The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Lessons Wealthy Britain Could Learn from Preston’s Worker-Centric Growth
A new economic model is afoot in the Lancashire city where government pumped funds into Preston-based businesses and encouraged the creation of cooperations owned and operated by workers.
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Britain’s Burgeoning Wealth Inequality Shows A Nation More Divided Than Ever
London is now home to more than 4,500 multimillionaires – people defined as having net assets of at least $30 million – while poverty across the rest of Britain is reaching new heights.
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In Crisis Britain, The Conservative Government's Slow Collapse Defies Gravity
It is a commonly held belief that the U.K. government is collapsing, yet it somehow limps on, despite social, economic, corruption and democratic crises.
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Anger Grows In U.K. After Conservatives Vote to Keep 1% Pay Rise Salary Cap
The timing of the government’s refusal to increase wages for public sector professionals couldn’t be more damaging, so nurses and others are launching a "summer of protests" to get politicians' attention.
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As Calls Grow for Grenfell Justice, Will U.K. Government Be Held To Account?
The British establishment is ignoring calls for an open and inclusive investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire, which could demonstrate how government and for-profit contractors helped turn 120 homes into a 24-floor death trap.
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"Dead Woman Walking": How Jeremy Corbyn Buried Theresa May and Reshaped British Politics
Rather than being humiliated in the ballot box, which many party members and Corbyn allies feared, the insurgent campaign coupled with popular manifesto policies designed to “work for the many, not just the few,” paid off.
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U.K. Opposition to Austerity Is Building As Brexit Economic Concerns Deepen
“We want to send a message to the Tories that their austerity experiment has failed our country, failed our economy and failed our people – and it is time to end it."
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South Manchester Hospital Embodies NHS Success Even As Deep Healthcare Cuts Set In
Stepping Hill Hospital is operating under intense financial pressure – but is still saving lives – as the U.K. government continues to make billions of pounds’ worth of cuts to Britain’s NHS.
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Universal Credit is Forcing Britain’s Most Vulnerable Into Deeper Poverty and Debt
Claimants are facing hefty delays in receiving benefits and unfair sanctions.
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Funding Crisis Escalates As British Schools Face Sharpest Cuts Since the 1970s
With more teachers being made redundant, class sizes swelling, head teachers wrestling with holes in their budgets, the picture in Britain’s modern-day classrooms is bleak.
