Spotlight Spotlight: Pennfields & Merridale COVID Action Group This issue, we look at Pennfields & Merridale COVID Action Group's approach to mutual aid in Wolverhampton.
Lifestyle Meet the Wolverhampton artist turning NHS letters into an art installation We sat down (virtually) with local artist Hannah Taylor to discuss her new project.
Education Let’s fight educational inequality with, uuh…proper funding, not causing thousands of deaths We must be suspicious of arguments suggesting the end of lockdown is solely for children's benefit.
News “Keep Schools Closed Until It’s Safe” open letter to City of Wolverhampton Council reaches 1000 signatures in 24 hours The letter calls on local council leader Ian Brookfield to wait until 5 the key tests set by the National Education Union are met before allowing local schools to reopen.
Spotlight Spotlight: Zebra Access Today we look at how Zebra Access are supporting deaf and hard-of-hearing people in Wolverhampton.
Lockdown Why did the law stop our protest while allowing schools and workplaces to reopen? If our pro-lockdown protest was banned on safety grounds, how do you justify ending lockdown?
Lockdown Opening primary schools isn't about education – it's babysitting to get you back to work Opening primary schools for younger years isn't necessary when the risks are so high.
Lockdown The government has made lockdown as miserable as possible so we will go back to work "Getting Britain back open for business" will lead to mass death, but it's also necessary to prop up our failing economic system.
Work “Calling us heroes just makes it ok when we die”: why we took to the streets for our keyworkers On Wednesday, it was Workers’ Memorial Day. Today, it is International Workers’ Day. This year, we are particularly aware of the sacrifices keyworkers are making. Thousands held a minute’s
A review of Nike Training App (in which I suggest it should be requisitioned by the state) When an awful company make a decent product, there's only one thing to do.
Advice These are all the groups we know are offering free COVID-19 help in Wolverhampton These local organisations have heroically stepped up to help the community - please use them if you or anyone you know is in need.
Austerity How austerity is undermining mutual aid Mutual aid groups set up to support communities in the face of coronavirus are finding a challenge beyond the pandemic – a social fabric torn apart by years of austerity.
Advice These are the Wolverhampton businesses we know are doing deliveries Lockdown, self-isolation and social distancing have made popping to get supplies very difficult. With supermarket delivery slots filling up, local people, organisations and businesses are offering to deliver to your
Coronavirus Our loved ones will die unnecessarily – we must be able to talk about why The UK is set to have the highest COVID-19 death rate of any European country—but many still complain when we criticise the government.
Wolverhampton We must create a better world from this crisis The pandemic shows that many people have been living on the edge of desperation for years—once it is over, they must still be supported.
