Respect has unveiled the Left List – a broad range of candidates who will be running for the London Assembly and mayoral elections on Thursday 1 May.
Up to half a million public sector workers could strike on Thursday 24 April.
Protesters occupied the lobby of Sovereign Capital on Wednesday of last week, in protest at plans to turn Pimlico School in south London into an academy.
The elections for the national executive of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) have meant a slight but significant shift towards a majority for the combined left.
The chaos of the financial system has hit new levels with the collapse of Bear Stearns, the US’s fifth largest investment bank. Now commentators fear the entire banking system is on the brink of a 1930s style collapse.
Lindsey German, Left List mayoral candidate for the GLA elections, addressing the World Against War demonstration in central London on Saturday 15 March 2008.
Respect National Secretary John Rees, addressing the World Against War demonstration in central London on Saturday 15 March 2008.
Some 40,000 anti-war protesters took part in today's march in London to mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
Over 5,000 people marched through Glasgow on Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
Student Respect national committee members Dominic Kavakeb and Jennifer Jones have been elected to two of the most important student union sabbatical positions in the country.
Members of Medway Trades Union Council in Kent have been inspired by a trade Union Conference to join the Campaign against Climate Change.
Bus workers struggle over pay A group of bus workers in the Unite union working for Metroline in north and north west London met last week to discuss pay.