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Ten years have passed since the tragic events of 9/11. While I sympathise with those who died in the US, I cannot but remember the countless atrocities committed by the US government in their name against Muslims and Arabs around the globe.

The attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001 seemed to come literally out of the blue—raining death out of a clear September sky. Politicians and the media proclaimed that the world was changed completely by these events. But how do they look now?

We can stop land grab A housing emergency is turning into a disaster. House building is at record lows, there are five million on housing waiting lists, street homelessness is up ten percent and those in temporary housing up 14 percent.

Supporters of Dale Farm have set up Camp Constant to help defend the site.

There are less than two weeks left to save the Dale Farm Traveller site in Basildon, Essex.

Oxfordshire youth workers were set to strike for the second time on Friday of this week. They intend to demonstrate in David Cameron’s constituency, Witney.

Trade unionists in Camberwell, south London, have challenged government plans to close down the local job centre.

Over 200 people attended a meeting called by the Derby Climate Coalition to support Bombardier workers.

Hundreds of workers at social care charity Quarriers struck against huge pay cuts in Glasgow last Tuesday.

Social care workers in Southampton are set to meet on Wednesday of next week to decide whether to strike again.

Around 100 members of the Unison and Unite unions protested against job and pay cuts outside Rochdale Town Hall on Thursday of last week.

Over 150 migrant domestic workers rallied outside parliament last Sunday against government proposals that they say would mean a "return to slavery".