5pm: Defiant protests by up to 5,000 anti-fascists in a number of locations blocked the racist English Defence League (EDL) in Luton today.
Work and Pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith’s visit to a job centre in Birmingham today didn’t go as he’d planned it. He arrived at the Sparkhill job centre in Sparkbrook to find some 30 protesters blocking the road.
More than 3,000 council workers voted unanimously for a strike ballot at four mass meetings in Birmingham yesterday (Tuesday).
More than 200 people joined a demonstration and lobby of universities minister David Willetts in Havant, near Portsmouth, on Friday of last week.
Some 1,000 people marched in Finchley, north London, against Barnet council’s cuts and privatisation.
Some 800 people marched in Liverpool on Saturday against the council’s plan to cut 1,500 jobs.
About 150 people braved the bitter cold for an evening protest organised by Brent Fightback last Friday.
Up to 1,500 people protested in Grizedale Forest in the Lake District on Sunday against government plans to sell off the forests.
The government briefly delayed its attack on public sector pensions last week, saying it will wait until the summer to change them.
Thousands of students and trade unionists marched through London and Manchester last Saturday.
Over 450 postal workers and their supporters took to the streets of Birmingham last Saturday.
The Unite union has still named no new strike dates for cabin crew at British Airways—despite workers voting for strikes nearly two weeks ago.
