THOUSANDS OF trade unionists and campaigners marched through central London today to defend the welfare state and public services.
Hundreds of thousands of Thai Redshirt pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets of Bangkok and other cities over the last few weeks. This was a show of force to prove the strength of the movement and to dispel any lies by the royalist government and the media that the Redshirts are not representative of the majority of the population.
Nick Griffin, leader of the British National Party (BNP), has been filmed defending racist violence.
More than 50 people met in west London tonight (Wednesday) to oppose cuts at Ealing Hospital.
British Airways (BA) cabin crew are at a critical point in their battle against union-busting, pay cuts and redundancies.
Willie Walsh used to be the top boss at Aer Lingus where cabin crew last week accepted a deal that means 230 compulsory and 440 voluntary redundancies.
Socialist Worker has learned of discussions at the heart of Unite that underline why the union leaders cannot be trusted to win the dispute.
A great lie will dominate the general election campaign—the lie that there is no alternative to devastating cuts in vital public services.
The conference was marked by a growing anger at the government’s neoliberal policies, anda desire for workers’ unity to hit back against the cuts.
Around 300 delegates packed into a anti‑fascist fringe meeting on Saturday—just hours after the mobilisation against the racist English Defence League (EDL) in Dudley.
Delegates unanimously passed a motion calling for strike action to combat excessive workloads.
