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Unison shop steward and Defend Council Housing campaigner Eileen Short is facing redundancy after her bosses at Tower Hamlets council in east London attempted to push her out of her job as press officer.

Lecturers at London Metropolitan University have voted almost unanimously to accept a new negotiated contract. But another crisis now looms over the university’s refusal to fully pay staff for their work.

Four years ago council tenants on the Aylesbury estate, south London, voted to oppose the transfer of their 2,700 council homes to the private sector.

People from across Britain joined the march for peace and liberty in central London today. The demonstration of around 100,000 was organised by the Stop the War Coalition, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB).

A new film charting the history of Rock Against Racism (RAR) premiered on Thursday of last week at an electric gig in London. RAR was part of the movement against the Nazi National Front in the 1970s.

The family of Babar Ahmad, the south London IT worker who faces extradition to the US on trumped up terrorism charges, learned recently that home secretary Charles Clarke has applied for another two month extension to make his decision.

Tom Hayden, one of the US’s leading anti-war and civil rights activists since the 1960s, is set to speak at the London Stop the War demonstration on Saturday.

Playing With Fire David Edgar12 September-22 October The National Theatre, London Phone 020 7452 3000

Forgotten Empire: the World of Ancient PersiaUntil 8 January 2006The British Museum, London£8/£4www.theBritishMuseum.ac.uk

Civil service workers in the PCS union met in central London on Thursday of last week to discuss their current ballot against job cuts. Chancellor Gordon Brown wants to slash 104,000 jobs across the civil service.

Over 400 postal workers rallied in London on Wednesday of last week against the plans to sell off Royal Mail.

In the same week that £4.5 million of taxpayers money is being spent on preventing legitimate protest against the DSEi arms fair in London, six campaigners were arrested in Newcastle.