The anti-war movement scored a big victory in Scotland last week. It overturned a decision by Scottish police to ban a Stop the War Coalition rally set to take place after the Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh on 2 July.
The G8 Alternatives summit will take place in various venues in Edinburgh on Sunday 3 July. From 10am to 9pm speakers from all over the world will present a serious ideological challenge to the corrupt and bankrupt policies of the G8 in eight plenary sessions and over 30 workshops.
The former Bishop of Edinburgh, Richard Holloway, has added his voice to those supporting the right to march past Gleneagles Hotel when the G8 summit opens on 6 July.
The first strike by bank workers in eight years caused major problems for the giant HSBC bank on Friday of last week. Thousands of workers in the Amicus union struck over the bank’s below inflation pay offer.
Elections for the postal executive of the CWU union saw left candidates keep their positions. Socialist Worker supporter Jane Loftus was re-elected with one of the best votes, drawing support from all regions of the union.
Preparations are underway in Sheffield to protest against the G8 justice and interior ministers’ summit.
Globalise Resistance Some 200 people came to the Globalise Resistance annual conference last Saturday.
Canterbury Make Poverty History took to the streets of Canterbury last Saturday with a march to a music and politics festival in a city centre park.
Everyone, including the movers of the motions, was taken aback by the vote at April’s conference of the AUT lecturers’ union to boycott certain Israeli universities.
The conference of the Natfhe lecturers’ union overwhelmingly endorsed merger with the AUT union last weekend.
Workers at Ambala Foods in Stratford, east London, struck for two days last week.
.;n¬.º¬rers at Dunstable College in Bedfordshire picketed a meeting of the local Learning and Skills Council last week to protest at a £300,000 cut in funding.
