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Bus workers at CT Plus in Hackney, east London, struck for the second time on 16 December.

"Insulting." That was the most common response from workers at East London Bus Group (ELGB) as they voted by a huge margin to throw out a new pay offer in December.

About 500 people attended an angry protest outside the Israeli embassy in Kensington, West London on Sunday 27 December, marking the first anniversary of the invasion of Gaza that resulted in around 1,500 deaths.

EDF Around 120 London Underground workers employed by EDF Energy Powerlink began a series of strikes today (23 December).

Over 12,500 young people saw US band Rage Against the Machine and Asian Dub Foundation (ADF) at the Wembley Arena in London last week. The concert was like an anti-capitalist carnival. Stalls defending political prisoners Mumia Abu-Jamal and Satpal Ram ringed the arena. During the concert thousands of fans chanted, "Freedom for Mumia." School student Robyn Mills and Martin Smith talked to Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello.

Around 20 striking bus workers at CT Plus in Hackney, east London, braved the freezing cold to join a picket line early this morning. Their numbers were boosted as more strikers joined throughout the day.

Eyebrows might be raised at the news that the Imperial War Museum in London is endorsing a new history of anti-war movements in Britain from the last century.

The racist campaign against the Harrow mosque in north west London suffered another humiliating defeat last Sunday as hundreds of anti-fascists came out to defend the Muslim community.

Supporters of victimised cleaner and trade unionist Juan Carlos Piedra protested twice last week to demand he is reinstated to work at University College London (UCL).

London College of Communication Lecturers at the London College of Communication are set to ballot for industrial action against the threat of compulsory redundancies.

A quickly organised meeting to defend the Whittington hospital in north London last week saw more than 250 angry residents and health workers come together to demand that the hospital’s accident and emergency unit is safeguarded.

London’s Tory mayor Boris Johnson is preparing a £5 billion cuts programme on London Underground, which will mean the closure of 144 station ticket offices and threats to 1,200 jobs.