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.
RMT London Underground victory – Prepare for next round
The RMT, by being prepared to take strike action on London Underground, has won an extra £30 million a year from Labour’s London mayor Sadiq Khan and the Greater London Authority.
7 Feb day of action against war on Gaza
200 people protested outside Tower Hamlets Town Hall. “We’re here to get our feet-dragging politicians to back a ceasefire now”, the organiser from Tower Hamlets Unison told the crowd.
Barts strike: Kent workers win – now Barts must ‘do the right thing’!
Domestics, porters, catering staff and other ‘soft facilities management’ workers at Barts NHS Trust, members of Unite, are embarking on their seventh tranche of strike action from 19-21 February.
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.
Another huge Gaza demo as Britain bombs Middle East
Up to 100,000 people marched on 3 February, from BBC Portland Place to Whitehall, to demonstrate against the Israeli state’s brutal ongoing occupation and bombardment of Gaza.
Starmer disciplines MP Kate Osamor for Gaza genocide stance
In a letter to constituents on Holocaust Memorial Day, London Labour MP Kate Osamor referred to events in Gaza as a genocide and rapidly had the Labour whip suspended by the party.
Selling ‘The Socialist’
Waltham Forest Socialist Party was back at its usual Saturday spot outside Sainsbury’s on the High Street. We wanted to reassure our regulars that we hadn’t vanished!
Dogbrew charlatans
Looking for an explanation for the sudden disappearance of the Brewdog Bar in Brixton, but the local press lambasted Brewdog for the corporate frauds they really are, masquerading as anti-establishment and even progressive.
Campaign to save Hackney children’s centres kicks off with protest
Parents, carers, and the community gathered together outside Sebright Children’s Centre in on 29 January to protest the proposed closures of nurseries by Hackney [Labour] Council.