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Edinburgh There was a festival of resistance alongside the arts festival in Edinburgh as 7,000 people marched through the city against Israel's attack on Lebanon. Marchers of all ages and religions waved placards and flags, accompanied by a range of trade union banners. Children's shoes were left outside the US consulate on Regent Terrace to commemorate the high proportion of children killed by Israeli bombing.

The closing days of the recent parliamentary session saw home secretary John Reid roll out a new law and order agenda that could have been drafted by the Sun.

The "war on terror" is deeply unpopular across the world - including in Britain and the US. People in many different countries are questioning and criticising their governments for participating in George Bush’s imperialist project.

US military flights carrying bombs to Israel will no longer use any British civilian airports. The decision follows protests at Prestwick airport.

A BBC programme last week again shone the spotlight on a case from 1993 that revealed so much of the reality of life in Britain.

For London’s Lebanese community, the past few weeks have been a traumatic time. Many of those now living in the capital arrived here following the start of Lebanon’s civil war in 1976, or were forced to flee during the Israeli invasion of 1982.

Another young man from Tooting, south London, has been arrested by British police following an extradition request by US authorities on trumped up "terrorism" charges.

A new movement is being born in Britain, building on the previous anti-war mobilisations.

The speech given by Soumaya Ghannoushi from the British Muslim Initiative to the Parliament Square rally at the end of the London demonstration against Israel's assault on Lebanon, Saturday 5 August 2006

Class determines how long you live and whether you will get to college. Two major reports last week underlined how Labour has left untouched a society dominated by wealth and the social power of the elite.

Sam Lesser was among the first group of British volunteers that joined the International Brigade, the world force against the fascist leader Franco. "We did what we had to do," he said. At the age of 91 his voice sounds steady and his memories remain intact.

Signal workers in the RMT union at Network Rail were set to strike on Friday of this week. A strike would severely hit Britain’s rail network.