Nowadays, Waltham Forest Labour calls its council cuts “tactical management actions”. When Labour councillors voted for £18 million worth of cuts, Waltham Forest trades council called a protest and, naturally, our local Socialist Party branch was there.
Students at Goldsmiths University in south London have protested to demand that the university cut its ties with the Israeli regime, and divest from companies that support the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Facing bills of £2,400 for a two-bedroom flat, 61 furious residents from two hard-hit blocks of flats have signed an email, assisted by the Barking Reach Residents Association, demanding the bills be struck off.
The ‘Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill’ makes it illegal to identify as LGBTQ+ or outside of the gender binaries of male and female.
The English Rugby Football Union (RFU) has held arms fairs at Twickenham stadium for the last few years and a protest greeted the second such fair this year on 27 February.
Going to campuses with the Socialist newspaper is a great opportunity to talk to students. Even when a stall is not in the busiest place, you can always find people interested in what we’re doing.
The London housing maintenance team in Sanctuary Housing is taking strike action on pay and conditions and for union recognition.
The University and College Union (UCU) offices at Queen Mary University (QM) were recently broken into by security who forcibly removed UCU posters displaying solidarity with Palestine (see ‘Gaza – Queen Mary uni management orders break-in of union office’).
The pro-austerity Labour administration in Newham is in turmoil, and lashing out under pressure from union, community and anti-war campaigns.
Thousands gathered outside parliament again on 21 Feb, demanding the end to the Israeli state’s brutal offensive on Gaza. Inside, MPs were debating a ceasefire motion from SNP.
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