Grenfell Tower

  • Fünf Jahre sind seit dem schicksalhaften Inferno im Grenfell Tower in Londons Stadtteil Kensington inzwischen vergangen. Mit einem Theaterstück, einer weiter laufenden öffentlichen Untersuchung, einem Schweigemarsch und Plänen zu einem Denkmal wird die Erinnerung an den Brand, der 72 Menschenleben kostete, wachgehalten.

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  • I am reminded of the degrees of hostility the profession rightfully received after the first days and weeks following the Grenfell disaster. People thought we, us journalists, penetrated their area in an intrusive manner, and whilst doing so, not really hearing or caring. The distrust was not the least based on the experience of decades-long

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  • Some spontaneous thoughts after another few weeks of coverage…. (slightly modified 20.15) The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC)  is where the dichotomy between rich and poor is the gravest in London, perhaps in England or even Europe, with a long-entrenched history of disempowerment, discrimination, racism and political and economical cynicism and exploitation.  

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  • Some of my photos from remembrance events and protests 14/8/2018 and 16/6/2018 in North Kensington. A few have been taken out since posting, as I felt that they were potentially too invasive in one way or another. Non-commercial use permitted as long as quoted as (c) Daniel Zylberszajn. Commercial users please enquire.      

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  • Grenfell, six months later

    Grenfell Tower, six months later Squatting action under the motorway, Political Requests, Self-help: The Survivors and Residents of the London high-rise fire demand not to be any longer victims.   This article was originally published in taz, die Tageszeitung (online taz.de), Germany’s independent left of centre daily and national broadsheet newspaper on 14/12/2017. See here http://taz.de/Nach-dem-Hochhausbrand-in-London/!5467719/

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  • North Kensington is not your average residential area. It seems much more as the essence of the potential that London can give. .. A community in which people of all backgrounds grew together, and who have any reason to be celebrated by others in one of the biggest parties of the world, actually.  Never lesser…

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