Footage from throughout the day showing how police confronted Unite Against Fascism's demonstration against the racist English Defence League in Bolton
The enthusiasm on the BA picket lines was as strong as ever on Saturday morning.
Gaza protester Layla Lahouidek walked free from prison today after a hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice. She has also had her sentence dramatically reduced.
New Labour chancellor Alistair Darling’s budget was dull. The reality for working people is more of the same. But while the repetition of all that has gone before—tax cuts for the rich and attacks on the poor—may be familiar, it is still deeply unpleasant.
In a fantastic victory today, charges of violent disorder were dropped against 24 year old Gaza protester Jake Smith.
Chancellor Alistair Darling crossed a picket line on his way to work this morning. And hundreds of civil service workers assembled outside parliament to protest as he delivered his budget speech.
Do a collection for the BA strikers. You can download a petition and collection sheet at www.righttowork.org.uk Get your union branch, region and national executive to pass motions to support the BA strikers, and push for full solidarity Get your union branch, region and national executive to pass motions to support the BA strikers. They can collect money, visit the picket lines, black BA, and push for full solidarity Visit the picket lines at Heathrow and Gatwick. Ring 020 7819 1175 to get in touch with Socialist Worker supporters traveling down togetherIf your workplace or union is in dispute as well, seek to coordinate action with the BA str
Campaigning by the PCS union in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has stopped the transfer of three benefit delivery centres into the contact centre directorate.
Land Registry workers in the PCS civil service workers’ union are balloting on a proposed agreement over jobs and office closures.
Defiant protests by 3,000 anti-fascists blocked the racist English Defence League (EDL) in Bolton last Saturday.
Journalists at Johnston Press Group in Scarborough and Sheffield are to vote on strike action.
While the police battered anti-fascist protesters, Socialist Worker journalists witnessed the police getting matey with the racists of the EDL.
