In a sign of the growing anti-cuts movement, more than 1,000 people attended the Coalition of Resistance conference in central London last Saturday.
As police were clobbering students in Whitehall last week, education secretary Michael Gove released his government’s harsh vision for schools.
If everyone gets behind the student revolt then this government can be beaten over the rise in university tuition fees to £9,000 a year.
Pickets braved freezing conditions on Sunday and Monday to show their defiance at London Underground management’s plans to slash jobs and safety.
Around 170 people packed into a vibrant anti‑cuts meeting in Tottenham, north London, on Wednesday of last week.
Left wing activists in the Unite union are debating the best way to take the struggle forward following the victory of Len McCluskey in the recent general secretary election.
Around 1,000 supporters of the racist English Defence League (EDL) gathered in Preston last Saturday.
Activists from Abortion Rights held a protest against Ann Widdecombe, the anti-choice Tory bigot, on Thursday of last week. She was speaking at a £50-a-head fundraiser for anti‑abortion group Right to Life
Workers in seven Jobcentre Plus offices that are to be turned into call centres have voted to defend their terms and conditions.
Teachers at St Aloysius comprehensive school in Islington, north London, struck on Wednesday and Thursday of last week.
Teachers, students and parents marched through Swansea last Saturday against the closure of Daniel James Community School.
There was standing room only at a public meting in Hastings against the cuts on Thursday of last week.
