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Last Saturday 35 UCU union members from 18 different London colleges came to an activists’ meeting. It was one of the most exciting meetings that we have had for a long time.

Campaigners in Hammersmith, west London, are claiming a victory after Hammersmith and Fulham council withdrew their proposal to close Hurlingham and Chelsea School with no conditions.

A Justice for Cleaners protest took place recently at the Lloyd’s Building on Leadenhall Street in London. T&G union organiser Anita Ceravolo said, "We demonstrated because McLellan, the cleaning company, is refusing to negotiate with us over wages and conditions.

A special showing of Ken Loach’s classic 1969 film Kes in central London on May Day will be hosted by the director. He spoke to Socialist Worker about the significance of May Day, the state of the trade union movement and the film’s enduring power.

Change Is Gonna ComeVarious artistsKent Soul CD out now This album brings together two dozen examples of how black America conveyed its fight against racism to the world in the 1960s and 1970s.

A group of young people on the Morningside estate in Hackney, east London, spoke to Socialist Worker about knife crime.

Antonia Michel is a single parent living in Westminster, central London. She spoke to Socialist Worker about the pressures facing black boys at school and college – and how racism in the education system and job market impacts on their lives.

Asif Karim is one of three Respect councillors in the Green Street West ward of Newham, east London.

Phillipos Dolo travelled from South Africa to London this week to confront the giant Anglo American mining corporation at its annual general meeting.

Around 300 Respect members in London attended a meeting on Monday to select the Respect candidates for the mayoral and London Assembly elections in May next year.

The front page of the Evening Standard newspaper on Friday of last week said it all – "Tube Strike: Bosses Cave In." The editorial was headed, "RMT 1, Tube 0."

RMT cleaners demonstration Rail and tube cleaners staged a demonstration outside City Hall in London last week calling for a "living wage" of £7.20 an hour