‘Sometimes I wish I’d never spoken out: but I did it for the child in me’ Louise Raw talks to MICK FINNEGAN, a child abuse whistleblower whose ordeal is still not over, as 12 months on from the expected publication of an official judge’s report into the complaints, he and other survivors are still waiting
Features | Friday 05th Jan 2024 When punk took on the prime minister: the story of On Resistance Street
Friday 26th Aug 2022 ‘The mood in the country has changed. Something has to give’ There’s a new spirit of resistance in the air, with strikes breaking out and new campaign organisations springing up. LOUISE RAW talked with workers on the RMT picket line at Watford Junction
Friday 29th Apr 2022 This International Workers’ Day Liverpool will be rocking against fascism LOUISE RAW spoke to Robin Banks and Richard David, founders of the Resistance Street cultural fightback group, about the event and the group’s aims
Saturday 02nd Apr 2022 ‘Here I am, whether you like it or not!’ Louise Raw talks to grime legend and ‘mistress of clashing’ LADY SHOCKER about her east London roots, the energy of the youth circuit and the challenges of being a woman in a male-led industry
Friday 18th Feb 2022 Recognition at last! Matchwomen to be honoured with a blue plaque Historian LOUISE RAW charts her journey of discovery of how a group of impoverished East End workers became the mothers of the modern trade union movement – and the resonance their story of battling adversity had with her own life
Thursday 18th Nov 2021 The day the far right had their chips – but no chicken After no-mark neonazi ‘Tommy Robinson’ attempted to bully a chicken restaurant for refusing him service, DR LOUISE RAW headed up to Wing Kingz in Milton Keynes with an anti-fascist friend for a bite to eat…
Wednesday 28th Apr 2021 Starmer drama: This time it’s personal The Labour leader’s glowing tribute to a management-organised protest by match workers at Bryant & May shows his ignorance of labour movement history, writes historian of the matchwomen LOUISE RAW
Friday 03rd Jul 2020 A statue we could be proud of The East End matchwomen were the mothers of the modern trade union movement – so it’s about time they were celebrated with a group statue of them. LOUISE RAW explains how you can have your say in helping to bring this about
Monday 27th Jan 2020 INTERVIEW ‘Never again’ is a call to action An act of defiance: MICHAEL ROSEN talks to Louise Raw about his new book, The Missing, anti-semitism, and the importance of countering Holocaust denial
Friday 20th Dec 2019 Still rocking against racism Louise Raw talks to JAKE BURNS of Stiff Little Fingers about anti-fascism, life growing up in Belfast, mental health and the capacity of music to spread a political message
Friday 13th Sep 2019 Rape, lies and videotape? ‘Tommy Robinson’s’ former PR guru Caolan Robertson claims to have had a change of heart and rejected the far right. But LOUISE RAW has a few questions about that
