10 February 2012

The battle of Saltley Gates

Forty years ago today, a miners' strike for a fairer pay system saw some of the biggest demonstrations of workers' power since World War Two. Heath's government was trying to enforce a pay restraint policy in the teeth of rising inflation, writes Bill Mullins

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8 February 2012

Mubarak's state machine blamed for football massacre

Seventy-four football fans were killed and hundreds injured after the final whistle blew at the al-Masry versus al-Ahly match in Port Said on 1 February, writes David Johnson

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7 February 2012

Tactics to stop racist EDL

Hundreds of people turned out to oppose the racist English Defence League in Leicester on Saturday

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1 February 2012

Don't let the racist EDL divide us

Fight for jobs, homes and services: The racist and hooligan English Defence League claims its demonstration through Leicester on 4 February is in opposition to "discrimination in the justice system"

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30 January 2012

London Docklands transport workers win Olympics deal

Serco Docklands, operator of the Docklands Light Railway, agreed to a 25% rise in the standard overtime rate for about 550 of its employees. London RMT organiser Steve Hedley comments on this deal

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25 January 2012

Exposed - the dirty world of the construction blacklist

A London Employment Tribunal has found that engineer Dave Smith had been blacklisted by Carillion (JM) Limited and Schal International Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Carillion) because he raised concerns about asbestos on building sites and because of his trade union activities...

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Youth Against Racism in Europe (YRE) and Panther platform in Welling as part of the campaign to drive the racists out after the murder of Stephen Lawrence, photo R. Newton

11 January 2012

Stephen Lawrence murder - the untold story

On 3 January 2012 Gary Dobson and David Norris were found guilty of the horrific murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence and sentenced to life imprisonment...

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6 January 2012

Fighting racist attacks and the far-right

After 18 years two men have finally been convicted of the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence. Here we republish an article from the Socialist in 2003, written on the 10th anniversary of Stephen's death

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4 January 2012

USA: Occupy movement links with working class

The US 'Occupy' movement and its slogans, such as "We are the 99%", have reflected the huge anger at widening economic and social inequality at a time of recession...

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14 December 2011

Workplace news in brief

Bad idea: One of chancellor George Osborne's proposals in his 'autumn statement' of attacks on working people, benefit claimants, young people and pensioners, is for regional pay...

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