Campaigners and trade unionists are gearing up to give the G20 group of world leaders a warm welcome to Britain at the end of next month when they meet in London.
Anger at the Irish government's response to the recession erupted onto the streets of Dublin last Saturday.
Unite union joint general secretary Tony Woodley, PCS union general secretary Mark Serwotka and Labour MP John McDonnell are some of the latest people to sign up to a statement calling for unity in the fight for jobs.
Three men from Burnley, Lancashire, were released without charge yesterday after being arrested under anti-terrorism legislation on their way to join a humanitarian mission to Gaza.
This year’s Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) carnival will be a key event in the battle against the fascist BNP. It takes place on Saturday 30 May, just five days before the European elections, in Stoke-on-Trent—a city where the Nazis have nine councillors.
There has been a sea change in public attitudes towards sexuality in the decades since sex between men was decriminalised in Britain in 1967. Recent legal reforms – including the right to civil partnerships – reflect this, and are themselves a reaction to struggles for equality that have been led by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
The inspirational fight to save jobs at Waterford Crystal took a step forward this week.
As the economic crisis grows by the day, bosses and the government are agreed on one thing – that it is workers who must pay for the mess that those at the top have presided over.
Disgraced bank boss Andy Hornby Wrecked the HBOS banking group but pocketed £1.3 million in bonusesLeft the bank with a £2.4 million pension potNow a ‘consultant’ with Lloyds TSB and scraping by on £66,000 a month
The election for general secretary of the Amicus section of the Unite union began on Monday.
Workers at Kimberly-Clark in Barrow in north west England struck in a fight for more pay last weekend.
Some 50 Unison union members lobbied Essex County council in Chelmsford in protest at council plans to privatise services across the county, on Tuesday of last week.
