This week is the 30th anniversary of the Brixton riots—when black and white working class people rose up against police violence and racism.
"Smiley’s case should be a spark to help light up the issue of deaths in custody.
PC Simon Harwood, a TSG police officer who pushed Ian Tomlinson at the G20 demonstrations in 2009, gave evidence at the inquest into Ian’s death last week.
Job centre workers around the country have been instructed to drive people off benefits, the government has been forced to admit.
The News of the World admitted that its illegal phone tapping went further than they had previously claimed.
A youth centre in Worcestershire was occupied overnight on Thursday of last week to protest its closure.
The National Union of Students’ conference began on Tuesday of this week in Gateshead.
Some 100 carers and social workers in Staffordshire have been told they will be forced to retire—just a day before a new law would have made it illegal.
Travellers and other campaigners are stepping up their fight to defend people living at Dale Farm.
Voters in Scotland have an opportunity to make a stand against the agenda of cuts of the four main parties in elections to the Scottish parliament on 5 May.
The Tories added a miserly 15p to the minimum wage this week—and it’s even worse for young people.
Pensioners protested in London on Monday of this week as part of a national day of action over pension cuts (see picture).
