Cable Street anniversary protest
It’s the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street. Then, hundreds of thousands of workers and young people mobilised across the East End of London to stop Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists (BUF).
We can beat Hackney bus cuts
When standing at a bus stop on Mare Street or Dalston Junction these days, we wait longer, watch crammed buses pass by, and increasingly read notices saying that the routes we rely on are being permanently altered or cut altogether.
Forest School strikers: ‘All relying on each other – that’s how it should always be’
We just want to keep what we’ve got. A 13.5% pay reduction is proposed. They want to reduce us from 52-week pay to 44 weeks for catering staff and 45 weeks for cleaners.
Unite victory at Legal 500
After two and half weeks of striking and picketing their Fleet Street offices, digital and tech workers at Legal 500 have won a stunning victory.
Waltham Forest school staff fight big pay cut
Catering staff and cleaners at the Forest private school in Waltham Forest, London, members of Unite the Union, are on strike from 28 September to 2 October after their employer, the Compass Group, proposed changes that would mean a loss of pay of 13.5% per year!
The Battle of Cable Street 90 years on
2026 is not 1936, but anyone serious about confronting the far right and driving them from our communities must learn the lessons of Cable Street.
Fight for our futures not their wars
On 25 September, German students will again be walking out of lessons against military conscription and rearmament. This is following ongoing youth strikes which have already mobilised 55,000 students in recent months.
Holborn and St Pancras by-election: What next for workers’ politics?
The first parliamentary test for the so-called ‘Burnham bounce’, in Holborn and St Pancras on 8 October, is likely to be as favourable a terrain as the new prime minister will ever face.
Data centres: Tower Hamlets needs homes
Angela Rayner posted on social media that: “For too long communities have seen their high streets declining around them… We’re putting powers into the hands of communities to crack down on everyday eyesores that blight town centres.”
Green anti-austerity Hackney summit: What strategy to fight the cuts?
Around 200 people attended the national anti-austerity summit hosted by Hackney’s new Green council on 9 September. From a show of hands, roughly a third of those gathered were councillors.