On 7 May, teachers and support staff in the National Education Union (NEU) at Highgate Wood School in Haringey, north London, began a series of strikes against a package of cuts planned by the school leadership.
On 16 May, Socialist Party members joined tens of thousands who flooded the streets of London marking the Palestinian Nakba — the forceful uprooting of millions of Palestinians — day, in order to create the state of Israel.
We had an extraordinary campaign, filled with sympathetic support, and staunch agreement from those fed up of the major parties dancing around problems facing the working class.
I attended a councillor hustings for my ward, Bethnal Green West. The hustings was hosted by the Canal Club on the Wellington Estate – a community centre run by the tenants and residents association.
We wanted ‘a workers’ list’ of candidates for the local elections. And 18 people volunteered to stand as Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) candidates.
A brutal daylight knife attack on two Jewish men in Golders Green in north London on 29 April has raised fear for their safety among Jewish people living in Britain.
On Thursday 7 May, teachers and support staff in the National Education Union at Highgate Wood School in Haringey will begin a series of strikes against a package of cuts
New figures just released show what has been known for some time – Tower Hamlets in east London has the highest proportion of children living in poverty in the country.
At the local election hustings in Deptford, south London, there was huge anger at Labour. Lewisham Labour-run council has carried out brutal austerity, including threatening Lewisham Shopping Centre with closure.
As a youth worker in London, it is impossible to ignore the compounding crises within systems that are supposed to support and care for young people.
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