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The anti-war movement is the inspiration for these artworks by Kagan Guner. "When two million people marched against the war in February 2003, I felt we were one. Nobody was a foreigner in that rally," he told Socialist Worker. His work is part of the exhibition Belonging: Voices of London’s Refugees which brings together the experiences and contributions of refugees in the capital.

Around 500 refuse workers in the east London borough of Newham walked out spontaneously and unofficially on Thursday of last week over attempts to cut their pay.

The Lost Communities of Industrial Teesside This picture of children on a slag tip in Teesside in 1973 is part of an exhibition, The Lost Communities of Industrial Teesside, by photographer Derek Smith. The exhibition runs till 30 November at Chat’s Palace, 42-44 Brooksby’s Walk, Hackney, east London, E9. Nearest train station is Homerton. For more information go to www.chatspalace.com

Members of the PCS civil service workers’ union at the National Gallery in central London struck on Wednesday of last week.

Students will converge on London this Sunday for a national demonstration against Labour’s higher education policies.

Some 30,000 Royal Mail workers across London will begin a consultative ballot on Tuesday which could lead to major strikes before Christmas.

The London Film Festival is a great opportunity to see some exciting films from around the world. Most of these will not get a general release in Britain.

The third annual Respect conference took place in London last weekend with delegates in an upbeat and confident mood.

Student unions, Student Respect groups and other activists are gearing up for what it’s hoped will be the largest free education demonstration in years, called by the NUS in London on 29 October.

Hurlingham and Chelsea School is a mixed secondary comprehensive in Fulham, west London. It was in special measures for two years and came out with a very positive Ofsted report at the beginning of this year.

NUJ protest at Russian embassy The NUJ journalist’s union protested outside the Russian embassy in London last Saturday, over the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

Around 500 refuse workers in the east London borough of Newham walked out unofficially and spontaneously today over attempts to cut their pay.