Twitter’s just shown its true colours, and it’s bad news for workers’ rights [TWEETS]
On Wednesday 22 February, Twitter appeared to lose any sense of balance. One of its 'Moments' (curated stories) tackled the...
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 Wednesday 22 February, Twitter appeared to lose any sense of balance. One of its 'Moments' (curated stories) tackled the...
The Metropolitan Police have raided a substantial cannabis factory in the heart of London. But in a bizarre twist, a...
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Southern Rail passengers faced more chaos on Thursday 16 February. Delays and cancellations that hit south London's rail network left...
Society is facing the rise of the far right all over the world. But a rapper from south-west London is...
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Evidence given to the UN about "barbaric" violations of disabled people's human rights by the UK government missed out crucial...
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Cosmetics company LUSH has taken over Tobacco Dock in London for its annual two-day summit. The retailer has dedicated the...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been caught out allegedly paying its own solicitors' costs with money 'stolen' from...
Piers Morgan came a bit of a cropper on Monday 6 February after trying to throw some shade at Jon...
On Friday 3 February, as the public was distracted by a shortage of vegetables from Spain, Jeremy Hunt was busy...
A new book by a well-known doctor is challenging long-held preconceptions regarding the care of dementia patients. It sets out...
The death of a 10-year-old boy more than 26 years ago is once again being investigated, amid claims of a cover-up...
The death of a 10-year-old boy more than 26 years ago is once again being investigated, amid claims of a cover-up...
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