Jubilant delegates left the conference of the university lecturers’ AUT union in Eastbourne on Friday of last week after a historic gathering.
After eight years of New Labour rule, Britain remains one of the most class divided societies in the world — and things are getting worse. If you are born into poverty, you will almost certainly live and die in poverty.
The Iraq war was illegal, and Tony Blair knew it. That is the central charge of a leaked document about advice presented to the prime minister before the assault on Iraq began.
The front page news in New York City last week was former senator Bob Kerrey’s announcement that he was considering a campaign for mayor next year against incumbent Michael Bloomberg. Kerrey (not to be confused with fellow Democrat John Kerry) is a famous war hero — winner of the Congressional Medal of Honour, the US’s highest military decoration.
Over 25,000 people joined the all night vigil for trade justice that began at Westminster Abbey, London, on Friday of last week.
Despite the best efforts of the Labour and Tory leaderships to keep it off the agenda, the criminal war against Iraq, and the continuing occupation of the country, are critical election issues.
The conviction last week of Kamel Bourgass for conspiracy to cause a public nuisance using poisons sparked a media frenzy over "ricin conspiracies" and "Al Qaida cells".
The immense anger at the government and the bosses they gave the Longbridge plant to was visible on the streets of Birmingham last weekend.
You could feel the raw anger over pensions at a demonstration in central London last Saturday.
The RMT rail workers’ union launched its Rail Against Privatisation march in Glasgow last Saturday.
The Respect election campaign is making a huge impact in east London. Respect councillor Oliur Rahman, who is standing in Poplar & Canning Town, said, "The campaign is going very well. Whenever I am out on the street people ask about Respect.
Lawyers hit out at attack on legal aid A packed rally of 500 criminal defence lawyers has called for a boycott of government plans to contract out legal aid work to the lowest bidder.
