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Many people in Northern Ireland nodded in recognition when they heard of Jean Charles de Menezes being shot repeatedly in the head as he lay face down and helpless on the floor of a tube train at Stockwell.

There have been 37 fatal shootings by British police since 1990.

Police have raided a number of homes across Britain since the 7 July attacks. A flat in Corfe House, south London, was raided on Friday of last week. Residents have complained about the heavy handed police operation.

From across Britain and from Europe they came in their hundreds and then their thousands to the Marxism 2005 event.

Gordon Brown is feted to the skies for his supposedly adroit management of the British economy. Even his most hardened critics—like Tony Blair—grit their teeth and claim Brown is the "most successful chancellor for 100 years".

Last week, before the terrible bombings in London on Thursday, we learned that the US and British governments had drawn up secret plans to withdraw troops from Iraq. Defence secretary John Reid was forced to admit the existence of such plans after they were leaked to the Mail on Sunday.

Zimbabweans protesting at the British government’s decision to deport refugees have called a major protest for Thursday 4 August.

The first ever vote for strike action by casino workers in Britain has resulted in an improved pay offer of 3.5 percent or £600, whichever is the greater.

Britain over the past fortnight has gone through in a highly concentrated form the experience of the movement against global capitalism. Our movement went through the protests in Seattle in November 1999 through the attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001 to the great anti-war marches.

"I'm not racist, but..." Everyone, at some point, will have heard that disclaimer followed by a stream of patently racist nonsense. In the wake of the London bombings large sections of the British media have struck a similar tone in articles and broadcasts about Muslim people living in Britain.

Around 70 people attended a peace vigil in Edinburgh on Friday of last week after the London bombings.

"Make no mistake, Britain will almost certainly have to sacrifice some of our ancient legal rights if we wish to protect our citizens."Daily Mail editorial