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Cymunedoli: The glue that binds

Gerry Hart — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Economic power in the community – cymunedoli – is the antidote to the far right’s growing appeal in Cymru, write Beth Winter and Leanne Wood

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Thames Water and the failures of privatisation

Gerry Hart — Wed, 14 May 2025 07:00:00 +0000

More than any other privatised company, Thames Water has become a lighting rod for public anger. Eleanor Godwin and David Whyte explain why – and what we can do about it

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Reputation first, safety second

Gerry Hart — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 08:00:00 +0000

Gareth Dennis, who was sacked for speaking publicly about safety issues at London’s Euston station, explains the need for new legal protections for all public servants speaking about subjects on which they hold expertise

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Kenya’s youth-led revolution

Siobhan McGuirk — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:25:34 +0000

Rasna Warah reports on how young people in and beyond Kenya are using social media to challenge corrupt, old-school politicians

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Grenfell: The cost of austerity

Siobhan McGuirk — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 20:45:00 +0000

The damning Grenfell inquiry report reveals entrenched private sector corruption and public sector failings – and our need to overhaul governance systems, writes Richard Norton-Taylor

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The Broken Promise of Infrastructure – review

Gerry Hart — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Dominic Davies's book is a much needed analysis of the role infrastructure relates to and informs our politics, writes Anubha Sarkar

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Battles for land and gender justice in Kenya’s Loita Hills

Siobhan McGuirk — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Stephanie Leah Simmons Wood speaks to the Loita Maasais fighting ‘demarcation’ and navigating threats to tradition, corporate interests and opportunities for women’s empowerment

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Hydropolitics: An interview with Erik Swyngedouw

Gerry Hart — Mon, 08 May 2023 07:00:53 +0000

Sanaa Alimia interviews Erik Swyngedouw on the urgent need to bring water into the commons through political action

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The campaign for better buses

Gerry Hart — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 08:00:42 +0000

Matthew Topham and Alice Dann explain how the campaign that brought buses back into public control in Manchester can inspire similar action across the UK

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It’s not drought, it’s plunder: commodification and Chile’s water crisis

Kimon Daltas — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 08:00:19 +0000

Water scarcity in Chile is the price of its commodification, writes Carole Concha Bell

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