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Israeli forces stormed a Palestinian jail in the West Bank town of Jericho on Tuesday, just after British and US forces, who were monitoring it, deserted the complex. At least one Palestinian police officer and one prisoner were killed by the Israelis.

Well over 100,000 anti-war protesters from across Britain marched in London today against three years of occupation in Iraq and the threats of a military attack on Iran.

A new report from the Joseph Rowntree Trust provides a damning description of the sickly state of Britain’s democracy.

British anti-war activists have a great opportunity to join hundreds of Arab and international delegates in Egypt later this month for the fourth Cairo Conference against US intervention and occupation in the Middle East.

‘It looks like a concrete spaceship from the planet Crap." This quip from a member of the public in the Channel 4 programme Demolition, about Cumbernauld town centre, is our typical reaction to the naive utopianism of British modern architecture.

Anti-fascists and trade unionists in Merseyside have vowed to step up their campaign against the British National Party (BNP) after the Nazis came third in a council by-election.

BA war council British Airways (BA) bosses are refusing to back off over attacks on pensions and could soon face strikes by thousands of workers.

Cuban cinema first came into its own after the 1959 revolution with the creation of the Cuban film institute, ICAIC. The British Film Institute has put together a selection of ICAIC films which is currently touring the country.

We tend to think that societies are either capitalist or not, class societies or not. But ignoring the smaller differences means we fail to see one of the most important processes shaping human sociality.

The US and Britain have torn apart Iraq and now they want to do the same to Iran. The US military has been studying ethnic and religious tensions in Iran as part of its preparations for war.

Gothic Nightmares: Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic ImaginationTate Britain, Londonuntil 1 Maywww.tate.org.uk The exhibition explores the taste for gothic art at the end of the 18th century and 19th century. The above painting is by poet and artist William Blake’s The House of Death. The pictures at the exhibition represent the belief that humanity was taking its destiny into its own hands, but also the fear of the terrible possibilities that existed with new technology.

Over 600 anti-fascist activists from around the country met in London on Saturday of last week for a lively and determined conference organised by Unite Against Fascism. The conference discussed stopping the British National Party (BNP) at the 4 May local elections.