A conference set to take place in Glasgow on June 7th will analyse the situation for immigrant minors in the United Kingdom, with the aim of coming up with some solutions to their vulnerable plight. A study on immigrant minors carried out by Unicef, which analyses how difficult life […]
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Cleaners, without rights to get ill
They have few holidays, they don’t have a worthy pension and they are forced to work even when they are ill. This is a situation that hundreds of subcontracted workers suffer at the University of London. Text and photos by Olga Briasco Recently a roar of drums and […]
Hicks and Unite: for a union based on collective action
At first there was only one candidate and no opposition. But things changed and this British union’s next elections its million and a half members will be able to choose their next General Secretary: current leader Len McCluskey, or the opponent to his left, Jerry Hicks. Benjamin Serra […]
Unsafe London…. street gangs and their own sense of justice
The United Kingdom is the country with the most criminal violence in Europe. Around five thousand teenagers use violence almost daily to establish respect and to instil fear. Blades or blunt-edged weapons are utilised by young people between 10 and 24 for extorting city-dwellers. And they are not alone. They […]
The UN’s responsibilities in the case of Palestine
The United Nations have been criticised for wavering from their purpose of providing humanitarian aid, protecting human rights and maintaining peace and security between nations, by halting initiatives to convert Palestine into a free and sovereign state. Javier E. Núñez Calderón When the United Nations approved the […]