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Fresh inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool football fans who died as a result of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster heard evidence for over two years. The jury is now considering its decisions. Here is Socialist Worker's full coverage of the inquests so far

Highlights of the Stand Up to Racism and Fascism demonstration in central London on Saturday 21 March. Video by Hamza Sharif

More than 10,000 people marched through central London against racism today, Saturday, while 2,500 more marched in Glasgow and 150 in Cardiff.

Up to 300 people marched through the campus of London School of Economics (LSE) yesterday, Thursday, in support of a student occupation there.

Trade union flags decked the roundabout leading onto the industrial estate where Refresco Gerber workers continued their fight to defend terms and conditions today, Thursday.

David Duckenfield has agreed that his failings were "the direct cause of the deaths of 96 persons in the Hillsborough tragedy".

Teachers at St Andrews and St Francis School in Brent struck today, Wednesday, against plans to turn the school into an academy.

Over 200 people came to a Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) event, The Tipping Point, in London last Saturday. 

US president Barack Obama rushed to condemn the shooting of two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, last week.

A Fast Food Rights meeting in central Glasgow last Saturday reflected the energy of the workers’ movement in the US. 

Cyclone Pam devastated the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu last week.

Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield is continuing to give evidence to inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans who died as a result of the 1989 disaster.