PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT – TIME FOR THE FIGHTBACK

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Community and tagged activism, activists, anti austerity, Arcadia Group, austerity, Australia, bedroom tax, benefits, Boris Johnson, campaigning, climate crisis, climate jobs, construction, corruption, Covid-19, cronyism, CWU, Debenhams, east anglia, engineering, eviction ban, featured, fossil fuels, furlough scheme, gig economy, government, green economy, green industrial revolution, Hospitality, hospitals, Jane Loftus, Jo Rust, jobs, King's Lynn, Labour, MPs, nationalisation, NHS, norwich, pandemic, People Before Profit, Philip Green, PPE, public ownership, recession, redundancies, retail, Serco, social security, tax reform, Topshop, Tories, tourism, trade unions, TUC, uk, Universal Credit, welfare state, wildfires.

By John Sillett

The recent collapse into administration of shop group Arcadia and Debenhams’ department stores was shocking, but not unexpected. Both companies have had their assets looted by their owners; Arcadia’s owner Philip Green has become widely seen as the unacceptable face of capitalism. Whilst the vultures pick over the bones of Topshop and its relations, there has been an avalanche of redundancies in many sectors, from construction to engineering. The pandemic has hastened the collapse or rationalisation of companies depending on footfall, like retail, hospitality and tourism.

WHY NORWICH NEEDS A GREEN NEW DEAL

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Community and tagged accountability, air pollution, Alexandria Ocasio Coretz, austerity, build back better, carbon emissions, climate change, common ownership, coronavirus, covid, cycling, democracy, economics, featured, gloal justice, government, green economics, green new deal, Green New Deal UK, Green Party, growth, habitats, infrastructure, jobs, Labour, lewes, Liberal Democrats, london, norfolk, Norfolk County Council, norwich, Norwich City Council, pandemic, privatisation, recession, roads, schools, Sheffield, sustainability, uk, USA, wealth inequality.

By Olivia Hanks

Between 2013 and 2019, an era of ‘austerity’, most of us noticed a marked deterioration in the quality of our public spaces and infrastructure – existing roads and pavements not maintained, school buildings getting shabbier, public facilities closing. During that period, Norfolk County Council oversaw at least £725m of funded infrastructure projects. Incredibly, more than £650m of this was for building or widening roads.

CAN SCHOOL STRIKES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNMENT INACTION?

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Norwich Radical in Perspectives, Student and tagged activism, climate change, climate emergency, Cyrus Jarvis, environment, Extinction Rebellion, featured, Fridays for Future, green growth, green politics, Grete Thunberg, growth, jobs, media, norwich, revolution, uk, UK Student Climate Network, XR, Youth for Climate, Youth Strike for Climate.

by Sean Meleady

Extinction Rebellion may be getting the most headlines, but another grassroots movement is challenging government and global inaction on climate change. The School Strike for Climate – also known as Fridays for Future, Youth for Climate and Youth Strike for Climate – is a growing international movement of schoolchildren who go ‘on strike’ from school in protest against climate change. Continue Reading

FACING UP TO THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION

Posted on October 6, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Community and tagged activism, Asher Minns, bbc, Brian Heatley, capitalism, climate change, climate change mitigation, climate reporting, communication, corporations, council, echo chamber, economics, environment, Facing Up To Climate Reality, featured, green growth, Green House, green politics, growth, jobs, Jonathan Essex, norwich, revolution, Tyndall Centre, UEA, uk.

By Laura Potts

Last Saturday, I attended the Green House Think Tank’s free one-day conference Facing Up To Climate Reality at the Norwich Forum. Founded in 2011, the Green House Think Tank aims to lead the development of green thinking in the UK, and offer positive alternatives to the business-as-usual approach that has done so much harm to the environment. Their conference aimed to consider questions around the reality of climate change and what it means for jobs and the economy in this country.

REVIEW: LAS CHICAS DEL CABLE

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged 1920s, abuse, Alba, arts, austerity, cable, chicas del cable, crime, domestic violence, drama, DV, feminism, fight, identity, jobs, music, netflix, protes, protest, representation, series, sexuality, Sisters Uncut, spain, Spanish, stories, streaming, technology, TV, women, women's rights.

by Carmina Masoliver

CW: discussion of domestic violence

An eight episode series, Las Chicas del Cable (The Cable Girls) begins with a woman killing her friend’s husband – part self-defence, part accident – also shooting her friend. It’s a drama full of love stories, as well as crime and mystery, yet domestic violence is a major theme that runs through the series. Set in 1928 in Madrid, it shows the impossibility of leaving an abusive relationship in a patriarchal society, where even the law protects men who are abusers.Continue Reading

IMMIGRATION: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged corporations, economy, EU, Europe, globalisation, housing, immigrant communities, immigrants, immigration, jobs, NHS, social cohesion, Sports Direct, theresa may, uk, wages, working class.

by Natasha Senior

Globalisation has generally been unkind to the young. Yet, as a demographic, we took its side in the EU referendum. Because ultimately the union has positively shaped our culture, as global business, and academic ties, bought international communities together all over Europe. This type of integration has profoundly enriched the way of life in the metropolis. But it would be incorrect to think that people all over the country are benefitting in the same way, because this level of cohesion is politically disallowed from crossing beyond the city confines. Indeed, the impact of globalisation, and the nature of integration, has been overwhelmingly detrimental elsewhere in the country.

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WHY NORWICH NEEDS A GREEN NEW DEAL

By Olivia Hanks

CAN SCHOOL STRIKES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNMENT INACTION?

FACING UP TO THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION

REVIEW: LAS CHICAS DEL CABLE

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