Around 150 people came to Marxism in Scotland, hosted by the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), in Glasgow last Saturday.
Civil service workers in the PCS union protested outside offices across the country on Tuesday—pay day—against poverty pay.
Also: Living Wage Week action at Picturehouse | Hospital porters in Exeter and cleaners at Manchester Airports prepare to strike | Fascist Britain First in Bromley and Burslem | BAE reps rally over jobs | Mend hosts Trojan Horse meeting | UCU Left debates beating the pay cap
Transport workers in the North West of England were set to stage a 24 hour coordinated strike on Wednesday of next week.
A horrifying attack on a Muslim woman in Leicester underlines the importance of taking on Islamophobia.
“It’s like cladding your home in solid petrol,” fire expert and surveyor Arnold Tarling told the BBC last week.
Tory health minister Philip Dunne waded in behind a dangerous plan to deal with the shortage of hospital beds on Monday.
At the start of this week 15 current ministers and over 20 more Tory MPs faced allegations of sexual misconduct.
The battle over fracking in Britain has shifted a gear. Third Energy is poised to frack at Ryedale, North Yorkshire.
“It has been a good week for billionaires,” wrote the editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek in the Financial Times on Saturday.
The annual United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) held its annual march in central London on Saturday.
The death of US Sergeant La David Johnson in Niger has exposed the callousness of Donald Trump towards those he orders into battle.
