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Around 170 people packed into a vibrant anti‑cuts meeting in Tottenham, north London, on Wednesday of last week.

Teachers at St Aloysius comprehensive school in Islington, north London, struck on Wednesday and Thursday of last week.

Abdul Omer, Unite convenor of Sovereign Buses in west London, remains sacked.

Staff and users of voluntary sector organisations in London protested on Thursday of last week against cuts outside a London councils’ meeting.

Lecturers at Richmond College in Twickenham, south west London, struck on Thursday of last week against up to 80 job cuts.

Tens of thousands of students defied the government and the police on the latest day of action against education cuts on Tuesday by walking out.

Some 1,500 women marched through London last Saturday on the Reclaim the Night demonstration to call for justice for victims of rape.

One protester's video shows riot police pushing forward in Whitehall and a horse charge during the Day X protest against education cuts and increased fees in central London on Wednesday 24 November 2010

A member of the PCS civil service workers’ union national executive has severely criticised the police’s actions on yesterday’s student demonstration in London. Zita Holbourne, who is also join chair of the Black Activists Rising Against the Cuts group, condemned the treatment of young people and other protesters while speaking to Socialist Worker today.

The hit Broadway musical about Nigerian musical legend and political radical Fela Kuti has just opened in London.

Thousands of anti-war activists marched through London on Saturday in protest at the continuing occupation of Afghanistan.

Tiffany lives in London with her 19 month old daughter Taliyah. She survives on measly benefits while she studies health and social care at London’s City and Islington College.