Established in Cambridge in 1983, Platform was initially a radical theatre group that united art and politics to effect real change. We moved to London in 1986 and made London the focal point of our work.
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The Stagecoach bus judders and swerves as it takes the bend past Braehead and Davidston, past the fields of stubble and grazing sheep. The driver knows these empty roads on The Black Isle intimately and is eager to reach the journeyâs end. Suddenly, over the crest of the hill, Cromarty Firth appears in the sharp…
Down the canyon of Chatham High Street comes the march. Banner of Medway Trades Council proudly to the fore. Chants and shouts echoing off the shopfronts and the buildings above. âEnough is Enough! Enough is Enough!â Past the pound shops and the charity shops. Past the boarded up windows and the off licenses. Through the…
Shell declares it may go back into Cambo and the oilfieldâs exploration license is extended by two years. The British government pushes for renewed drilling in the UK North Sea. There is public outcry at the Chancellorâs failure to defend households from the attack on living standards driven by price inflation. The Russian government announces…
The newsfeeds hiss and rumble with stories of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. We are all of us left waiting. Is this truly going to happen, a military conflict between Russia and NATO? Or is this a fevered concoction that aids the Kremlin, the US Administration, and the UKâs flailing Prime Minister? Will the…
âWe need a massive programme of retrofitting homesâ. Francis Stuart of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) is outlining his understanding of the social project that needs to take place, the transformation of pretty much the entirety of the housing stock of Scotland – and indeed the UK. Stuart sits behind a long table…
Hot on the heels of the Petrol Panic comes the Gas Price Panic and the Electricity Price Panic â my head spins as I try to take in each of these fossil fuel driven convulsions. It is worth the effort to unpick this ball of yarn and lay out the tale it reveals. It is…
New analysis reveals that ÂŁ1.75 billion was wiped off UK council pension funds due to their oil investments crashing over the past three years. Platform London commissioned Transition Economics to conduct the analysis [1], which showed that * The combined investments by 56 local government pension funds into nine leading oil companies, including BP and…
