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Over a thousand people filled Friends House in central London last night for a packed opening rally of the Marxism 2009 festival.

Militant mass pickets gathered outside Norlington boys' school in Leyton, east London, this morning as teachers took part in their first day of strike action against plans to merge the school with two others to create a Trust school.

In the wake of the French Revolution of 1789 one of its leaders, Maximilien Robespierre, made a passionate defence of the use of "terror" against those who wanted a counter-revolution.

As bank bosses, think tanks and politicians of all stripes united this week in arguing for public spending to be slashed, a London doctor said that cuts in the health service are likely to lead to services being slashed – and potentially the loss of life.

Workers in the UCU union at Barnsley college will ballot for strike action against plans to impose 53 redundancies.

Iraqis greeted the withdrawal of US troops from their cities this week by dancing in the streets.

This small exhibition is a vivid reminder of the solidarity people in Britain showed with those resisting the injustice of apartheid South Africa.

Steelmaker Corus announced plans to cut another 2,000 jobs last week – most of them in Britain.

UCU union members in Gorseinon College, Wales, have voted by over 70 percent to strike against 10 planned job losses at the college. They will strike next Wednesday.

Police used "inappropriate force" against demonstrators during the G20 protests in April this year.

Like others who grew up in Eastern Europe, I was taught that the Second World War was fought against fascism, and that it ended in our liberation by Soviet troops.

As bosses at private companies across the country attempt to attack pension rights, workers at the Fujitsu Services IT company are setting other groups an example by preparing to fight the cuts – and to defend their pay.