Nicky Jacobs was found not guilty of the murder of PC Keith Blakelock last week. One of the Tottenham Three, Winston Silcott, spoke to Annette Mackin about the system’s racism
Health workers in the Unison union have voted overwhelmingly for a ballot to strike over pay as Socialist Worker went to press.
The PCS union has agreed to ballot members in the Department of Work and Pensions Call Centre in Garston in south Liverpool against its proposed closure. Garston was one of four large sites identified for closure earlier this year as part of DWP’s estates rationalisation programme planned to save £61 million.
Care UK workers in Doncaster are set to strike for another four days over the Easter weekend starting on Friday this week.
New shorts: One million people relying on food banks; Arms dealer gets Commonwealth Games sponsor deal; The Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war will now not report until next year; Two cops could face charges over evidence given at the 2012 inquest into the death of Sean Rigg
A leaked file reveals a shocking statement from the first inquiry into Daniel Morgan’s murder, reports Simon Basketter
Construction workers are resisting new attacks on the way they are employed. Changes to the rules governing self-employment should have made it harder for construction bosses to use bogus self-employment as a tax scam.
Around 300 people marched in Glasgow last Sunday for Scotland’s first ever International Roma Day event. A Roma band set the festive spirit as the march made its way through the heart of the city’s Govanhill neighbourhood.
A Croydon Radio presenter resigned after the web-based station gave a platform to National Front (NF) Nazi Tony Martin last week. Guests had threatened to pull out and Kingston Unite Against Fascism lobbied and threatened to picket. They were told that the invitation had been withdrawn.
Up to 150 protesters joined the second South Yorkshire Freedom Ride to fight for the right for free travel for disabled people and pensioners.
Protests took place across Britain last Saturday to mark the first birthday of the bedroom tax, and to make sure it doesn’t see a second.
