Royals meddle in making laws The Queen and Prince Charles have directly interfered in at least 39 bills to parliament.
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Turkish Embassy in central London yesterday, Friday, to protest at the killing of three Kurdish activists in Paris. Workers, students and campaigners united to demand justice. Among the banners were flags from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Anti-racists in Cambridge are organising to oppose a protest by the English Defence League (EDL) next month.
Watching the detectives Five cops investigating phone hacking faced misconduct allegations.
The annual conference of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) last weekend saw major debates on how it should organise and intervene into resistance to the crisis.
Victimised former union convenor at Rolls-Royce in Bristol, Jerry Hicks, has put himself forward for Unite union’s general secretary election.
More than 50 UCU lecturers and supporters from other unions picketed three entrances of Halesowen College in the Black Country on the first day back on Monday of this week.
Hopes were rising as Socialist Worker went to press that teaching unions could soon announce a date for a strike in schools this term.
A ballot of 80,000 workers will close this week at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Health workers in Bolton, Greater Manchester, are beginning a campaign against attacks on their jobs.
Health campaigners in the Hands Off Hinchingbrooke hospital campaign are set to demonstrate on Saturday of this week.
The demolition of a south London playground has been delayed after activists occupied the site to save it.
