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Around 3,500 striking London bus workers brought many garages and routes to a standstill on Friday of last week.

Strike action over pay by around 3,500 London bus workers at two companies brought many garages and bus routes to a complete standstill this morning.

Rachel works in a voluntary sector organisation supporting vulnerable tenants in East London. She has also worked for a national charity working with people with learning difficulties. She spoke to Socialist Worker.

Around 25 cleaners, including workers from Eurostar and London Underground who have struck over pay in recent weeks, joined other activists at a meeting in central London last week to discuss ongoing disputes, recent victories and future strategies.

A packed public meeting last week buoyed campaigners against the privatisation of the NHS in Camden, north London.

Around 1,000 bus workers at Metrobus in south east London are set to join the pay battle on the London buses when they strike alongside 2,500 First Bus workers on Friday of this week.

Activists at the College of North East London (Conel) in Tottenham won a major victory last week when they kicked the military off their campus.

Investigations are underway into two recent incidents of black men in south London dying after either being chased or arrested by police.

"We are fighting for pay – but we are also fighting for respect. We want our lives and our dignity back." These were the words of one of 2,500 striking London bus workers employed by First who took action over pay recently.

The British establishment doesn’t often, even inadvertently, remind us of our revolutionary past.

A table at The Ivy restaurant in Covent Garden is, according to restaurant critic AA Gill, "one of the most sought-after pieces of furniture in London".

A strike of some 2,500 London bus workers on Friday of last week saw mass picketing on the streets as strikers brought many bus routes in the east and west of the city to a standstill.