Activists in the postal workers’ CWU union are disturbed by the growing number of activists who have been sacked or who face serious disciplinary charges for the "crime"of being good trade unionists.
The strike by 700 cleaners on the London Underground for 48 hours from Tuesday of last week brought to public attention the workers who keep the capital running.
Zoe Williams is a journalist on the Guardian newspaper who has written frequently on abortion and women’s rights.
Around 4,100 people from across Britain and the world came to this year’s Marxism festival held in central London last weekend.
The Tories and the tabloid press have waded into the debate on knife crime with demands for mandatory and longer prison sentences for those found carrying knives.
After successfully beating back a parliamentary attack on abortion rights in May, activists now have a chance to improve abortion law.
The fascist British National Party (BNP) plans to ratchet up its hate campaign against Muslims by calling a "national rally" in Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday 9 August.
Gordon Brown will arrive back from the G8 summit in Japan to face growing speculation that his days as prime minister are numbered.
Most people are rightly horrified at the number of young people who are victims of knife crime or violent attack.
An enormous economic crisis is gripping the world. In the Global South millions of people are being reduced to levels barely above starvation, as rising food and fuel prices help drive back years of slow improvements to health.
Hundreds of thousands of workers are gearing up to take on Gordon Brown's pay curbs.
Gordon Brown announced last Sunday that he will not reform the Tory anti-trade union laws. "Successful governments are those whose eyes are fixed on the future not harking back to the past," he said.
