Callum Cant
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The fact that a senior civil servant who specialised in assessing arms exports to Israel has ended his 18-year career because he thinks the Foreign Office "may be complicit in war crimes", and not a single national outlet has reported it, is frightening. We have a captive media.
EXCL: Ambulances were called out to Amazon warehouses more than 1,400 times in the past five years. Worker suicides were common at sites across the country, as were heart attacks, pregnancy complications and traumatic injuries. My The Observer scoop: theguardian.com/technology/art…
In recent years, platforms have been slashing riders’ pay & driving down living standards to increase profits. We must make no mistake that Deliveroo posted its first ever profit recently as a direct result of its workers facing new depths of deprivation theguardian.com/business/artic…
"Organising has always started from the ground up. In hospitality, we are facing a situation in which it once again needs to happen from below." Important analysis from the new issue of Notes from Below 🔖Read it here: notesfrombelow.org/article/grassr…
From the latest Notes from Below, this is an inquiry by ex-bouncer that dives into the practical roots of hustle ideology and the appeal of the far right. Researched and written before the latest racist riots, it is full of essential strategic insights. notesfrombelow.org/article/close-…
🍻 In 'Post-mortem of a piss-up in a brewery', Amardeep Singh Dhillon discusses the formation, successes, and decline of the South London Bartenders Network, a network focused on worker-led organising both inside and outside of unions. Now online: buff.ly/3T3FYWW