Vestas workers have called a protest in defence of their occupation for this Saturday 1 August. They are asking as many of their supporters as possible to get to the Isle of Wight to show their solidarity with the fight for jobs and the planet.
The Vestas occupation won a massive victory in court this morning as workers got a guarantee that their occupation can continue for at least another five days – and possibly longer.
In dramatic scenes, the Vestas company’s attempt to get an injunction to remove the workers occupying its wind turbine factory in Newport, the Isle of Wight, has been adjourned until Tuesday 4 August.
Competing for vaccine The world’s richest and poorest states are competing to buy stocks of a potential swine flu vaccine.
Around 150 London firefighers in the FBU union gathered last week to launch a ballot for industrial action short of a strike. This could begin a major battle over jobs, conditions and fire safety.
Activists are leaping into action ahead of the demonstration outside the Labour Party conference in Brighton on Sunday 27 September.
A huge crowd of 20,000 people marched through Kilmarnock last Sunday against drinks multinational Diageo’s proposed closure of its Johnnie Walker whisky plants in the town and in Glasgow.
A lot has happened in the seven weeks since the European election results.
The desire for unity on the left is driven by the meltdown in Labour’s support, the lengthening dole queues and the election of two fascist British National Party (BNP) candidates to the European parliament.
Vestas workers challenged Climate Change Minister Ed Miliband at a packed public meeting of 600 people at Oxford Town Hall on Monday evening.
Afghan MP Malalai Joya addressed more than 200 people at a Stop the War Coalition meeting in central London on Thursday of last week.
The Unison union has outrageously banned four Socialist Party members from holding office for three years.
