With the 100th anniversary of the 1926 General Strike and following the results of the recent local elections, people in Hackney descended on the CLR James Library to partake in a musical rendition of ‘The Singing Strikers’.
London Renters Union mobilised eviction resistance in Tower Hamlets on 16 May. The family facing the eviction had lived there for over 40 years, yet the greedy housing association refused to pass down the tenancy from the family’s late parents.
On 7 May, teachers and support staff in the National Education Union (NEU) at Highgate Wood School in Haringey, north London, began a series of strikes against a package of cuts planned by the school leadership.
On 16 May, Socialist Party members joined tens of thousands who flooded the streets of London marking the Palestinian Nakba — the forceful uprooting of millions of Palestinians — day, in order to create the state of Israel.
We had an extraordinary campaign, filled with sympathetic support, and staunch agreement from those fed up of the major parties dancing around problems facing the working class.
I attended a councillor hustings for my ward, Bethnal Green West. The hustings was hosted by the Canal Club on the Wellington Estate – a community centre run by the tenants and residents association.
We wanted ‘a workers’ list’ of candidates for the local elections. And 18 people volunteered to stand as Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) candidates.
A brutal daylight knife attack on two Jewish men in Golders Green in north London on 29 April has raised fear for their safety among Jewish people living in Britain.
On Thursday 7 May, teachers and support staff in the National Education Union at Highgate Wood School in Haringey will begin a series of strikes against a package of cuts
New figures just released show what has been known for some time – Tower Hamlets in east London has the highest proportion of children living in poverty in the country.
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