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Six Wall Street bank chiefs bring in combined pay of $250mn in 2025 CEOs each earned more than $40mn as gap with median bank worker set to widen further

Six Wall Street bank chiefs bring in combined pay of $250mn in 2025 ft.trib.al/8yZ91Ly

Zack and the Black Cap campaign group all smiling for a photo

The Black Cap Forever

Decades ago I used to collect glasses at the Black Cap, Camden!

11 years ago after it closed down, we set up a campaign to reopen it!

I long ago got distracted but these legends (with others!) stuck it out for years. Delighted to say from next month our LGBT+ pub is back! 🎉

Too biased, too late The GLA’s plans for the impact appraisal of the next London Plan are strongly criticised by Just Space and many of its member organisations. If the GLA were serious about impact they would ha…

We are highly critical of the Mayor's scoping study for the #LondonPlan impact analysis (IIA) We find it based on inadequate research, poor data, biased assessment criteria and weak on alternatives. justspace.org.uk/2026/02/14/t...

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London is so unequal (perhaps the most) so the equality impact assesment of the new #LondonPlan has to be able to measure and reduce that. We doubt it will. Our response on the web shortly.

Polanskis green surge has made radical talk respectable and cost of living politics inescapable

The Guardian editorial today reflects the reality for millions.

Bills soaring.
Wages stagnant.
People pushed to the brink.

We don’t have to accept this.

It’s time to do things differently.

join.greenparty.org.uk

The people mocking Polanski for this are the ones who raved about the 'good Tory rebels' who got all teary in Parliament talking about how austerity had harmed their constituents before walking right through the door to vote for more of it.

moneyontheleft.org/2026/02/01/d...

What Drives London House Prices? Join us for the next instalment of the London Planning Series.

Tonight's Nick Bano seminar on private rents will start at 1830, not 1800h www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/eve...

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say: Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heatin...

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say: Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heatin...

STAND TOGETHER WITH REFUGEES CROWBOROUGH WELCOMES EVERYONE A FRIENDLY COMMUNITY GATHERING SATURDAY 14th FEBRUARY 2026 12 PM STAND UP TO RACISM UNITY STALL CROWBOROUGH TOWN CENTRE EAST SUSSEX TN6 1DE

STAND TOGETHER WITH REFUGEES

CROWBOROUGH WELCOMES EVERYONE

A FRIENDLY COMMUNITY GATHERING

SATURDAY 14th FEBRUARY 2026
12 PM
STAND UP TO RACISM UNITY STALL
CROWBOROUGH TOWN CENTRE
EAST SUSSEX TN6 1DE

Attitude magazine. Zack with his arms crossed.

Absolutely honoured to be named @attitudemag.bsky.social trailblazer of the year in their #101 list.

As a gay man, I know it's a worrying time for our LGBTIQA+ community.

We are under attack.

When they come for one of us, they come for all of us. And we will stand together.

Friday deadline for comments on Draft #LondonPlan IIA scoping study. Our version at JustSapce.org.uk

London doesn't have a Mamdani (yet) but these ideas can help us think the future.

Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …

"[W]e outline four strategies for the Mamdani mayoralty to consider. ... Each strategy is designed to advance inclusive democratic projects, while undermining the political legitimacy of manufactured crises perpetuated by establishment Democrats and the Trump administration."

Cuba has told international airlines that it will not be able to supply them with jet fuel from Tuesday. The measure, at the height of the tourist season, is expected to hit US, Spanish, Panamanian and Mexican airlines. ft.trib.al/fRmayws

‘They want their pound of flesh’: bank bosses push strict return-to-office mandates Culture, pay and expensive offices among reasons for ending remote work

‘They want their pound of flesh’: bank bosses push strict return-to-office mandates ft.trib.al/6OTXkUY

London is so unfair, unjust
But will the #LondonPlan impact assessment reveal and change it? We post a revised draft of our response to the IIA scoping report justspace.org.uk/wp-content/u... Deadline for you to write is Friday.

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London is so unfair, unjust
But will the #LondonPlan impact assessment reveal and change it? We post a revised draft of our response to the IIA scoping report justspace.org.uk/wp-content/u... Deadline for you to write is Friday.

Judge strikes down old Arizona abortion restrictions that clash with voter-backed guarantees A judge has ruled that Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights.

Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights, a judge ordered in a ruling released Friday.

YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski Everyone Deserves Equal Rights | Doris | Zack Polanski

A group of hotel housekeepers went on strike for the first time in 40 years.

And won!

Organising works. Trade unions work.

This is the story of @uvwunion.bsky.social & the amazing Doris.

youtu.be/MyEH6W83kLI?...

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A landowner is urged to sell Gorne Wood in Lewisham at fair market value amid concerns about deterioration and potential development threatening protected ancient woodland.

Our count of followers since we switched has risen by about 1 per week. Now 12. Kindly tell your friends and comrades. London justice needs you.

'Do you love me?': The Viking messages unearthed on Sweden's rune stones Runic inscriptions from the Viking Age still turn up in Sweden 1,000 years after they were written – revealing fascinating stories of love, loss and epic battles.

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...

Concentration camps:

“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."

While Graeber’s work has been indispensable to left organization and advocacy since before Occupy, what’s needed now is a framework for mobilizing, rather than refusing to engage, the considerable fiscal agency already at hand at all levels of governance.

moneyontheleft.org/2026/01/02/g...

Railway platform shelter after the rain at dusk.

Peckham Rye railway station, London SE15

Railway platform shelter after the rain at dusk.

#reference #buildingreference #materialreference

Chance of El Niño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027 Chance of El Niño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027: One expert says 2027 could be even hotter than the last three years, which have been the top three warmest on record Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air ne...

Chance of El Niño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027: One expert says 2027 could be even hotter than the last three years, which have been the top three warmest on record Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air ne...