As part of our world where white people have turned against immigrants because they are racist pieces of shit, it's worth looking at some of the history of this issue, including in film. Here is a 1965 British TV special on the issue. At first,...
Great Britain
On July 1, 1847, the Factories Act of 1847 in Britain went into effect. This law limited hours in textile mills for women and children under 18 to 10 per.
Ed Kiely on the terrible university leadership in the Britain that matches or is even worse than what is happening in American universities. In the British case, it is being.
Fish and chips shops--chippies--are closing across Britain. The reasons do make sense--declining fish and rising energy costs--but there is always something sad about the decline of traditional foodways and it's hard to think of a more traditional food culture in the land of.....questionable food generally...
On May 4, 1926, workers in the United Kingdom started a general strike to protest the terrible actions against the nation's striking coal miners. 1.7 million workers walked off the.
On March 6, 1984, the British coal strike against Margret Thatcher's union-busting and privatization began. This strike would threaten to shut off the nation's energy supplies. It was also started.
On November 13, 1887, British police busted up an unemployment march that also had strong Irish nationalist leanings, leading to a violent battle in streets between the protestors and the cops. Bloody Sunday became one of the iconic moments in British labor history. In the...
The British leaving the EU really opens up the possibilities for those of us who missed the old days of the British and French killing each other over this and.
One of the single biggest problems in global governance is the mania to move money across the globe to tax havens. We are finally seeing some movement in coordinating internationally.
Gee, I wonder if letting immigrants into the nation and rejoining Europe would help the British? Long lines outside gas stations. Panicked drivers fighting one another as the pumps run dry. Soldiers deployed to distribute fuel across the country. And in the background, the pandemic...
SONY DSC The climate crisis has multiple dimensions. One of which is the impact on our cultural heritage and the loss of our historical buildings. See what is happening in.
On July 2, 1888, the London matchgirl strike began. In the pantheon of dangerous work, we probably don't often think of making matches. To some extent, this is because the.