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Made in Dagenham, performed by the Loughton Operatic Society, is a musical based on the true story of the 1968 Ford sewing machinists’ strike in Dagenham, and the 2010 film about it.

One way we get our ideas across in Waltham Forest, is by selling our newspaper “The Socialist”. 119 people bought our Socialist paper in the final week of April. The popularity of our paper comes as no surprise to us.

Domestic violence advocates at charity Solace successfully beat job cuts this year. Tower Hamlets Socialist Party member, Skye Mincher, reports her discussion with one of the workers.

Argent House tenants on the Barking Riverside estate in East London face a shocking 34% rent increase over two years — with a 20% rise this April alone. This is just 13 months after a 14% increase in March 2024.

Striking workers at Avenue Primary School are fighting job cuts in Newham, East London. Student numbers have dropped but redundancies go beyond safe levels. Management announced 21 support staff cuts without warning or consultation.

Thousands marched through the streets of London on 1 May to mark International Workers’ Day, including socialists and trade unionists. Many paid tribute to Peter Taaffe.

I was born in the USA right before 9/11. After joining my parents at a party to celebrate Barack Obama’s election, we watched as he bailed out the bankers. My health insurance didn’t cover a surgery for me, so I had to go without.

Unison, GMB and National Education Union members at St Luke’s primary school in Tower Hamlets are taking joint strike action to fight eight teaching assistant redundancies.

Delayed trade union rights, renewed arts austerity, lack of political voice — London members of Equity have urged the performing arts union to step up these fights.

A demo and march from Marble Arch to Downing Street of around 300 people for peace and justice in Sudan took place on 19 April. Chants called for an end to the war and the return of a civilian government.