More than 20,000 people crowded into the Britannia football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent last Saturday for the Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) Festival.
Anti-fascist activists were out campaigning until the last minute to drive back the threat of the British National Party’s (BNP) in the European elections on Thursday this week.
The BNP’s attempts to pose as "respectable" took another battering last week as the Nazi party was forced to warn its members to "take care" when posting on web forums.
As Lord Mandelson toured television studios last week defending his plan to sell a share of Royal Mail to vulture capitalists CVC, we in the London division of the CWU union were totting up our votes for strike action.
London Underground and Transport for London workers are set to bring the capital to a grinding halt for 48 hours next week after voting to strike over job losses, pay cuts and management bullying.
Gordon Brown’s government is in deep crisis. Reports of various cabinet ministers expected to stand down or be "reshuffled" out of their jobs were mounting by the hour as Socialist Worker went to press.
The Labour government is making noises about reforming parliament to try and offset the fury over the expenses scandal.
It’s not just MPs who are raking in the perks, civil service mandarins are doing well out of lobbyists.
"Say no to paying the EU £40 million a day," cry United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) billboards.
The Tories are presenting themselves as the party of change – but some things remain the same.
