This Saturday will see the biggest unofficial gathering of rank and file trade unionists since the mid-1980s.
The 6,000 delegates to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, this week have a heavy responsibility.
The consequences of the occupation of Iraq came home to US president George Bush this week as his Republican Party suffered major defeats across the US in Congress elections. Until very late in the campaign, Bush was seen as a pariah for his own party’s candidates.
Labour’s long anticipated approach to the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the European Union (EU) was announced last week. As expected, Home Secretary John Reid has opted for various restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians working in Britain.
‘A climate has been created where Muslim students are worried about their safety.
‘Politicians have made comments about Muslims in the past few weeks that they should not have made.
‘We decided unanimously at the branch committee to advertise the assembly among members.
In his latest book, the marvellous Freedom Next Time, journalist and film-maker John Pilger presents "an antidote to authorised versions of contemporary history that censor by omission and impose double standards".
Tony Blair received a body blow last week from a most unexpected source - General Sir Richard Dannatt, the head of the British army.
This week I’ve been told that women like myself are submissive, oppressed creatures who need rescuing by white, male politicians.
‘The best way to understand the growth of anti-Muslim racism is to see it as an attempt to punish those who are resisting the imperialist policies of our government.
Saturday 28 October will reflect a remembrance rally in Trafalgar Square with a silent vigil along Whitehall to Downing Street for those who have died in custody. Organised by the United Families and Friends Campaign, the annual event provides a constant memory and mirror to British society of those who have died in custody of the police, prison and psychiatric care institutions.
