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Supporters of Socialist Worker will be sad to hear the news that longstanding revolutionary socialist Frank Henderson died on New Year’s Eve.

The Gaza-bound Viva Palestina convoy is now on route via Syria after the Egyptian government blocked it in Jordan.

About 500 people attended an angry protest outside the Israeli embassy in Kensington, West London on Sunday 27 December, marking the first anniversary of the invasion of Gaza that resulted in around 1,500 deaths.

EDF Around 120 London Underground workers employed by EDF Energy Powerlink began a series of strikes today (23 December).

Workers at the Fujitsu services company held the first ever national strike in the IT industry when they took action in defence of their jobs, pay and pensions on Friday. Big and lively picket lines were seen at Fujitsu offices across the country—including Manchester, Warrington, Crewe and Belfast—as the 1,600 Unite union members struck.

The family of Mikey Powell, who died in police custody in 2003, say the verdict of the inquest into his death has given them "truth and justice".

Mark Serwotka has been re-elected as the general secretary of the PCS civil service workers’ union for a third term. PCS members voted by 63.4 percent to 36.6 percent for Serwotka against his right wing challenger Rob Bryson.

British Airways (BA) has won a court injunction to stop some 14,000 cabin crew workers from taking strike action. They were set to begin a 12-day strike on Tuesday of next week.

The demonstration "Reclaim Power" in Copenhagen on Wednesday of this week attracted several thousand Danish and international protesters.

The footage shows the several thousand strong Unite union meeting at Sandown Park where BA cabin crew workers heard the overwhelming result of their vote for strike action, Monday 14 December 2009

Over 12,500 young people saw US band Rage Against the Machine and Asian Dub Foundation (ADF) at the Wembley Arena in London last week. The concert was like an anti-capitalist carnival. Stalls defending political prisoners Mumia Abu-Jamal and Satpal Ram ringed the arena. During the concert thousands of fans chanted, "Freedom for Mumia." School student Robyn Mills and Martin Smith talked to Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello.