US president Barack Obama was meeting with representatives of 70 countries in the Hague on Tuesday as Socialist Worker went to press.
The Czech Republic's prime minister Mirek Topolanek was toppled last week by a parliamentary no-confidence vote.
The British occupation forces in southern Iraq passed military command of the region to the US Army this week.
Thousands of BBC workers across Britain are set to strike on Friday of this week. This action will have a severe impact on broadcasting.
Workers on London Underground are pushing hard to win a strike ballot taking place among 10,000 RMT union members over pay and job cuts. They know the stakes are high.
The possibility of a London-wide strike at Royal Mail grew this week after bosses refused to back down from plans to slash jobs at offices around the capital.
Postal workers in Woolwich, south London, delivered a massive show of solidarity to a sacked colleague by taking strike action on Tuesday this week.
The government claims that the G20 summit will cost about £20 million The police operation will cost £7.2 million Labour claims it is a good investment for London Newham is the sixth most deprived local authority in England Some 69 percent of children in Newham are in low income families Some 8,737 people in the borough are on unemployment benefits, with 739 new claims in February
Comedian and activist Mark Thomas spoke at the Hyde Park rally after the Put People March march last Saturday. He was cheered as he said, "We are here to kill neoliberal capitalism."
The week of protests against the G20 summit to be held in London this week kicked off on Saturday with the Put People First march in central London organised by a broad coalition of trade unions, NGOs and activist groups.
Workers from the occupied Prisme packaging plant in Dundee will be joining the Put People First march in London this Saturday.
Staff and students at Birkbeck College in central London celebrated a victory over poverty pay for cleaning and catering staff last week.
