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"NUT delegates are to discuss pensions at our conference this weekend," says Kevin Courtney from the NUT in Camden, north London.

Last July I was elected as a Respect councillor in Tower Hamlets, east London. The biggest crisis here is in housing. I visit homes every other day — people are living in overcrowded situations, and their health and children’s education are being affected as a result.

Wednesday 16-Saturday 19 MarchPeace camp in Trafalgar Square, London, organised by Military Families Against the War, supported by Stop the War Coalition and CND.

Recently I read Ian McEwan’s new novel Saturday, which is set in London on 15 February 2003, the day of the great march against the war in Iraq. The fact that McEwan uses 15 February as a framing device is an illustration of how deeply the anti-war movement has rooted itself in public consciousness in Britain.

"This Saturday will again see a major demonstration in London against this government’s policy of support for George Bush’s war and occupation of Iraq.

Up to 200,000 people from across Britain marched through the streets of central London this Saturday 19 March to mark two years since the invasion of Iraq.

Frida Kahlo photo exhibition Frida Kahlo — Portraits of an Icon is a free exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, until 26 June. The 50 photographic portraits of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo span her life, beginning with a photograph of her as a two year old and ending with the image of Kahlo on her deathbed.

Babar Ahmad, the south London IT worker threatened with extradition to the US on "terrorism" charges, could face indefinite military detention if the extradition goes ahead, according to his lawyers.

A crowd of around 100 supporters protested outside Babar Ahmad’s extradition hearing in London on Wednesday of last week. The protest was young and lively, involving civil rights campaigners, students and friends and family of Babar from Tooting, south London.

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DEMO AGAINST THE OCCUPATION

Saturday 19 March, 12 noon,Hyde Park, London. www.stopwar.org.uk