Some 5,000 people joined the anti-war demonstration in central London on Wednesday to call for troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, freedom for Palestine, and an end to nuclear weapons.
Thousands of anti-capitalist and anti-war protesters converged on London's City financial district today to demonstrate ahead of the G20 summit that starts tomorrow.
Battle lines are being drawn at the Olympic construction site in east London. A deal between the TUC and the Olympic Development Authority (ODA) claiming to give unions influence in the building of the Olympics was announced last week.
Around 100 train conductors in the RMT union working at London Midland depots at Bletchley, Northampton and Watford are set to strike for two days from Sunday.
Last Saturday saw the biggest trade union protest in years. Thousands of workers marched through London as part of the Put People First demonstration before the arrival of the G20 leaders for their London summit.
More than 40,000 people converged on central London last Saturday for the opening protest in a series of demonstrations focused on this week's meeting of the G20 world leaders.
Police created a climate of fear in the run up to the G20 protests in London. Workers in the City were advised to "dress down" and to hide company badges to avoid being attacked by protesters.
Workers on London Underground are pushing hard to win a strike ballot taking place among 10,000 RMT union members over pay and job cuts. They know the stakes are high.
The possibility of a London-wide strike at Royal Mail grew this week after bosses refused to back down from plans to slash jobs at offices around the capital.
