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8 February 2012
Tower Hamlets: Save Rushmead one stop shop - fight all cuts
It's almost unheard of to see Labour Party members campaigning in Tower Hamlets, east London, more than two months before an election, writes Naomi Byron, Tower Hamlets Socialist Party.
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.
31 August 2011
Keep EDL out! Jobs, homes and services - not racism
Update added on 2nd Sept at end of article The racist and divisive English Defence League planned to march through Tower Hamlets on 3 Sept
Photo Pete Dickenson
1 April 2011
Teachers and council workers strike together in Tower Hamlets
The fight against the cuts in Tower Hamlets, East London, got a big boost on Wednesday 30 March when there was a joint strike of council workers and teachers. An edited version of this article appeared in The Socialist.
4 February 2011
Tower Hamlets anti-cuts meeting
Nearly 200 people came to a meeting in Bow, east London, on Thursday 3 February to protest against cuts in services. The event was organised by the Tower Hamlets council joint unions
5 May 2010
Tower Hamlets mayoral referendum
Comment: Would having an 'executive Mayor' be more democratic than the way Tower Hamlets council is run at the moment...
30 September 2009
Tower Hamlets college: A month of all-out strike action has forced Michael Farley, the principal of Tower Hamlets College in the East End of London, to withdraw compulsory redundancy notices to 13 teachers, writes Pete Dickenson, UCU member.
16 September 2009
College workers strike against vicious cuts
About 400 students, education workers and supporters gathered in Altab Ali Park in Aldgate to rally in support of the striking UCU members at Tower Hamlets college in East London, writes Chris Newby.
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