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East End
East End
Winning recognition: a plaque for the matchwomen’s strike – Interview with Louise Raw
Ahead of International Women’s Day, historian Louise Raw spoke to Katherine Connelly about why it is so important that the 1888 matchwomen’s strike is remembered
The East End is drowning and capitalism doesn't care
Lucy Nichols reflects on the recent flooding in East London, arguing that it is working people who suffer the consequences of extreme weather events, while the wealthy and property developers adapt
Resistance at the frontline: interview with a striking Tower Hamlets worker
Lucy Nichols speaks to a Tower Hamlets Idea Stores employee and activist at the heart of this crucial defence of pay and conditions
Trade unionists unite: fighting back in East London
Use this model motion to help deliver the solidarity Tower Hamlets Unison urgently need, writes Richard Allday
Victoria Park is the People’s Park: reopen it now
Closing parks is a counterproductive act of petty authoritarianism, argue Alistair Cartwright and Chris Nineham
Newham says no to academisation
The fight against academisation in the East End
is on, with three schools taking strike action
Borough unites against Britain First
London's East End showed solidarity with its Muslim population as Nazis tried to stir up hate, reports Chris Nineham
Refugees - not a migrant crisis but a humanitarian crisis
The voices of compassion are challenging the refugee narrative writes Rabina Khan
Sylvia Pankhurst's Christmas parties for peace
Katherine Connelly tells of how the radical Suffragette gave East End kids a glimmer of hope in the depths of World War I
A history of struggle: race and class in the East End
Kevin Ovenden looks at the history of race and class in London's East End and the current battle to beat back the Tory attack on Tower Hamlets
Streets, art and the East End
A review of the East London Group of Artists exhibition, Nunnery Gallery, 181 Bow Road, London until 13 July