Campaigns

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.

I thought that criticism of Black Pride’s sponsors, for their close proximity to the Israeli state, would make it quite a tense atmosphere, and a challenge to initiate conversation. But I was completely mistaken.

The board of West Ham United Football Club has scrapped concession prices for match tickets, and fans are rightfully outraged. They’ve done the same for new season tickets too. Now children and pensioners will have to pay full adult prices.

Following a successful campaign, which has brought in locals and unions together to reject austerity and gentrification in East London, Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club has been granted status as an asset of community value.

Tens of thousands of anti-racist counter-protesters took to the streets on the evening of 7 August. A list of locations as potential targets for further racist right-wing attacks had circulated online.

Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people and their allies marched through central London in a record show of solidarity at Trans Pride on 27 July.

The dedication, resilience, and steadfastness of the students, during their 59 days of encampment, set an example that extends beyond our community, and sends a clear message to those in power.