A PHOTO exhibition opened last week in Hackney, east London, remembering the campaign for justice which followed the death of Colin Roach in January 1983.
BIN WORKERS and street sweepers in Hackney, east London, were set to strike this week and next week in a continuation of a bitter battle with their New Labour bosses.
OVER 40 Respect activists met in Tower Hamlets, east London, on Thursday of last week. They discussed Respect’s campaign for the by-election in St Dunstan’s and Stepney Green ward on 29 July.
SOCIALIST WORKER sellers in Brent, north west London, took to the streets last week to follow up a successful campaign for Respect. Simon reports, \"On Thursday we did a stall at two sites of an FE college. People were keen on the Socialist Worker election coverage.
In this week 30 years ago 1974
KEVIN GATELEY, an anti-Nazi protester, was murdered by police on a demonstration in London's Red Lion Square on 15 June 1974. It was Kevin's first ever demonstration. He was determined to oppose the Nazi National Front, which was holding a meeting in Conway Hall.
THE PEOPLE of east London made sure the London Assembly and European Parliament elections will go down in history. In a result that will have shocked establishment politicians right up to Tony Blair, Respect swept across the boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Newham.
Socialists in south east London were saddened to hear of the sudden death of SWP member Ray Dissington. An active trade unionist at Lewisham council until his redundancy, he had a real anger at the injustices of the system and despite difficulties due to a disability always came on demonstrations.
