At least 30,000 people protested in support of refugees in Copenhagen, Denmark.
At least a further 34 people, including 11 children, drowned in the Aegean Sea off Greece this week.
Some 75 trade union activists joined the Unite the Resistance conference in Glasgow last Saturday.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s pledge to fight Tory austerity was greeted with rapturous applause by TUC conference delegates in Brighton today, Tuesday.
The Socialist Worker's Party has released a statment on the election of Jeremy Corbyn:
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Ordinary people in towns and cities across Britain will hold events tomorrow, Saturday, in solidarity with refugees.
Construction workers have turned a three hour stoppage into a three day unofficial strike at Sellafield in Cumbria.
Some 800 people blocked the road outside Downing Street today, Wednesday, as Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited London.
The National Gallery workers are entering their second month of all-out strike, reports Nick Clark
Some 400 anti-racists gathered in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, last Saturday to oppose the Nazi Britain First group and remember a murdered Muslim man.
Up to 1,500 Palestine solidarity campaigners marched through Cardiff last Saturday as the Israeli football team played Wales in the Euro 2016 qualifiers.
