Lambeth

The Brixton Uprising—when rage burned on the streets
Features

The Brixton Uprising—when rage burned on the streets

Riots in Brixton 40 years ago this month turned the tables on racist cops. Alex Wheatle and Cecil Gutzmore spoke to Socialist Worker about their experiences of the riots and why the anger that caused them still exists today
06 April 2021
Protest as Labour council starts non-essential building work
News

Protest as Labour council starts non-essential building work

Lambeth council in south London is disgracefully embarking on a big non-essential construction project in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, starting with the demolition of one of its own buildings.
24 April 2020
Walkout at ten south London libraries over coronavirus safety
News

Walkout at ten south London libraries over coronavirus safety

Lambeth library workers said they were angry at managers' lack of action
20 March 2020
March against estate demolitions in Brixton
News

March against estate demolitions in Brixton

Some 200 people marched through Brixton against the demolition of six estates in the south London borough of Lambeth last Saturday.
05 December 2017
News Image
News

Reports round-up

BMW workers are gearing up for a pensions fight, workers are rallying over civil service pay, Lambeth libraries are facing attacks and Unison union NEC voting opens
04 April 2017
Stockwell community centre campaign resists the space invaders
News

Stockwell community centre campaign resists the space invaders

Protesters gathered outside the Lambeth offices of the Hyde housing association on Thursday of last week.
21 February 2017
Questions raised over Haringey council's housing deal
News

Questions raised over Haringey council’s housing deal

The plan to redevelop vast swathes of Haringey, north London, had a spanner thrown in the works last month.
03 January 2017
Campaigners and trade unionists march together to save libraries, museums and galleries
News

Campaigners and trade unionists march together to save libraries, museums and galleries

Up to 2,000 people marched in central London today, Saturday, to defend libraries, museums and galleries under threat from cuts.
08 November 2016
Time to take action to save libraries, galleries and museums
News

Time to take action to save libraries, galleries and museums

Over a quarter of a million people in the West Midlands could be left with no art gallery, youth services or museums and just one library out of 16 in four years time.
01 November 2016
Reports round-up: Anti-fascists humiliate Nazi EDL in Nottingham
News

Reports round-up: Anti-fascists humiliate Nazi EDL in Nottingham

Also: Unions slam payouts for post office bosses | Walkouts can win at London Met | Pride marches in Brighton and Leeds | Sussex hospital drivers vote to strike for liabilities | Nationwide gets shifty in Swindon | Cleaners' fight is over at 100 Wood Street | French state plans attack on ‘jungle’ | Protest in Brixton against arch-enemy council | Magistrates find against reverend’s tax protest
09 August 2016
Suspended Labour councillor calls for party to back resistance
News

Suspended Labour councillor calls for party to back resistance

A suspended Labour councillor has warned her party that it could suffer “the most terrible of lost opportunities” by not launching national resistance to council cuts.
07 June 2016
Lambeth protesters won’t take Labour’s library sops
News

Lambeth protesters won’t take Labour’s library sops

Also: Local government workers ballot in Glasgow, strike in Ayrshire
03 May 2016
'We don't believe a word they say' - Lambeth residents take on Labour over cuts
News

‘We don’t believe a word they say’ – Lambeth residents take on Labour over cuts

Top Labour party politicians avoided angry campaigners fighting to save their libraries at a party fundraiser in south London last night, Monday.
12 April 2016
2,000 march to support Carnegie library fightback in south London
News

2,000 march to support Carnegie library fightback in south London

Some 2,000 people joined a march today, Saturday, in support of the occupation of Carnegie Library in Lambeth, south London. It was one of the biggest local marches since protests against the poll tax.
12 April 2016
Carnegie Library occupation going strong after a week - join a solidarity protest this Saturday
News

Carnegie Library occupation going strong after a week – join a solidarity protest this Saturday

Carnegie Library in Lambeth, south London, has been occupied for over a week and is drawing strength from a constant stream of visitors, messages and donations.
08 April 2016
Carnegie library occupation
Galleries

Occupation of Carnegie Library in Lambeth, south London, against closure

The occupation against the closure of Carnegie Library in Lambeth, south London, entered its eight day today, Thursday. The sit-in began last week when people refused to leave at closing time on the last day.
07 April 2016
Carnegie library occupation deepens cracks in the austerity Labour Party in Lambeth
News

Carnegie library occupation deepens cracks in the austerity Labour Party in Lambeth

The Labour Party in Lambeth, South London, is in crisis after being caught off guard by the scale and determination of opposition to its council's library cuts. Councillors face strikes, protests and an occupation – while big chunks of their own party's membership are also attacking them.
05 April 2016
Carnegie library in Lambeth is occupied to stop closure
News

Carnegie library in Lambeth is occupied to stop closure

Dozens of local residents, library users and campaigners against south London Lambeth Labour council's cuts have occupied Carnegie Library in a bid to stop its closure. They refused to leave the building after it was due to close its doors for the last time at 6pm this evening.
05 April 2016
South London libraries fight gathers support from other council workers
News

South London libraries fight gathers support from other council workers

The fight to save Lambeth libraries from south London Labour council’s cuts stepped up a notch last week.
30 March 2016
CCTV workers defy night shift robbery as Glasgow council cuts rebellion grows
News

Lambeth library staff strike to stop Labour council’s cuts

Library workers in Lambeth, south London, began a solid two-day walkout on Tuesday in their battle against the Labour council’s deep and unpopular library cuts.
22 March 2016
News

Strike plan to save libraries as Lambeth campaign looks to target Labour

Library workers in Lambeth, south London, were set to strike on Tuesday and Wednesday next week.
15 March 2016
March for Lambeth libraries as new strikes loom
News

March for Lambeth libraries as new strikes loom

The battle against library cuts in the Labour-run south London borough of Lambeth is hotting up.
08 March 2016
Lambeth libraries workers stage unofficial walkout in protest at council cuts
News

Strikes can bring library bosses to book

Also: fighting dismissals at Glasgow Life
26 January 2016
Lambeth libraries workers stage unofficial walkout in protest at council cuts
News

Strike vote to save Lambeth’s libraries

Lambeth library workers have voted overwhelmingly to strike to save ten libraries under threat from the south London Labour council’s cuts.
19 January 2016