jenna-norman

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Jenna Norman

Jenna Norman is a London-based writer and campaigner.

Ban Private Jets

Last week’s report into celebrity jet use made clear just how casually the rich spew carbon into the atmosphere. We should get their private planes out of the skies for good.

Green Capitalism Is a Myth

As the climate crisis deepens, arguments for market solutions are still growing – but the truth is that capitalism is fundamentally incapable of overseeing the radical shift we need.

BT Workers Are Fighting the Rigged Economy

Today’s BT Openreach strike is the first national telecoms strike in decades and the first national call centre strike in Britain’s history – it pits 40,000 underpaid workers against one of the most profitable corporations in the country.

Second City Games

Ten years after London 2012, the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham are another opportunity to examine the role of sporting mega-events in urban change – and see if we’ve learned anything from last time.

The Return of the Scrounger Myth

Tentative attempts by Tories to resurrect the ‘scrounger’ myth to push an even harsher welfare system prove how comfortably they slip back into austerity logic – and how completely at odds they are with the reality of today’s economy.

Liz Truss’s War on Workers

Britain’s anti-union laws are already the harshest in the developed world. Liz Truss’s plan to make them even more draconian should be recognised for what it is – an attack on the basic democratic rights of working people.

The Liberal Myth of London 2012

London’s 2012 Olympics opened a decade ago today. In the time since, the event has become a symbol for centrists of an ideal, progressive Britain that never really existed.

Letting Down the North Again

Since 2019 the public spending gap between the North and London has doubled – a reminder that government talk of ‘levelling up’ has so far been little more than hot air.