UK police now have free rein to create 'dispersal zones' in public places, writes Josie Appleton. This allows them to exclude people for anything from street drinking to looking suspicious, being homeless, protesting, or merely 'congregating'. This represents a serious breach of our Common Law and Magna Carta rights.
… street drinking to looking suspicious, being homeless, protesting, or merely … Those barred from public places include homeless people, a disabled man handing out food for the homeless who was issued with a dispersal …
Oxford Council's Executive Board meets today to decide whether to criminalise 'noncompliant' busking, pavement art, cycling and other activities in the City's vibrant public spaces, punishable with a £1,000 fine. Jonny Walker wrote them this Open Letter.
… begging, despite the fact that a coalition of homelessness charities have asked you to … alongside buskers, peddlars, cyclists and homelessness initiatives to come up with a … alongside buskers, peddlars, cyclists and homelessness initiatives to come up with a …
A year ago Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, struck central Philippines leaving tens of thousands of people dead and missing, millions homeless and livelihoods destroyed. Today climate-affected communities worldwide are demanding change.
… of people dead and missing, millions homeless and livelihoods destroyed. Today …
The Ecologist today publishes Strategy 2023-6 promising a greater focus on the impacts of the fossil fuel economy - and a vision of a regenerative future.
… heatwaves and floods leaving millions homeless and hungry in Pakistan; the shelling …
The undisclosed interests trashing our lives - to be revealed in The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism and How It Came to Control Your Life featuring George Monbiot.
… home dentistry, sofa surfing and outright homelessness are now familiar features of life …
Laws handing sweeping new powers to police and private security to restrict access to Britain's public space will extinguish the diversity of civic life, writes Josie Appleton. Time for us to rediscover and defend our freedoms!
… groups. For example, a Council could ban homeless or young people from a park, or from …
The world has become intolerable for people everywhere, and for Earth herself, says Pope Francis. Profound, transformative change leading to social and economic justice is now an absolute necessity and something we must all fight for. We must also act to safeguard the Earth herself, our common home.
… the poor laborer, the downtrodden native, the homeless family, the persecuted migrant, the … lost on the fringes of a great empire, a homeless mother who could turn a stable for …
Fed up with being gouged by profit-driven corporations, let down by state neglect and under-investment, urban communities across the US are taking control of local services like public transport, energy, water, internet and telecoms, writes Max Holleran - bringing better service, lower prices and clean energy.
… immigrants (New York City), housing for the homeless (Salt Lake City), and a liveable …
Easter is a time when - chocolate munching aside - it's still possible to take a step back from consumer-capitalism, writes Frederick Trainer, and pause to think where it's getting us. The sad fact is that so long as society is driven by consumerism, our society can never be ecologically sustainable or just.
… them to eliminate unemployment, poverty and homelessness. They will simply set up small …