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Nuur Saeed died on 24 January from injuries he sustained following a police raid on a flat in south east London. He is the most obvious victim of what local residents are calling a "wave of harassment" of the Somali community in recent months.

The threat of ‘Asbo TV’ As a resident of Shoreditch in east London, I am outraged that we are being encouraged to sign up to "Asbo TV’.

The planned redevelopment of east London will carve out local people. The plans, and the lack of consultation, show how little democracy and representation lies at the heart of the New Labour councils which run the area. Sarah Ruiz, a Respect councillor in Newham, spoke to Socialist Worker about the impact on local communities.

London Mayor Ken Livingstone and London Underground Limited (LUL) management are out to destroy the power of our tube trade unions.

London Firefighters The London regional committee of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is recommending a ballot of its members in defence of the shift system.

An exciting Respect meeting took place in Hackney, east London, on Tuesday of last week. Around 60 people attended to select candidates for the May council elections.

A lively demonstration of 600 people made its way through central London to the US embassy last Saturday demanding justice for the British residents in Guantanamo Bay.

Tory run Westminster council in London and its partner Westminster Vertex last week announced that 400 council jobs will be moved to the Scottish Highlands. No consultation with the workers has taken place.

Around 350 people met in London last Saturday for a meeting organised by the RMT union on the crisis in working class political representation.

Over 100 people attended a vigil at Stockwell tube, south London, last Sunday to mark six months since the shooting by police of Brazilian Jean Charles De Menezes. Family members made moving speeches remembering Jean’s life. The Independent Police Complaints Commission have now finished their report into the anti-terrorist operation that saw Jean killed. They have passed their findings to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Family members urged that the CPS should move rapidly to prosecute the police involved in the shooting.

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Beccy Palmer is a youth worker in Brent, north west London, coordinator of the Voice Of Young People group who recently won a human rights award for their documentary highlighting the real effects of Asbos and a founder member of the Asbo Concern organisation