London bus drivers demand safety
London bus drivers are getting restless. On 29 January, bus workers marched through midweek traffic, creating gridlock in Piccadilly and Whitehall, continuing to Parliament.
Anti-far right demonstration against Tommy Robinson in London
Thousands of protesters gathered near Picadilly in central London on 1 February to protest against a pro-Tommy Robinson demonstration taking place. Members of the Socialist Party took part in this counter-demonstration
Heathrow’s third runway and Labour’s obsession with ‘growth’
Bats or great crested newts? “Neither”, Chancellor Rachel Reeves told The Times, “because I want growth”.
West London socialists discuss ‘Who owns the land?’
Housing is a key part of the cost-of-living crisis. So our West London Socialist Party meeting titled “Urban planning and privatisation: Who owns all the land?” was timely.
Lambeth unions tell Labour council: ‘We won’t take cuts lying down’
Lambeth Council in south London has announced at least £50 million worth of ‘budget savings’. The cuts will affect children’s services, like youth and play and children’s centres, again, and also housing, including services for the homeless.
Southwark housing workers walk out
Unite the Union members, who perform repairs and maintenance on council-owned housing and Southwark Council’s own properties, walked out to demand annual leave that matches other council workers.
Tower Hamlets — we will save Solace domestic-violence service
Dozens and dozens of people packed into to the basement of United Voices of the World HQ to hear from Solace domestic violence advisors. They announced that they are facing 33% workforce cuts.
Labour and Met conspire to repress Gaza demonstrators
The Socialist Party condemns the disgraceful policing operation at the peaceful Gaza demonstration in London on Saturday 19 January, which was stopped from marching by the Metropolitan Police. Up to 80 arrests were made, including Stop the War Coalition vice chair Chris Nineham, as well as a number of other protesters. The trade union movement must demand all charges are dropped.
London Anti-Trump Women’s march
This march was another demonstration of the fact that people are desperate for an alternative to capitalism and the two-party system, but simply did not know where to turn. The turnout was several thousand, as it prepared to march to Westminster.
East London school strike: ‘We strike to make our school better’
“I think the biggest issue that is concerning staff and parents is ‘split classes’ where, instead of finding cover for a class when a teacher is sick, they put the children into other classes. Those classes end up with 40 or so children, some without a chair, without pencils, sitting on the floor all day. No other school in our borough is using split classes.