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Anti-capitalist protest outside St Pauls in London following the Wall Street protests - We are the 99%, photo Paul Mattsson
26 October 2011
Building the fightback and building solidarity at Occupy LSX
Occupy London Stock Exchange (Occupy LSX) completed its first full week on Saturday. With rumours of impending eviction from St Paul's courtyard flying about a large crowd turned out to support the occupation...
26 October 2011
Electric support for London anti-cuts challenge
At their Blackfriars protest last week several electricians put their names to the appeal for anti-cuts, trade unionist candidates in the Greater London Assembly elections next year, writes Paula Mitchell.
Socialism 2011
19 October 2011
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Photo Paul Mattsson
19 October 2011
15 October: day of intercontinental resistance
Break the power of the banks and big business: On 15 October, all around the globe, the "enraged", the "indignad@s", the "occupiers of Wall Street", took to the streets to challenge the power of big business...
19 October 2011
We are the 99% - Fighting for our future
"As an unemployed prospective nursing student who can see the NHS being cut back and privatised to the point of being unrecognisable, I see the Jarrow march as an important campaign"
19 October 2011
Hunger marches - When the unemployed fought back
"Why all this unrest? It seems in the rebound from the anxieties from the war, we are all trying to get something for nothing. We must not ask for the impossible" - Mayoress of Southport, 1922
19 October 2011
Rocketing rents leave tenants facing eviction
Average private rents are now beyond the reach of ordinary families in most of the country (55% of local authority areas) according to a new survey by housing charity Shelter, writes Paul Kershaw.
19 October 2011
More London trade unionists support call for anti-cuts candidates
"We, the undersigned, support the call for trade unionist and socialist candidates to stand in the Greater London Assembly elections in 2012, committed to opposing all cuts, privatisation and PFI."...
14 October 2011
Art handlers at auction house Sotheby's salerooms in New York, members of the Teamsters union, took their protests to a London art auction
12 October 2011
Fighting job losses at London's Queen Mary University
Security at Queen Mary's University of London in Mile End, East London, were told to lock all the doors to defend the university's council from protesters...
12 October 2011
Construction electricians march on Blackfriars
Today up to 400 electricians and supporters marched in central London; while electricians also protested in Greater Manchester and elsewhere; and last Friday at Ratcliffe power station
Cable Street 1936: Anti-fascists defied repeated baton charges by police to stop the fascists marching through London's East End
12 October 2011
Battle of Cable Street 1936 - When workers stopped the fascists
This month marks the 75th anniversary of what has gone down in history as the Battle of Cable Street, writes Tony Aitman.
12 October 2011
London elections - more support for TU/anti-cuts stand
Support is growing for the idea of standing trade union and socialist anti-cuts candidates in the London elections in 2012...
5 October 2011
London union leaders call for electoral challenge
In July, the London Transport regional council of the transport union RMT unanimously passed a resolution stating that the 2012 elections for the Greater London Assembly (GLA) and mayor present an opportunity for a trade union based anti-cuts challenge
5 October 2011
Construction workers' protests won't go away!
Electricians took the fight to defend their wages and conditions to London's Oxford Street this morning. Workers have also been protesting in central Manchester, Tameside and Liverpool
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5 October 2011
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28 September 2011
Metal thefts - The hidden crime of capitalism
16-year old Ryan Woolams was electrocuted this July trying to steal copper cable from the disused Skelton Grange power station in Leeds, writes Paul Gerrard.
26 September 2011
Sunday Mirror publicises next month's Jarrow March
The Sunday Mirror on 25th September carried a feature on the Jarrow March that is starting on Saturday 1st October, organised by Youth Fight for Jobs
21 September 2011
Protesting electricians enter Farringdon site
As part of the ongoing demonstrations by construction workers, hundreds of electricians invaded the Farringdon CrossRail site in London. NB: Manchester & Tyneside reports added on 22.9.11
21 September 2011
Poplar 1921: 'Better to break the law than break the poor'
This year marks the 90th anniversary of the struggle of councillors in Poplar, east London, against government cuts, writes Pete Dickenson.
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