James O’Brien nails everything that’s wrong with The Mail’s response to the Croydon attack [VIDEO]
On Friday 31 March, a 17-year-old boy was beaten to within an inch of his life in Croydon, South London....
Steve Topple is a journalist and broadcaster. He left school at 16 with no formal qualifications in media, working in the hotel industry for many years. Steve was brought up in a very political household, with his late father being a prominent member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and both parents being active trade unionists via their factory jobs. But Steve didn’t embrace politics until the 2010s. Having spent many years on and off social security, in 2014 he began blogging as he couldn’t afford to physically get to protests. This led to his work being picked up by the Independent – for which he ended up covering Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) on a weekly basis – as well as openDemocracy, the Morning Star and New Internationalist. In April 2016 he joined the Canary.
Steve’s work focuses on issues affecting the poorest people in society. His own lived experience of being reliant on social security since the late 2000s has led to his reporting on the welfare state, which has reached millions of people and was used by Philip Alston in his UN report into UK poverty.
He also feels strongly about the toxic effects the corporate media has on society, the sham that is the Labour Party, as well as mainstream economics, and the system and society’s discrimination against, and marginalisation of, chronically ill and disabled people.
Aside from political journalism, Steve also works in the music industry, being a writer on reggae, dancehall and afrobeats for publications such as Reggaeville and Pauzeradio.
On Friday 31 March, a 17-year-old boy was beaten to within an inch of his life in Croydon, South London....
The Green Party is considering one of its most radical policies yet - to introduce a three day weekend in...
On Sunday 2 April a former Conservative Party leader appeared to threaten war with Spain, over the situation surrounding Brexit...
On Friday 31 March, the government announced the sale of £11.8bn of public assets to a firm accused of serial...
On Monday 27 March, the BBC showed a special 'Britain after Brexit' edition of Question Time. Even though UKIP now...
The Daily Mail has created a furore with its latest front page. The Tuesday 28 March edition of the right-wing tabloid...
On Saturday 25 March, thousands of people lined the streets of London, marching over Brexit. Not everyone was pro-EU. But the...
The Conservative government has denied a foreign politician a visa to visit the UK. And it's apparently because Amber Rudd's...
A police force launched disciplinary proceedings against an officer in an attempt to sack him. His alleged offence? Paying for...
If you blinked, you may have missed a by-election on Thursday 23 March. But in it, Labour won five council...
On Thursday 23 March, a council estate with over 2,000 residents was officially condemned to demolition. The Labour council says...
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has waded into a row between McDonald's and its employees, after the fast food put a...
A tube worker has been sacked by London Underground Limited (LUL) for allegedly going to help a pregnant colleague who...
A court has fined Thames Water a record £20m for a sewage spill in 2013/2014. The company pumped nearly 1.5...
The London Underground has been trying to deliver a message of hope to commuters after the attack at Westminster on...
Some of the UK's wealthiest people think that Brexit is going to make them even richer. And while it looks...
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) gave a press conference just before 5pm on Wednesday 22 March, in relation to the...
The Canary
PO Box 71199
LONDON
SE20 9EX
Canary Media Ltd – registered in England. Company registration number 09788095.
For guest posting, contact [email protected]
For other enquiries, contact: [email protected]
The Canary is owned and run by independent journalists and volunteers, NOT offshore billionaires.
You can write for us, or support us by making a regular or one-off donation.
© Canary Media Ltd 2024, all rights reserved | Website by Monster | Hosted by Krystal | Privacy Settings