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Marxism 2012 ended on a spirited note today (Monday) with a closing rally at Friends House in central London.

Hundreds of thousands marched through the streets of London today as part of World Pride’s celebrations of LGBT achievement and the fight against sexual oppression.

Author and journalist Gary Younge appeared at the Marxism festival on Friday evening to talk about Obama’s record, the US presidential race and the impact of Occupy. He spoke to Socialist Worker afterwards.

Remploy workers at 54 factories around the country have announced two 24 hour strikes in protest at Tory plans to shut down their workplaces.

Friends House in central London was full to capacity on Thursday night for the opening rally of this year's Marxism festival.

Members of the GMB and Unite unions at 54 Remploy factories across the country have voted to strike against Tory plans to shut 36 of the sites.

Students at New College Nottingham’s High Pavement sixth form college are boycotting lessons this morning in protest at management plans to extend their hours and cram more students onto the site.

Campaigners protested outside Downing Street on Wednesday against housing benefit cuts that threaten to make thousands of young people homeless.

Thursday’s London-wide bus strike has been suspended for talks after bosses offered to fund a Olympic bonus for bus workers by sharing profits made during the games.

"I work in a factory of 500, almost all of them migrant workers like myself. When I started there were only about 30 or 40 people in the union, and no union recognition.

The Tories seem to think the "Big Society" can deal with the floods sweeping swathes of Britain. But it doesn’t look like it.

When the Olympic torch passed two Sheffield Hospitals last week, campaigners from the Sheffield Save Our NHS campaign decided to turn up with leaflets and banners.