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.
The threat of firefighters joining united strike action in the run-up to the May council elections has forced the government to make some concessions over its attack on pensions.
Local Respect groups across England are currently in the process of selecting their council candidates for the council elections set to be held on 4 May.
The US can draw little comfort from the recent elections in Iraq. The poll itself is mired in controversy, with both the winners and losers accusing each other of ballot rigging and political manipulation.
An exciting Respect meeting took place in Hackney, east London, on Tuesday of last week. Around 60 people attended to select candidates for the May council elections.
The US was desperate to hold up last week’s parliamentary elections in Egypt as evidence of the democratic change it is promoting across the Middle East.
Unite Against Fascism campaigners were out in force over the weekend campaigning against the fascist British National Party (BNP), which was standing in council by-elections in two wards in Thurrock, Essex, on Thursday of this week.
