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No welcome for academy plan Teachers and parents got an excellent response from the public when they petitioned last weekend against plans to introduce city academies into Islington, north London.

Harold Rosen, one of the surviving veterans of the struggle against Oswald Mosley’s fascists in east London in the 1930s, has thrown his weight behind George Galloway’s election campaign.

The issue of Iraq has moved to where it should be — at the centre of this election campaign.

Respect candidate Janet Alder, who is standing against Labour minister David Lammy in Tottenham, north London, took her campaign to the Broadwater Farm estate last week.

Babar calls for anti-war vote Babar Ahmad, the south London IT worker facing extradition to the US on trumped up terrorism charges, has called on voters to back anti-war candidates, including George Galloway.

Over 25,000 people joined the all night vigil for trade justice that began at Westminster Abbey, London, on Friday of last week.

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You could feel the raw anger over pensions at a demonstration in central London last Saturday.

The Respect election campaign is making a huge impact in east London. Respect councillor Oliur Rahman, who is standing in Poplar & Canning Town, said, "The campaign is going very well. Whenever I am out on the street people ask about Respect.

Friday 15-30 AprilRMT Rail Against Privatisation march from Glasgow to London. London rally Saturday 30 April. For details go to www.rmt.org.uk

George Galloway’s election campaign in Bethnal Green & Bow is going down a storm among local people.

Some 200 people protested as Babar Ahmad’s hearing restarted in London on Monday. Babar is threatened with extradition to the US on bogus "terror" charges. This site will carry news updates as they become available.