A protester arrested at the anti-fracking protest camp in Barton Moss near Eccles, Greater Manchester is set to sue Greater Manchester Police over a “trumped up” arrest.
Services cut by politicians would have protected tens of thousands of people, writes Dave Sewell
Floods and storms swept over wide areas of southern England, Wales and the Midlands last week.
Children as young as nine have been referred to the anti-extremism Prevent strategy, reports Judith Orr
The need to stand up to racism was shown again last week through the hypocrisy of immigration minister Mark Harper.
Disabled Lucie Almond is still living in a council-owned bungalow in Bridgwater, Somerset, that first flooded on 3 January.
The RMT and TSSA unions suspended a strike on London Underground on Tuesday of this week as Socialist Worker went to press.
Tube workers launched a campaign at a 100-strong meeting on Monday of this week to defend a worker who was arrested and held for 13 hours.
Care workers in Glasgow residential homes were set to strike for 72 hours from Friday morning of this week.
Two months of floods have wreaked chaos in Somerset. Scores of families have been evacuated from flooded villages such as Moorland. Some homes have been flooded several times since winter began.
Homeless are being forced to sleep in bins, Barclays axe jobs as bonuses go up, Britain used US drones in attacks and the DWP want to privatise pensions
The National Union of Teachers announced today, Friday, plans for a national strike across schools in England and Wales for Wednesday 26 March.
