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Comrades, family and friends of the late Chris Harman gathered to celebrate his life at a memorial meeting in London this evening.

The media went into overdrive over the party leaders’ first televised debate. There were many inanities, including Liberal MP Chris Huhne being asked if the debate was shallow, responding with "Yes it’s shallow but less shallow than what went before." And ex-Labour MP Oona King offering, "The problem with television is that it's very televisual".

Another Gaza protester was found not guilty yesterday at Isleworth Crown Court. Sulaph Ridha was 17 when she went on the demonstration on 17 January last year against Israel’s attack on Gaza.

The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced a formal investigation into the Nazi British National Party's (BNP) accounts.

It’s hard to ride two horses with one arse. That was one of the more insightful comments by Derek Simpson, joint general secretary of the Unite union, when he addressed a Unite4Labour meeting in central London last night.

A new military order to enable Israel to capture or deport every Palestinian resident in the occupied West Bank who does not have a permit issued by the Israeli authorities came into force on Tuesday 13 April at 5pm.

We've just received our ballot papers for the agreement which was negotiated between the Royal Mail and the CWU following last year's strikes. Obviously this isn't the ballot that is on most people's minds at the moment, but the outcome of it could have serious implications for your postal delivery service, regardless of which party comes to power in the general election.

The career of composer Dimitri Shostakovich and his relationship to the rise and fall of the Russian Revolution is a fascinating and complex subject.

Post workers have begun a ballot over a proposed deal to end the long-running dispute between their CWU union and Royal Mail.

WORLD RULERS are in crisis. A revolution erupts in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, in Russia’s "backyard". An open Nazi party takes nearly one in five votes in the first round of the Hungarian elections. In Thailand, a mass movement shakes the regime. In Greece, the fear of meltdown forces the EU to offer emergency funds—at a price.

Labour’s manifesto begins, "This General Election is fought as our troops are bravely fighting to defend the safety of the British people and the security of the world in Afghanistan.

Lovers of Erykah’s more political lyrics might be disappointed with her second take on America today.