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More than 100 people joined a freedom ride protest in Barnsley today, Monday. Disabled people, pensioners and their supporters gathered to lobby a meeting of the South Yorkshire Transport Executive.

Up to 1,000 people jammed into the launch rally of Putting Birmingham Schoolkids First last night, Thursday, at the Bordesley Centre in Camp Hill.  So many people came that organisers had to set up an overflow hall. The meeting was a response to the attacks on Birmingham schools by Ofsted and Tory minister Michael Gove triggered by the discredited “Trojan Horse” letter.

Meter readers began picketing at energy giant EDF’s building in Bexley Heath, south east London, this morning, Thursday, as the Unite union stepped up selective action.

Thousands of workers across France protested today, Thursday, against Labour-type Socialist president Francois Hollande’s pact of austerity. The day of protests and strikes was called by the CGT union federation at the centre of the current wave of strikes in France.

Workers across Britain held stunts and protests in solidarity with Lambeth College strikers yesterday, Wednesday.

Support has flooded in for freedom ride protesters in Barnsley after police arrested two protesters on Monday of this week.

Thousands of tax workers in the PCS union are walking out this week in a series of 24 hour regional strikes. Workers in the London, South East and South West regions walked out this morning, Wednesday.

Unite union members at Tyneside Safety Glass in Gateshead struck for better pay for a week from Monday of last week.

Vindictive bosses have gone on the offensive to try and smash an all-out strike at Lambeth College.

Abu Baker Deghayes and his family have faced persecution for the last 12 years.

Hospitals are struggling to pay their bills as a deepening crisis spreads throughout the health service—but all the Tories care about is how it might damage their vote

Northern Rail Transport Police turned to violence to try and break protests by pensioners and disabled people in South Yorkshire this week.