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5 days ago | novaramedia.com | Rivkah Brown

“We’re a new breed of activism. We’re not your parents’ Humane Society. … We come with a new philosophy. We hold the radical line. We will not compromise. We will not apologise, and we will not relent.” This is how one activist described Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (Shac), the animal rights group active from the late 1980s to the early 2010s. Shac’s central demand was the closure of Europe’s largest animal testing facility, Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS). It didn’t ask nicely.

1 week ago | novaramedia.com | Polly Smythe

Outsourced cleaning workers with poor conditions and bad pay face being left behind as the government renationalises the railways, RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey has warned. Dempsey told Novara Media that the “racist” and “exploitative” system of outsourcing is set to continue on Britain’s railways, despite them being renationalised. Dempsey was elected unopposed in March, following the retirement of popular RMT leader Mick Lynch in January.

1 week ago | novaramedia.com | Polly Smythe

As the brass bands, parade banners and thousands of trade unionists wind their way through Durham’s narrow streets next month for the city’s 139th Miners’ Gala, not everyone will be in attendance: Reform councillors are not invited.

1 week ago | novaramedia.com | Polly Smythe

Paywalls? Never. We think quality reporting should be free for everyone – and our supporters make that possible. Chip in today and help build people-powered media that everyone can access. Jonathan Omolewa, 68, began working in London as a private-hire driver in 2005. The 20 years he’s spent behind the wheel of a car, dropping passengers to their airports, nightclubs and hospitals, has been hard on his body: he’s been diagnosed with chronic pain, back problems, diabetes and joint issues.

1 week ago | novaramedia.com | Maya Oppenheim

Paywalls? Never. We think quality reporting should be free for everyone – and our supporters make that possible. Chip in today and help build people-powered media that everyone can access. Labour MPs are attempting to launch the most “draconian” clampdown on sex work devised in Britain in decades, campaigners have warned. Sex workers told Novara Media that the measures proposed by Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi could unjustly criminalise their friends and family and put prostitutes’ safety at risk.