There were more revelations this week about the British government’s complicity in the torture of suspects as part of the "war on terror".
Babar Ahmad, the south London IT worker who has been detained without charge in Britain for over four years, started his civil suit against the Metropolitan Police for assault in the High Court on Monday of this week.
The Put People First demonstration on Saturday 28 March is being organised by a umbrella organisation of trade unions, campaigning organisations, charities and pressure groups.
‘For over 20 years we have been hit by the policies of the World Bank, the World Trade Organisation and the International Monetary Fund.
Trade unions, NGOs, climate campaigners and anti-war activists are gearing up for a week of protests when the G20 summit of world leaders comes to London on 2 April.
The government has been forced to back down over planned council rent increases.
Tuition fees for university students could reach a staggering £7,000 a year – raising the prospect of graduates leaving college tens of thousands of pounds in debt, just as the economy goes into freefall.
Lord Laming’s report into child welfare identifies the damaging impact of bureaucracy on social work but does little to address the problem, say campaigners for the Social Work Action Network (Swan).
New Labour is continuing to trample the hopes of thousands facing unemployment by pushing ahead with its draconian welfare reform bill.
Tony Benn joined Labour MPs John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn and union general secretaries Bob Crow, Mark Serwotka and Matt Wrack and campaigning lawyers Michael Mansfield and Imran Khan to launch the People’s Charter for Change last week.
Anti-Nazi activists are stepping up their campaign against the fascist British National Party (BNP) in the run‑up to the European elections on Thursday 4 June.
A generation of young people is growing up facing a future of mounting debt and unemployment.
