Stop Labour council’s eviction of Stratford Circus arts centre
by Ferdy Lyons, East London Socialist Party Newham’s Labour council has evicted Stratford Circus arts centre. On 30 January members of East London Socialist Party joined […]
Save our square: we need social housing and public services
Waltham Forest Labour council in East London approved plans to build a block of unaffordable, private housing on Walthamstow town square. The Socialist Party has […]
Women want deeds not words
Sadiq Khan spoke at the ‘March for Women’ on International Women’s Day, one of several events in London that weekend. His Twitter account said “Believe […]
Housing cuts cost lives
by Suzanne Muna, Social Housing Action Campaign (Shac) We gathered outside Peabody Head Office on the evening of 19 February to make the point that […]
What will we do if they cut Camden nurseries?
by Hugo Pierre, schools convenor for Unison in Camden Camden council cuts mean four nurseries will lose all their places for two, three and four […]
West London parking workers’ strike
by Helen Pattison, London Socialist Party Ealing parking attendants are on strike 2-6 March, having pushed back the employer to stop redundancies. Serco wants them […]
Anti-academy strikes kick off in Redbridge
The snow didn’t stop staff, parents, children and supporters turning out on the picket line. St Bede’s in Redbridge took their first day of strike […]
Secret cuts meeting couldn’t prevent protests in Newham
The council kept the details of their £45 million cuts meeting a secret, until very late, to prevent protests outside. But that didn’t stop the […]
Strike wave around London – this is why we need socialists in city hall
London Socialist Party press release London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan has declared that he will “stand up for London”. Nancy Taaffe, Socialist Party member, asks: […]
NSSN: Fight the anti-union laws – support the strikes
Packed meeting of workplace militants, strikers, socialists and trade union leaders A packed London meeting of the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) on 18 February […]