WHAT WILL our “new normal” look like? To inform our debate, our “thoughts” this month will feature quotes from iconoclasts who want to see freedom, equality and justice for the many. Six weeks of listening to Boris Johnson and his ...

ONE UNFORESEEN side effect of the Coronavirus Lockdown has been an increase in the incidence of domestic violence. The Metropolitan Police have been keen to point out that they are playing a part in rescuing victims and apprehending alleged perpetrators. ...

THE Stop the War Coalition is holding a virtual meeting on Saturday, 16th May to explore the issue of government expenditure on keeping people healthy and, on the other hand, killing them. The military never seem to go short of ...

TEACHERS, support staff and a massive range of administrative workers and community volunteers are rallying round across Tower Hamlets to support children who are not able to go into school during the current Lockdown. Support offered to Tower Hamlets school ...

This is a May Day message from Jeremy Corbyn MP. May Day is a traditional festival, a festival of Spring, a festival of communities coming together – and it goes back centuries. It’s also a labour movement tradition – solidarity ...

A SERIES OF violent actions in Barking led to Brandon Wallace being jailed last month. He had threatened a woman in an incident of domestic violence – and went on to spit at police trying to arrest him. Officers from ...

UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis joined the May Day virtual rally called by Tower Hamlets Unison on Friday – and pledged that the national union would support local workers fighting “Tower Rewards”. Tower Rewards – re-named “Tower Robbery” by the ...

Muhammad Ismael WITH THE GLOBAL Coronavirus pandemic in full swing, the Weavers Community Forum (WCF) has launched the Weavers Food bank to support the most vulnerable and needy residents in the neighbourhood.  Present at the launch were Abdul Malik, Chair; ...

AND ONCE we have celebrated – get ready to defend their jobs. That’s the message from Tower Hamlets UNISON, which has called a virtual May Day rally to talk about the down side of fighting the Coronavirus pandemic. The Coronavirus ...

DONALD TRUMP has long been a much more effective inspiration for comedians than he is a president of the USA. He would be the gift that keeps on giving. Trump’s latest gaffe was to suggest that Coronavirus could be killed ...