Campaigns

The fight is on to save another local cultural centre in Newham, East London. Performing arts union Equity protested outside the Labour council’s cabinet meeting on 3 December, demanding an emergency grant for Applecart Arts.

We believe if we hadn’t been out campaigning, the centre would have silently been closed. But the campaign has paid off, at least temporarily, and the decision to close the centre was pushed back.

Parents, carers and the community are celebrating a huge win as Hackney Council concedes children’s centre judicial review. This means that Hackney Council has to consult again before making any changes to childcare provision in their children’s centres.

Students at Queen Mary University in East London organised a protest to mark a year of brutal attacks on Palestinians by Israeli state forces. Mihaela Ivanova, Socialist Students activist and Socialist Party member, gave a speech to the protest

After the Labour landslide, you’d think that things would improve, but in Enfield, the Labour council is closing half the libraries and selling off a dementia day-care centre.

Labour-run Waltham Forest Council is threatening to close the Markhouse Centre, a day centre that has served disabled adults for over 40 years. Socialist Party members joined a protest outside the council.

In South Acton ward, Ealing, David Hofman, a long-standing member of the Socialist Party, is running as a TUSC candidate to fight against Labour austerity.

The Grenfell report exposes the murky underworld of the multi-billion pound property development industry. The nasty tendrils of profit and greed penetrate every layer.

At Hackney’s Homerton Hospital, ancillary workers employed by ISS are preparing for battle after being denied the £1655 bonus paid to all other staff who worked through the Covid pandemic.

People rallied at Goldsmiths, University of London, responding to the university’s decision to cut 97 jobs, which threatens three MA degree programmes: Queer History, Black British History, and Black British Literature.