The TUC march in London reflected the breadth of the movement against the Tories. The right wing love to tell us that trade unions are irrelevant and have no power. But they were out in force on the vibrant march through the capital last Saturday.
Anti-fascists could deal a hammer blow to the seriously damaged English Defence League (EDL) when it attempts to march in north east London on Saturday.
The British National Party (BNP) has hit the rocks again as European Parliament member Andrew Brons quit last week.
Around 100 joined an anti-Nato lobby outside the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) conference in Perth last Friday.
Last Friday marked a year to the day since the police assault on Dale Farm in Essex, previously Britain’s largest Traveller site.
The crowd in London’s Hyde Park at the TUC rally has little truck with the idea we need any cuts—and is raring to fight back against the Tories.
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has addressed the TUC rally in London—and won cheers when he called for a general strike.
The march of thousands in Glasgow has ended. The Scottish TUC is estimating that more than 10,000 people took part in the protest. Some marchers estimate that up to 15,000 demonstrated.
Marchers in London have started arriving in Hyde Park for the closing rally of the TUC’s anti-austerity march.
The huge TUC march in London set off at noon. Giant balloons from the Unite and Unison unions hover overhead along with some from the Daily Mirror newspaper.
