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Drivers are fighting back at London Midland

The RMT transport union last week demanded an urgent review of safety procedures after flooding at London’s Charing Cross station almost ended in disaster.

Activists from 16 London boroughs gathered last Saturday to discuss next steps for the anti-cuts movement.

Pensioners protested in London on Monday of this week as part of a national day of action over pension cuts (see picture).

A major new retrospective exhibition of Spanish artist Joan Miró opens in London next week.

The poor of Brixton, south London, rose up against poverty and racism 30 years ago this week. Police stations and vans were set alight as thousands poured onto the streets. People were no longer prepared to put up with racist police officers and rising unemployment.

All London Underground drivers in the RMT union are balloting for strikes against the victimisation of Eamon Lynch and Arwyn Thomas.

East London saw Britain’s first big, united strike against Tory cuts last week.

Fury at the Tories burst onto the streets of Camden, north London, last week as teachers struck against £20 million cuts to key children’s services.

Two London day centres have won reprieves thanks to anti-cuts campaigns.

Tower Hamlets Teachers and council workers struck across Tower Hamlets, east London, today, Wednesday. They are fighting 500 job cuts that will hit everything from social services to schools and youth workers.

Stagecoach managers at the East London Bus Group have offered drivers’ union reps another day of talks over proposals to slash pay by 15 percent or sack 250 drivers.