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‘If Africa is to be free we cannot beg. We must tear away by force what belongs to us. All forms of struggle must be adopted, not excluding violence." Those were the words of Frantz Fanon addressing an anti-colonial conference in Ghana in 1958.

Nuclear power—it’s not safe and it’s not necessary George Monbiot used his Guardian column last week to attack the environmental movement.

Around 100 people packed into Royston Civic Hall near Barnsley on Wednesday of last week to defend their fire station.

Rank and file electricians walked off jobs, protested and blocked roads in towns and cities across Britain on Wednesday of last week.

NUT union members at Langdon School in Newham, east London, have voted to suspend further strikes and return to work on Wednesday of this week.

Politicians from around the world last week gave up any attempt to stop global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius.

The robber barons of Europe have fallen out—but their rows are an expression of a much deeper crisis. They face the prospect of economic catastrophe.

A huge strike wave involving thousands of workers kicked off in Italy this week. The country’s three main union federations—the CGIL, CISL and UIL—joined together for their first united strikes for six years.

Up to 100 activists took to the streets outside Harley Medical Group in London on Saturday of last week.

A pay freeze will go ahead at charity Action for Children after unions accepted a £60 per worker payment to call off strikes.

Steelworkers’ union Community has disgracefully agreed to a 50 percent pay cut for workers at steel firm Caparo Merchant Bar in Scunthorpe.