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The fascist British National Party (BNP) revealed its true colours last week when its leader Nick Griffin went on record defending an official BNP activist manual that said that Asian and black British people "do not exist" and should be referred to as "racial foreigners".

The British National Party (BNP) suffered a setback in east London last week when they came fifth in a by-election in Wanstead, Redbridge. The BNP polled just 171 votes – 4.9 percent. Only the UK Independence Party candidate got less votes.

The strength and determination of the anti-war movement in Britain was demonstrated at the Stop the War Coalition’s annual conference held in London last Saturday.

On 15 January I was travelling to a conference against imperialism in Beirut. An official took me aside at Heathrow airport. He asked why I still use the UK Travel Document after 19 years in Britain. This was originally issued to me so I could travel abroad when I had no passport because I was a refugee.

Nathan Kumar arrived in Britain in 1984 as a refugee from anti-Tamil pogroms in Sri Lanka. He is now chair of the British Tamils Forum.

Lecturers in the UCU union in universities across Britain will begin balloting for industrial action over job cuts this week. The ballot follows a refusal by the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) to reach a national agreement with the unions to avoid redundancies in higher education.

Trade unionists and campaigners demonstrated across Britain to mark Workers’ Memorial Day on Tuesday. This highlights the level of deaths on construction sites.

Solidarity action for Visteon workers is spreading across Britain. It is piling pressure on Ford.

The Visteon workers fighting for jobs and justice have put Ford onto the back foot. They are threatening a major escalation in their dispute that would hit Ford’s production in Britain.

What matters most – spending cash to rescue the banks and revive business confidence, or trying to stem Britain’s escalating public deficit?

Trade unionists across Britain are mobilising to make the Unite union’s national demonstration for jobs in Birmingham on Saturday 16 May the biggest possible protest against the recession’s impact on workers.

The initial line-up for the Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) festival in Stoke on 30 May has been unveiled. The festival will be a key part of the campaign to stop the fascist British National Party (BNP) winning seats in the European parliament.