SOLOMON HUGHES recommends Sunjeev Sahota’s recent novel set in a trade union election campaign for its fresh approach to what unites and divides workers, but wishes the union backdrop was truer to life
ON JUNE 14 2017, in the early hours of the morning, an ordinary kitchen fire was the catalyst for a social catastrophe of an unprecedented scale.
The effects of this extraordinary occurence upon the communities living in close proximity to the Grenfell fire disaster will not be fully understood for decades to come.
This event took place in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea where some of the world’s wealthiest and Britain’s poorest coexist in an atmostphere of mistrust, mutual contempt and suspicion.
Gisele Pelicot said ‘shame must change sides.’ We may think we agree, but, argues LOUISE RAW, society still has some way to go
As we approach the half-anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, the community gathers to remember loved ones while grappling with mixed emotions surrounding the ongoing deconstruction of the tower and the hopeful plans for a memorial, writes EMMA DENT COAD
This year’s Bristol Radical History Festival focused on the persistent threats of racism, xenophobia and, of course, our radical collective resistance to it across Ireland and Britain, reports LYNNE WALSH



