Calls for justice persist eight years after Grenfell fire
Marking eight years since the Grenfell Tower fire, communities and workers continue to demand justice and an end to the austerity policies that fueled the tragedy
Dagenham fire exposes lack of progress on building and fire safety ahead of Grenfell Report
A recent fire in London serves as a stark reminder of the UK’s ongoing failures in building and fire safety, just days before the final report on the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy is set to be published
Four years after Grenfell tragedy, justice for victims remains elusive
On June 14, 2017, a fire that started from a malfunctioning freezer in an apartment, rapidly spread to the exterior of the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London. 72 people lost their lives and many more were injured
Algerians boycott elections as Hirak movement demands total overhaul & other stories
Today we look at the mass boycott of parliamentary elections in Algeria, protests against police brutality in Tunisia, and more
From Grenfell to Iraq to Chile: Lowkey on the necro-politics of neoliberalism
Vijay Prashad talks to rapper and activist Lowkey about the different aspects of neoliberalism that led to the Grenfell tower fire in London in June 2017 which killed 72 people.
Thousands gather in west London to commemorate the victims of the Grenfell fire
The survivors, the relatives of the victims, as well as members of the local community are enraged at the delay in progress of the official inquiry into the 2017 fire
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