There is a battle royal taking place on the streets of east London today. On the one side there is New Labour at its very worst – bent on privatisation and mired in sleaze.
Dozens of Respect supporters joined a car cavalcade that wove through the streets of Tower Hamlets, east London, last Sunday, capping an Easter weekend of hard campaigning in the borough for the 4 May local elections.
Margaret Hodge, New Labour’s employment minister and MP for Barking & Dagenham in east London, claimed last Sunday that eight out of ten white families in her constituency are tempted to vote for the fascist British National Party (BNP).
George Galloway launched the Respect local election campaign on Monday at a press conference in London. Respect is challenging the three main parties in many council seats across England.
Galloway: ‘Respect will save Queens Market’
Dozens of Respect members joined MP George Galloway during a walkabout in Newham, east London, last Saturday.
Justice for Nuur
Over 350 people protested outside Plumstead police station, south London, last Saturday, over the death of Nuur Saeed. Nuur died after armed officers stormed his flat in Plumstead on 10 January this year.
Racial divisions in East London are exacerbated by state welfare provision that benefits Bangladeshi migrants at the expense of the white working class - or so says a new report. Chris Jones uncovers the hidden hand of neo-liberal ideology.
One of the most striking aspects of The New East End is the picture it paints of virulent racism. The authors note, "of the white respondents, a majority expressed an often bitterly negative attitude towards foreign immigrants, and particularly towards Bangladeshis".
What were armed cops up to?
The anti-war demonstration in London on Saturday 18 March was a magnificent reminder to Tony Blair that we will not disappear.
