Some 100,000 people showed their outrage at the slaughter in Lebanon and Gaza on the march in central London on Saturday 5 August. Here are reports, photos and video of the event.
Nine anti-war protesters, including socialist and civil rights campaigner Eamonn McCann, are in jail in Northern Ireland for occupying an arms manufacturer
Eight of nine anti-war demonstrators remanded in custody, including socialist and civil rights activist Eamonn McCann, have been granted bail in the Northern Ireland High Court. They had been charged following a protest at the Derry offices of US missile manufacturer Raytheon.
Edinburgh There was a festival of resistance alongside the arts festival in Edinburgh as 7,000 people marched through the city against Israel's attack on Lebanon. Marchers of all ages and religions waved placards and flags, accompanied by a range of trade union banners. Children's shoes were left outside the US consulate on Regent Terrace to commemorate the high proportion of children killed by Israeli bombing.
Israel’s war in Lebanon is the latest stage in the imperialist offensive mounted by the United States and its allies since 11 September 2001. The conquest of Iraq was intended to unleash a process of "regime change" that would remove the obstacles to US domination of the Middle East. Instead, thanks to the resistance in Iraq, the Pentagon finds itself bogged down in a guerrilla war that it cannot win.
US military flights carrying bombs to Israel will no longer use any British civilian airports. The decision follows protests at Prestwick airport.
Military Families last week won their appeal against the government’s decision to refuse a full public inquiry into the Iraq war.
A BBC programme last week again shone the spotlight on a case from 1993 that revealed so much of the reality of life in Britain.
Around 8,000 members of the PCS civil service workers’ union struck on Monday of this week at ten large processing offices in Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) department.
Over 1,700 drivers went on strike last Saturday in a show of solidarity for their colleague Mohammad Parvaiz, who was killed in Golcar in Yorkshire.
Anger was spreading among PCS union activists in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) at news of a deal recommended by the union leadership in the department over the long running job cuts dispute.
Another young man from Tooting, south London, has been arrested by British police following an extradition request by US authorities on trumped up "terrorism" charges.
