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Some 400 people rallied outside the US embassy in London today, Saturday, against any attack and sanctions on Iran and Syria.

Children led a march in north London today, Saturday, against academies.

The EIS Scottish education union will lobby other education unions to organise a joint strike as soon as possible.

The NUT teachers’ union has agreed to push for a coordinated, national public sector strike in March. The union’s national executive committee unanimously backed the plan today, Thursday.

The government’s statistics watchdog has attacked ministers for releasing lurid figures last week suggesting some 370,000 migrants are claiming benefits.

Around 100 people joined a picket line at Montgomery Primary School in Birmingham today, Wednesday.

A cabal of hard right Tories is at the centre of attempts to witch‑hunt trade union reps for doing their job.

Unite union members at the Manchester site of IT giant Fujitsu have unanimously voted to accept an offer to settle their long-running dispute.

‘They did not treat us well at all. I still feel ill about it. It was disgraceful. It should have been handled better. They should apologise publicly’

Occupy London activists are currently involved in two ongoing legal processes.

Egypt is gearing up for the big day tomorrow (Wednesday 25 January), the anniversary of the start of the revolution.

The government is planning a major climb down in its assault on higher education, according to reports circulating as Socialist Worker went to press.