Grenfell

Grenfell

• Theresa - the powerful new song from Cabinet of Millionaires

  

  Unlike the Prime Minister, Cabinet of Millionaires' Theresa is reliably good, with a catchy tune and a powerful message, writes Graham Lockwood

• Peak inequality: Britain's ticking time bomb - review

  

  Danny Dorling’s Peak Inequality provides powerful evidence of the damage that rising inequality has had across housing, education, health and demography, finds Sean Ledwith

• Trump Out, Tories Out, General Election Now! - Counterfire Freesheet July 2018

  

  Trump's visit and his trade delusions, crisis for the Tories, Grenfell, is the EU really a friend to migrants and more - Counterfire freesheet edition 027, July 2018

• Grenfell: First the injury, now the insults

  

  With survivors and FBU firefighters now in the firing line, Julie Al-Hinai detects echoes of Hillsborough 

• You’ll never edit Grenfell

  

  A spoken word response to Andrew O’Hagan’s ‘The Tower’ by Potent Whisper

• May Days review - a fitting tribute to Grenfell and a society fighting back

  

  This staging of a potent poem of our times gives voice to a class realising its own power, finds Cameron Panting

• Justice for Grenfell: breaking the silence

  

  A year on from the Grenfell disaster, Julie Al-Hinai reminds us that whilst our grief can be silent, our anger must be clearly audible

• The collapse of everything, and what to do about it - weekly briefing

  

  Two major demos in the next four weeks is a fantastic opportunity to hardwire our politics to the street, argues Lindsey German 

• What, you thought we just forgot about Grenfell?

  

  Thousands of people marched in silence on the anniversary of the Grenfell Tower Fire in a powerful show of solidarity, reports Shabbir Lakha

• Our NHS: Keep the fight on the streets - Counterfire Freesheet June 2018

  

  Fighting for our NHS, Ireland's abortion rights victory, Grenfell one year on, Dump Trump and more - Counterfire freesheet edition 026, June 2018

• Our NHS: keep the fight on the streets

  

  The demos this summer give us a chance to recapture the spirit of last year's insurgency and take the fight to the Tories. We must take it

• May Days: a benefit for Grenfell

  

  William Alderson’s “magnificent” poem May Days is to be performed by actors in aid of the Grenfell Tower victims to commemorate the anniversary of the disaster

• Grenfell one year on - the Tories still don't care

  

  As we approach the anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, the Tories have learnt no lessons and show only disregard and contempt argues Steph Pike

• Bristol marches to demand justice for Grenfell 9 months on

  

  Ahead of the anniversary of the disaster the establishment will seek to depoliticise events, but we must mobilise in solidarity now more than ever, writes Tom Whittaker

• In defence of Stormzy

  

  Following the right wing attacks on Stormzy's Brit Awards intervention, Julie Al-Hinai fights back with a letter to Amanda Platell

• Grenfell: the community is still fighting to have its voice heard

  

  The authorities’ behaviour towards the victims of the tragedy shows it hasn’t learnt any lessons

• Save the NHS - Counterfire Freesheet February 2018

  

  The Tory manufactured crisis in the NHS, Carillion, Labour, Palestine, Grenfell and more...

• Residents told they can't be safe until they pay £2m by multimillionaire landlord

  

  Freeholder forcing residents to pay £2m for their own safety is putting lives at risk by not removing Grenfell-style cladding from Croydon complex argues Shabbir Lakha

• The antidote to a very weak but very nasty government - weekly briefing

  

  Now is not the time for wait-and-see, even a small victory could break the back of this wretched regime, writes Lindsey German

• We were many: A review of 2017

  

  Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football introduces their visual review of 2017

• No one likes neoliberalism: the year that the mask slipped – weekly briefing

  

  The rollercoaster of polarisation was in full flow this year and shows no sign of relenting, writes Lindsey German

• Walking to Hell

  

  A poem on Grenfell

• Six weeks after Grenfell, East London tenants demand national action

  

  The anger is not subsiding and people are beginning to organise, reports Chris Nineham 

• Grenfell council meeting: adding insult to mortal injury

  

  Anger at the council for its safety failures ran deep at Wednesday’s meeting, reports Deanna Ruane

• 'Not mere manslaughter, but murder': why we're still living with Victorian values - weekly briefing

  

  The more things change, the more they stay the same: Lindsey German looks to Engels to help us understand the enormity of Grenfell

• Kensington and Chelsea: a tale of two boroughs

  

  Doctor, activist and local resident Mona Kamal describes the genesis of a tragedy

• This is our time, but we have to organise - weekly briefing

  

  The left is on the front foot - we can't let this moment pass

• Ken Knight is the last person that should oversee Grenfell response

  

  The retired firefighter that is set to chair the response to the Grenfell disaster has a history of implementing austerity, writes this London firefighter

• May out! Corbyn in! - Counterfire freesheet July 2017

  

  The way forward for the movement, the Grenfell tragedy and more - Counterfire freesheet edition 019, July 2017

• Grenfell: The price of profit

  

  The 'bonfire of regulations' has now taken on a chilling new meaning

• Kensington and Chelsea: a rotten borough

  

  The super-rich deputy leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council that has been a driving force of social cleansing in the borough. Judy Cox reports.

• We need a new saying: 'safe as houses' just doesn't cut it anymore

  

  Cladding being tested from buildings around the country since Grenfell have all failed so far - housing isn't safe any more.

• Multiracial, working class unity in the fight to get justice for Grenfell Tower residents

  

  The emergence of a united, multiracial working class has the power to deliver justice for Grenfell and get rid of the Tories, writes Tom Whittaker

• Grenfell Tower fire: anger rising

  

  With the death toll slowly rising but information still largely considered inaccurate, anger is growing. Julie Al-Hinai reports from the ground.

• The Tories: a wretched apology for a government, clinging on to office - weekly briefing

  

  This is a government whose time is up

• Justice for Grenfell: on the streets

  

  As the fallout from Grenfell continues, opposition to the Tories spreads, writes Shabbir Lakha

• The Grenfell Tower disaster exposes the deep class divide in our society

  

  The tragedy highlights the contempt with which the Tories treat working class people

• The Grenfell Tower fire could have been avoided: this government must be held responsible

  

  The accountability for this tragedy goes all the way up to the government, writes Mona Kamal