Hackney — summer socialist sales in the park
Hackney Socialist Party has organised three socialist ‘park sales’ this summer, sometimes instead of our normal Saturday Socialist Party campaign stall. It has been very successful.
Month: July 2026
Socialists at Pride and Trans Pride
150,000 people marched, according to London Trans+ Pride organisers. The huge number is not surprising, given the Supreme Court ruling being used to attack trans people and others.
Newham Council forced to reassess war-linked pension investments
Campaigners in Newham have secured a significant victory in their efforts to ensure council workers’ pension funds are not invested in companies linked to war, occupation, or human rights abuses.
Tower Hamlets Housing Association staff strike to protect pensions
120 staff, Unison members at Housing Association East End Homes, have been on strike since 1 July against plans to transfer staff from their current pension scheme to an inferior one.
Enfield hospital workers strike against bullying privatisers
Privatised NHS staff, working for ISS, are taking six days of strike action over two weeks. The workers accuse managers of bullying, including racism, failing to properly pay bank holiday overtime, and unmanageable workload.
Tower Hamlets school fights compulsory redundancies
NEU members at St Paul’s Way Trust School in Tower Hamlets started six days of strike action on 29 June against compulsory redundancies, and are continuing in July. The school is over-subscribed and has a waiting list of students wanting to join.
London solidarity with Kashmir movement against oppression
Thousands of people from all across Britain gathered in Parliament Square, London, in solidarity with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
South London tenants demand council action to fight eviction
Tenants on the St James Estate in Southwark, South London, are fighting mass evictions and unaffordable rent rises after corporate landlord BMR Group Ltd began trying to force residents from their homes.