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Teachers and support staff were taking strike action against an increase in teaching time, workload, and the use of fixed-term contracts for support staff.

The new Labour government seems to be seeking to avoid being pitched into conflict with the trade unions on day one. But one person who appears determined to bring it on is Labour’s London mayor, Sadiq Khan.

It was much better that we came together after the election, and used the opportunity to discussed the new battles that could open up under Keir Starmer’s New Labour government.

Teachers and support staff at Highgate Wood School were on strike on 4 July, and again on 10-11 July. NEU members voted for action against a pay cut imposed on a number of members.

A flashmob crowd of 500 plus showed up outside the Highams Park Tesco in London on 31 May, carrying homemade placards in support of Faiza Shaheen.

A group of Black activists and trade unionists from the UK and around the world met online on 2 June for a discussion entitled: “Are you voting in the UK’s 2024 general election? If so, who are you voting for?”

I joined the Socialist Party in October, after the Israeli state’s brutal onslaught against the people of Gaza started. I have considered myself to be a socialist since I was a kid, due to other family members’ influence.

Defiance is an inspiring and moving three-part documentary. It focuses on working-class community responses to the racist National Front (NF) in 1970s London and Bradford.

Goldsmiths University has announced mass redundancies which could see more than 130 staff lose their jobs. These cuts will hit departments including English and creative writing, Music, Sociology and arts, which could lead to a staffing reduction of 25% or more.