London Underground workers have apparently decided that a Tuesday in late spring is the perfect moment to remind the planet that the gears of global capitalism can still be jammed with nothing more exotic than a clipboard and a megaphone. The tube strike—rolling power cuts for the human circulatory system of a city that long…
If you want to feel the pulse of a city while simultaneously having your own pulse checked by a stranger’s elbow, there is no finer cardiogram than the London Underground. From Bank to Barking, the Tube is not merely a transport system; it is a rolling petri dish where the world’s grand themes—capitalism, climate anxiety,…
London’s Tube Strikes Go Global: A Tale of Rust, Rage, and the Universal Art of Not Getting to Work By the time the first picket sign hit the pavement outside King’s Cross, the ripple was already lapping at distant shores. Commuters from São Paulo to Singapore glanced up from their phones to discover that London—once…
