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The trial of Adaramoye Michael Lenin and ten other #Endbadgovernance protesters charged with treason by the Tinubu administration in Nigeria over their involvement in the #Endbadgovernance protest which erupted last year August, has been postponed again.

Socialist Students condemns the barbaric police raids and arrests of Youth Demand activists, including those attending an open meeting at Quaker meeting house in London on 28 March.

Homeowners in some ‘affordable’ housing schemes are experiencing the reality of the capitalist housing crisis. Residents in some housing associations face service charges of over £8,000 a year, affordable only for the wealthiest in society.

Anti-cuts councillors in Redbridge are challenging the ruling Labour group’s austerity measures whose attempts to stifle debate provoked disruption of the East London borough’s 27 February budget-setting meeting by community campaigners.

Local campaign groups Shape and Aylesham Community Action held a protest march of 500 people, the likes of which do not happen often in south London.

Solace workers held a vigil outside to remember and stand in solidarity with victims of domestic violence, emphasising the importance of the work they do in the borough, which has the second highest rate of domestic violence in London.

Student Justice for Palestine held a peaceful protest at the University of Arts London against our university’s compliance in the current genocide of Palestinians, demanding that our tuition fees should not be used to fund war and arms deals.

Housing in London is notoriously crooked, morbid, and exclusionary. This includes historically working-class, culture-rich areas like Brixton, Lewisham, and Peckham.

Strikes by brave PCS union members on private contracts are continuing in a number of government departments.

The transport union RMT has secured a huge victory in the fight to defend pension rights. The TfL pension will now continue with no change to members’ contribution rates and no reduction in pension benefits.