insult. “Intrusive abusive political policing” The inquiry’s report was originally […]
Enough is enough. Men’s violence will not silence us.
A few days ago, a friend sent me a vile link. It stated that on 24 April, there’s a coordinated plan to commit rape and sexual violence towards women. As a survivor, it chilled me […]
‘The future is bleak’ on the global arms race, according to nuclear expert
Phoenix Media Co-op asked nuclear policy specialist Joe Cirincione about the upcoming prospects for progress in de-escalating the global nuclear arms race. And for now, he lamented, “the future of arms control is bleak”. The arms race […]
UN human rights experts say UK racism report ‘rationalises white supremacy’
On 19 April, the UN’s Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent called the UK government’s recent racism report – the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities – a “reprehensible” and “deliberate attempt […]
36 union leaders jointly condemn UK government’s racism report
On 18 April, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) published an open letter. 36 union leaders sent this to Boris Johnson. It served as a joint condemnation of the government’s recent racism report – the Commission […]
‘The racism report was as absurd as Trump’s disinfectant injections’
Two longstanding campaigners for racial justice and civil liberties in the North of England share their thoughts on the government’s recent racism report. You couldn’t make it up. Do you laugh, cry, scream or […]