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At the end of last year, Socialist Party member Peter Redfarn passed away aged 86. We send our condolences to his sister, family, and all his friends.

Spirits were high among striking bus workers on the picket at Lea Interchange on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 December. Drivers were pushed to strike action after a campaign of victimisation against union reps.

More than 300 members of the Public and Civil Service Union (PCS) at the British Library have been on strike again, after being offered just 3.8% which does not even keep up with the rise in the Retail Price Index.

As we go to press, Unite members at Lea Interchange bus garage in Leyton, East London, are preparing for strike action on 12 and 13 December.

Members of the National Education Union (NEU) at Belmont Park school in Waltham Forest, London, are taking multiple days of action over numerous issues with the school leadership.

I moved to London from Romania in 2010 — a year marked by the aftermath of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, and the austerity, inequality, and hopelessness that followed.

On 10 September it was announced that, beginning at the start of the 2026-27 academic year, the University of Kent and the University of Greenwich would merge into the UK’s first ‘super-university’.

East London mental health NHS facilities workers, members of Unite, are taking six weeks of strike action over pay. Their employer makes millions in profit from NHS contracts.

Hopes and energy were high from the outset on 10 November at the picket line at Whitefield School for SEND students. They were committing to three days of strike action against changes they all felt had compromised the safety of the children.

Camden Unison members at Richard Cobden school are taking their second four-day block of strike action against low pay and staffing cuts.