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The opening rally of Marxism 2015 thundered with applause from up to 900 people this evening, Friday, as strikers addressed the Institute of Education’s Logan Hall in central London. 

London Underground was completely shut last night and today, Thursday, as all four Tube unions staged a 24-hour strike. Not a train moved and not a station opened.

Reports from a budget day of strikes and demonstrations

The London Underground was set to be closed completely on Wednesday of this week, as all four Tube unions were preparing for a 24-hour walkout.

Bradford College UCU members struck on Tuesday of last week against compulsory redundancies. Picket lines began at 7am and at their peak there were 70 people.

A 16 year old victim of the Hillsborough football disaster appeared alive after the crush, an inquest has heard.

Some 2,000 First Great Western workers were set to walk out for 48 hours on Wednesday of this week. Over 200 engineers working for Southern Rail are set to strike for five days this Sunday. And at Northern Rail, station staff and guards have voted by 80 percent to strike over the threat to jobs, safety and the creation of a two-tier workforce.

Celebrations took place in Syntagma Square in front of the Greek parliament and around the surrounding streets long into the night last Sunday.

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A former cop has been cleared of the murder of a man he shot on sight, including four times in the head.