On Monday 29 April, the Socialist Party West London branch held a public meeting at the Globe pub in Brentford. Our member John Viner ran as a candidate in the Brentford West by-election in Hounslow, as part of TUSC.
Housing Association Sanctuary still refuses to raise wages. In April, state benefit levels rose by 6.7% and pensions by 8.5%. Even this miserly Tory government offered increases that outstrip those from Sanctuary management.
Students at University College London have gone into occupation demanding an end to the institution’s support for the Israeli state onslaught on Palestine. UCL management has responded by having security close the campus to the public.
A third of Londoners had the opportunity to vote for candidates who oppose Tory attacks and cuts passed on by London’s incumbent Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan. Collectively, our fighting socialist programme won over 15,000 votes.
Parents and supporters spoke at a lobby of Hackney Council to expose Labour’s short-sighted plan to close, privatise, and threaten jobs at several children centres with up to 120 childcare places cut, and 50 staff redundant.
Defiance is an inspiring and moving three-part documentary. It focuses on working-class community responses to the racist National Front (NF) in 1970s London and Bradford.
I always look forward to our weekly Socialist Party branch meetings. We catch up with other members, discuss the past week, and the plan for the next. We discuss a topic, with questions, discussion, and a reply, a great way to learn.
The 13th national demo calling for a ceasefire, demanding that the UK stop arming Israel, took place in central London on 27 April. Thousands marched from Parliament Square to Hyde Park, saying: “Not in our name”.
Goldsmiths University has announced mass redundancies which could see more than 130 staff lose their jobs. These cuts will hit departments including English and creative writing, Music, Sociology and arts, which could lead to a staffing reduction of 25% or more.
There are 63,000 Londoners in temporary accommodation. Labour Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s housing strategy has started building 20,000 homes by 2024, far less than the 100,000 needed to keep up with demand.
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