Hank Roberts, who has been part of a group occupying the site of a proposed academy on the Wembley Park sports ground in north London for the past two weeks, introduced a motion on Building Schools for the Future (BSF) at the NUT conference.
It is a dark time for the New Deal scheme, first introduced by Labour in 1998. Despite helping 1.7 million unemployed people into work by providing them with training and subsidised employment, the government has welcomed suggestions that it may no longer be "fit for purpose" and should become more of a "brand name" than a programme.
"Gordon Brown is trying to restrict millions of public sector workers to a 2 percent rise at a time when inflation is 4.6 percent. We need to challenge him.
Activists took to the streets of Swansea on Saturday afternoon last week to stand united against the fascist BNP. Roughly 50 people attended to help raise awareness of the BNP’s racist policies and encourage the public to use their vote against the fascists on 3 May.
The fascist British National Party (BNP) is to contest a record number of seats in the elections on 3 May – but a broad coalition of trade unionists and activists has vowed to campaign against the Nazis on the ground.
Respect supporters are campaigning across England and Wales to get the biggest possible vote in the upcoming elections.
The 15 British sailors and Marines captured by the Iranians were involved in gathering intelligence about Iran.
The US has been funding bomb attacks and the seizure of hostages inside Iran.
Up to a million Iraqis took to the streets of Najaf on Monday to demand an end to the US occupation of their country on the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad.
Trade unionists around the country are organising to make May Day a day of struggle for workers in Britain.
The US Pentagon was to decide this week whether to renew the Iraq security contract held by Aegis since 2004. The contract is worth a potential $475 million.
The Scottish TUC conference in Glasgow next week will see its first ever Stop the War Coalition fringe meeting.
