What should be the biggest conference of its type for years is winning wide support across the trade union movement.
The 2,500 protesters who took to the streets of Newham, east London, last Sunday were united by their anger at the police’s recent "terror raid" in Forest Gate.
In recent weeks the home office has experienced what is probably its worst crisis for decades.
College lecturers’ resolve to reject the pay deal they were recently offered was growing this week. Several branches of the University and College Union (UCU) have passed motions condemning the offer.
Mark Steel will be speaking at Marxism 2006 on Che Guevera.
Afghanistan is facing a long and bloody summer. Tony Blair and George Bush claimed that they had "liberated" the country in 2001 when they invaded and drove out the Taliban regime.
Workers at Asda supermarket depots have told Socialist Worker that the company is running risks with food safety.
Around 150 people gathered outside Downing Street last Saturday for the official launch of Tell It Like It Is, a campaign against racism in education. It has called a demonstration on 4 November. Doreen Lawrence, the mother of Stephen Lawrence who was murdered by racists, said, "It is good that so many young people made it today. The government needs to see the strength of feeling. The demonstration needs to be a visible show of strength. Everyone is invited – parents, young people and teachers."
Community campaigners in Newham, east London, have scored a victory in their campaign to save Queens Market in Upton Park from being shut down and turned into a supermarket.
Asda suspended Hugh Bennett, a truck driver and GMB union steward in Wigan, for supporting the union’s strike ballot by writing "vote yes" on an England flag.
The recent Further Education committee (FEC) for the University and College Union voted to reject the latest offer from the employers.
"We must flood Manchester with people saying that they are not prepared to let Bush and Blair attack Iran." This was the message from Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn as he called on people to mobilise for a national demonstration at the Labour Party conference in Manchester on 23 September.
