Housing activists storm multi-million pound rental firm’s offices
by Scott Jones, East London Socialist Party A lively and energetic day of action on housing swept through East London on 17 April. Socialist Party […]
Month: April 2021
East London cleaners fight outsourcing and redundancies
Cleaners at the University of East London downed tools against two-tier conditions on Tuesday 13 April. Pickets blasted the Docklands campus with music, stood by […]
Thousands of London bus workers strike across multiple companies
4,000 London bus drivers have voted overwhelmingly for strike action over remote sign-on policy. 96% of Unite members at Metroline West and 97% at Metroline […]
London housing crisis — vote TUSC to fight back
by James Ivens, East London Socialist Party Misery. That’s what renting in London means for millions. But with elections coming up, Londoners can push back […]
The Covid pandemic has shone a spotlight on increasing poverty, falling living standards and the failures of the capitalist system. London now has more dollar […]
Housing – councils have the powers to tackle the housing crisis
by Jack Jeffrey Jack is secretary of Unite the union housing workers branch and TUSC candidate on the London-wide list for the Greater London Assembly. […]
Academy schools have become business ventures
by Italo Savastio, South West London Socialist Party The process of selecting a secondary school for your child can be an agonising one for many […]
Pimlico Academy protests: “Run by racists for profit”
by Helen Pattison, West London Socialist Party Anger has been growing in schools for a long time. Decades of underfunding, increasing class sizes and growing […]
Low-paid workers shouldn’t pay for Covid crisis
by Ferdy Lyons, East London Socialist Party On 1 April the minimum wage was increased from £8.71 to £8.91 an hour for those aged 23 […]
London: #BuhariMustGo protests are back
by Helen Pattison, London Socialist Party ‘Hypocrisy’ was probably the most used word on the recent #BuhariMustGo protests in London. Having pledged to end the […]