Mexico: Between Barbarism and Class Struggle Two pieces of news from Mexico currently appear in the press around the world: a new historical record in the number of homicides and the…
Grenfell Tower – the smoke & the mirrors There is an ever-growing stream of media commentary on the Grenfell fire, increasing daily as the public enquiry unfolds. There are some elements…
Tragic events in Russia Exactly a week after Putin’s “landslide” victory in the Russian Presidential election (March 18) a terrible fire broke out in the “Winter Cherry”…
Fukushima Mon Amour Four literary and political essays on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster of March 11, 2011, following the earthquake and tsunami that struck…
Hiroshima: The atomic hecatomb Letter from a Japanese anarchist about the Hiroshima bombing, and the response of self-organisation and mutual aid from the local population…
The Monopoly board of the city: Grenfell Tower - where was the HCA, government housing regulator?? The Homes & Community Agency(HCA) is the UK state regulatory body for social…
Smothered by regeneration: the Grenfell Tower fire Tenants at Grenfell Tower repeatedly warned the council and its management organisation about fire safety risks before a deadly blaze engulfed…
Night of the gas: Bhopal India Article on the worst industrial disaster in the world, the gas leak at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal India. The leak, caused by non existent…
Break the silence on Azerbaijan oil workers' deaths In Azerbaijan, oil workers and their families are demanding answers about offshore safety standards, but the authorities have stayed silent for…
The Monongah mining disaster, 1907 - Steven Johns A short account of the worst mining disaster in US history, which killed over 360 mostly Italian migrant workers and which was the inspiration…
Port Chicago disaster and mutiny, 1944 A short history of the munitions explosion on 17 July, 1944 which killed 320 men, mostly African-Americans, and the African American servicemen…
