Grenfell

Grenfell

• The London working class have not forgotten Grenfell

  

  The second demonstration in two days about the horrific disaster at Grenfell Tower shows that the anger and solidarity are still strong, reports Orlando Hill

• Grenfell: justice delayed is justice denied

  

  Two years on, the anger and the grief from this urban atrocity is still undimmed, reports Isabel Carr

• Municipal Dreams - book review

  

  Council housing was about building homes not financial assets, and we should be proud of that, finds William Alderson

• 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