The speech given by Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the PCS public service union, to the Parliament Square rally at the end of the London demonstration against Israel's assault on Lebanon, Saturday 5 August 2006
The Middle East crisis stems in part from Israel’s determination to destroy Palestine’s democratically elected Hamas government. For years most Palestinians supported the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and its leading component Fatah. But this year people voted decisively for the Islamist Hamas.
Thousands strong protests in London and Manchester last Saturday showed the depth of the anger against Tony Blair and George Bush for their support for Israel’s attacks on Lebanon.
The campaign for John McDonnell MP to stand for the Labour Party leadership got a ringing endorsement last Saturday at the Labour Representation Committee conference in London.
Union activists are gearing up for the Organising for Fighting Unions conference, set for London on 11 November.
Two community secondary schools in Bury won a significant victory last week, as the Labour controlled council completely backed down after an eight month battle with parents, teachers and pupils.
The long-running national postal workers’ dispute reached an extraordinary impasse last week.
The July meeting of the PCS civil service workers’ union national executive unanimously agreed to step up the fight against job cuts and privatisation.
Class determines how long you live and whether you will get to college. Two major reports last week underlined how Labour has left untouched a society dominated by wealth and the social power of the elite.
Unions at the BBC have begun balloting their members on a new offer on pay and pensions, without any recommendation.
The Regency town of Cheltenham reverberated to chants of "Welfare not Warfare - Keep the NHS" last Saturday as thousands of campaigners marched through the town.
Emma Collinson I’m 33 and I gave up a professional career, working as an environmental health officer, to become a physiotherapist.
