Hastings & District Trades Council unanimously passed a motion calling for a worker-led just transition to a fossil-fuel-free world at its meeting at the Isabel Blackman Centre in Hastings Old Town last night (18 July). Gabriel Carlyle reports.
The government’s relentless campaign to scapegoat and demonise refugees is stirring up racist hatred. Simon Hester from Hastings Stand Up to Racism reports on what’s happening in Bexhill.
‘It’s time to stop investing in the companies driving the climate crisis’ say fasters, after world experiences the hottest week ever recorded. Erica Smith reports.
The coming week will see protests and picket lines at Hastings railway station, following the recent announcement by rail firms of plans for the mass closure of England’s ticket offices and the renewal of industrial action by railworkers. Gabriel Carlyle reports.
HOT’s Paul Way-Rider takes a look at some of the shows coming up in July and August at the White Rock Theatre.
This is the first public exhibition of South Korean artist Yun Hyong-keun, 1928-2007, in the UK, an artist virtually unknown in this country but well known and celebrated in his own country. Before entering Hastings Contemporary to see his work, HOT’s Lauris Morgan-Griffiths read his biography; the idea of a man who had been expelled from arts school, imprisoned twice and tortured made her feel somewhat inadequate in the presence of a life lived.
When ex-employees of the Pier took their employer, Pier-owner Sheikh Abid Gulzar, to the Employment Tribunal last year, the Decision was entirely in their favour. Nearly £75,000 was awarded against the Pier company. Well over a year later, there has been no payment from Lions Hastings Pier Ltd. In view of this noncompliance and the persistent record of poor management, a crowdfunder has been launched to wind up the company. The target is £7,000. Bernard McGinley reports.
The East Sussex Pension Fund is facing renewed calls to ditch its investments in fossil fuel companies, following a decision to do this by the Church of England last month. Erica Smith reports.
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