Leon Greenman's funeral will take place at 2pm tomorrow, Tuesday 11 March, at East Ham Cemetery, Marlow Road, London E6.
Leon Greenman, the veteran anti-fascist campaigner and survivor of the Auschwitz death camp, passed away last night at the age of 97.
Campaigners for British Guantanamo Bay detainees Omar Deghayes and Jamil el-Banna were celebrating today at the news that authorities have dropped attempts to extradite the two men to Spain.
More than 450 workers at housing charity Shelter are striking today over management proposals to scrap incremental pay rises, increase working hours and downgrade posts.
Thirty years ago this April 80,000 people marched to Victoria Park, east London, for a carnival against fascism organised by the Anti Nazi League and Rock Against Racism, headlined by The Clash and The Tom Robinson Band.
The Unite Against Fascism conference was an excellent event, with a fantastic range of speakers from Daud Abdullah from the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) to Derek Mumm from gay rights group Stonewall.
Shelter strike to defend conditions Over 450 workers at Shelter, the national housing charity, were set to strike on Wednesday of this week, after voting by 211 to 78 for action over pay, grading and hours.
Members of the UCU union in the higher education sector have rejected proposed changes to national negotiating structures. Over 60 percent voted no on a turnout of 27 percent.
The UCU Left has won 16 of the 33 seats up for election to the union’s national executive.
Twenty angry local residents demonstrated outside Melbourne Grove Post Office in East Dulwich, south London Wednesday of last week against its planned closure.
Workers in the two biggest civil service departments received hammer blows last week when the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Revenue and Customs both announced major job losses and office closures.
A successful strike by over 8,500 members of the PCS civil service workers’ union in the Department for Transport on Friday of last week hit back at New Labour’s 2 percent public sector pay limit.
