Some 600 people crammed into the London Muslim Centre in east London last night for a rally against the English Defence League's (EDL) plans to march in the area on 3 September.
Lambeth council bosses have been forced to back down over compulsory redundancies after library workers threatened to strike in the south London borough.
Demonstrators braved torrential rain last Saturday to protest against the Health and Social Care Bill, which threatens mass privatisation in the NHS and £20 billion of cuts.
Candidates and campaign organisers for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) met in London last Saturday to discuss the potential for the campaign.
Activists across Britain are building for the national protest against the racist English Defence League (EDL) in Tower Hamlets on Saturday 3 September.