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Thousands of people protested outside the Libyan embassy in central London today (Tuesday). They travelled from all over Britain to join the demonstration – 10 coaches came from Manchester alone.

Over 3,000 marched in the streets of Bristol on Saturday.

Members of the Aslef train drivers’ union at Arriva Trains Wales are set to strike on Monday of next week over pay.

About 1,000 CWU union members and their supporters marched through Beeston in Nottingham on Saturday of last week (see right).

In Kay Cutts’ office at County Hall, over her desk, hangs a portrait of her idol: Margaret Thatcher.

Some 3,700 workers at Nottinghamshire county council were set to strike on Thursday of this week—the day the Tory council votes on its savage cuts budget.

Congress House filled with people discussing how the left can shape the capital during the Progressive London conference last Saturday.

A lively protest greeted GPs and hospital doctors as they arrived at the London regional meeting of the British Medical Association (BMA) on Thursday of last week.

There is a debate raging on the left about whether the National Union of Students (NUS) can ever be representative of the student movement.

Some 2,500 people marched through Liverpool last Sunday in the city’s biggest anti-cuts demonstration so far.

Lorry drivers at Bawdsey Haulage in Felixstowe struck on Monday of this week demanding union recognition.

Understaffing is cause of NHS horror stories I write in response to the recent report by the health service ombudsman that blames NHS workers for the problems facing public healthcare in Britain.