A storm of revolutions, uprisings and revolts continues to thunder across the Middle East. Its speed and scale is breathtaking.
Some 150 Barnet council workers have voted to strike against the Tory council’s privatisation plans, dubbed "easyCouncil".
Outrage at cuts boiled over yesterday as council workers stormed the meeting where Southampton council was setting its budget. More than 400 workers held a noisy and lively protest in front of Southampton Civic Centre.
Well over 2000 students and staff marched against cuts at Glasgow University yesterday (Thursday). The demonstration set off from the occupied Hetherington Research Club (HRC), which students have held for over two weeks now, and ended outside a meeting of University Court.
Some 24,000 workers at Misr Spinning and Weaving Company in Mahalla Al Kubra, Egypt’s largest public owned company, have started an indefinite, all-out strike.
NUT union members took to the picket lines today in protest at plans to transform their school into an academy.
Workers at Nottinghamshire county council are set to strike on Thursday of next week after delivering a yes vote in their ballot.
Campaigners and trade unionists met at the People’s Convention in London last Saturday to build united resistance to cuts and austerity.
Headteacher Juliet Strang has been removed from Villiers High School after a student strike and mass protests.
Campaigners against health cuts united hospital consultants with student nurses and healthcare assistants in a 300-strong demonstration outside the Royal London hospital in east London last week.
