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Spycops Inquiry: Closing statements roundup
February 23rd: Yesterday saw closing statements in the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI), a sprawling investigation into the use of spycops covering four decades of operations, focusing in this tranche on the 1968-1982 period.
Proposed new rules for licensed private hire drivers are racist, disproportionate, and misguided
February 22nd: The App Drivers and Couriers Union (ADCU) condemns proposed new rules from West Northamptonshire Council as racist, disproportionate, misguided and counterproductive.
Palestine Action expose the UN on ‘Social Justice’ Day for buying Israel’s killer drones
February 21st: Palestine Action have marked the United Nation’s ‘World Day of Social Justice’ with an action calling out the UN’s hypocrisy: using a banner drop over Westminster Bridge, lighting smoke flares, and delivering a speech stating that UN must cease its procurement of Israeli military drones.
Why is Newham Council obsessed with demolition?
February 20th: Repost from Focus E15: Newham Council have publicly pledged that all families will be moved out of the cramped, unsuitable building at 10 Victoria Street, Stratford (formerly known as Brimstone House and Focus E15 Foyer) by May 2023. This is after Focus E15 campaign and residents protested and complained, time and time again, about the overcrowded
Postal workers have made history
February 17th: CWU members in Royal Mail Group have delivered the biggest ever return in a major national strike ballot.
KCL Conservative Association promoting white-supremacy & KCLSU’s complicity
February 13th: Students at King’s College London protest an event held by KCL Conservative Association where the motion “This House Would Restore the British Empire” was set to be debated; Head of Governance at KCLSU Caroline Crawford refuses to acknowledge the British Empire was genocidal.
Helena Kennedy KC Inquiry into sexism, bullying and sexual harassment in the transport trade union
February 10th: The report released on 08/02/23 comes after an inquiry led by Helena Kennedy KC, which took place following the powerful film testimony made by Claire Laycock (former TSSA employee) in April 2022, who broke her NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement). MeTU Women welcome Helena Kennedy KC’s detailed and robust report into sexism, bullying and sexual harassment in
Demands to ban Uber’s introduction of predatory pay and pricing algorithms
February 4th: This week Uber introduced dynamic pricing to London which sees algorithms utilize driver and personal data, including personal profiling to automatically set variable pay for drivers and fares for passengers.
“Australia Day” is nothing to celebrate
January 31st: On 28 January 2023 we blockaded, for as long as we could, an official “australia day” (better known as “Invasion Day”) party, being held at the Lightbox nightclub in London.
Palestine Action crash Make UK’s engineering awards
January 28th: Palestine Action snuck their way into Canary Wharf’s East Wintergarden, to crash the ‘Make UK National Gala Awards’ Ceremony, humiliating Elbit Systems and their accomplices where they least expected it.
