Four British Tamils began a new hunger strike on Friday as part of the ongoing demonstration against the Sri Lankan government's assault on Tamil areas. The continuous protest in Parliament Square, central London is still going strong after 26 days.
The strength and determination of the anti-war movement in Britain was demonstrated at the Stop the War Coalition’s annual conference held in London last Saturday.
United action by teachers and cleaners at Lister school in Newham, east London, has won the reinstatement of Lorraine Mngadi, an activist in the Unison union.
On 15 January I was travelling to a conference against imperialism in Beirut. An official took me aside at Heathrow airport. He asked why I still use the UK Travel Document after 19 years in Britain. This was originally issued to me so I could travel abroad when I had no passport because I was a refugee.
The Daily Telegraph declared it the budget of "class war". But for all the right wing media’s frothing at the mouth and claims that the budget will hit the wealthy, the real losers will be ordinary people.
New Labour is openly saying it expects a drubbing in next month’s European elections. Socialists and anti-fascists have to make every effort to stop the BNP benefiting from growing unemployment, and the establishment parties championing cuts in services.
