40 Years Since the End of Hunger Strikes: How State Repression Could Be Fought
The hunger strikes of 1980–81 in Northern Ireland’s prisons and the events preceding them formed another of the many horrific chapters in the Troubles, and arguably helped create a new spiral of conflict and violence lasting for more than a decade. The Thatcher government’s decision to allow ten prisoners to slowly starve themselves to death […]
Industrial Pollution. Protecting Our Health Means Fighting the System
Establishment politicians in Belgium had been aware of a problem since at least 2017, but it was only when local residents became involved that the pollution caused by chemical company 3M in Zwijndrecht, near Antwerp, came to light. Now local residents and workers at 3M and other chemical companies are very concerned. What is still […]