Diane Abbott: Hackney protests against racism
There was massive support for Diane Abbott at a rally in Hackney on Friday 15 March, following disgusting, racist, misogynistic comments about her made by Tory business donor Frank Hester.
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London elections – fight for a working-class socialist alternative
There’s a palpable feeling when you talk to ordinary Londoners that this expensive city is falling apart. A recent survey found a majority feel the city is getting worse. From housing to health, it’s letting people down.
Barking: Fury as heating bills are six times higher than last year
Facing bills of £2,400 for a two-bedroom flat, 61 furious residents from two hard-hit blocks of flats have signed an email, assisted by the Barking Reach Residents Association, demanding the bills be struck off.
Protest outside Ghana High Commission to fight anti-LGBTQ+ bill
The ‘Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill’ makes it illegal to identify as LGBTQ+ or outside of the gender binaries of male and female.
Protest greets Twickenham arms fair
The English Rugby Football Union (RFU) has held arms fairs at Twickenham stadium for the last few years and a protest greeted the second such fair this year on 27 February.
Building Socialist Students in London
Going to campuses with the Socialist newspaper is a great opportunity to talk to students. Even when a stall is not in the busiest place, you can always find people interested in what we’re doing.
Robust response needed to Queen Mary uni attack on right to protest
The University and College Union (UCU) offices at Queen Mary University (QM) were recently broken into by security who forcibly removed UCU posters displaying solidarity with Palestine (see ‘Gaza – Queen Mary uni management orders break-in of union office’).
Croydon refuses to house disabled family and loses in court!
Croydon Council has spent over £300,000 pursuing a legal case it had already lost in the courts. Ruba Imam uses a wheelchair, and her family has been living in accommodation that Croydon Council deemed unsuitable back 2014.
Please mind the gap between breaking down Central Line trains
Travelling with young children and a buggy on the London Underground is never easy, but the ongoing disruption to the Central Line is making it a nightmare.
New Croydon and Sutton Socialist Party branch launches
The Croydon and Sutton Socialist Party branch was officially launched at the end of 2023 thanks to the combined efforts of party members across south London throughout the year.