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15 May 2013
Protesters demand councils reject blacklisting companies
Unite the union took its blacklisting campaign to the Waltham Forest on 15 May
22 April 2013
Waltham Forest victims of bedroom tax are 'up for a fight'
Last week's issue of the Socialist reported that Waltham Forest Anti-Cuts Union (WFACU) had sprung into action against the bedroom tax,
21 November 2012
Waltham Forest: spread the strikes to stop the rot
In Waltham Forest, east London, one secondary school, Connaught School for Girls, is putting up one hell of a fight against academisation
24 October 2012
On 19 October 35 court workers joined a lunchtime protest outside Birmingham magistrates court against government plans to privatise a large chunk of the criminal justice system
24 October 2012
Waltham Forest - Racists off our streets!
Over 50 'supporters' of the far-right EDL, including many of their leaders, were arrested while on their way to a 'surprise' demonstration at a mosque in east London
17 October 2012
Stop the far right from 'uniting' on 27 October
Fight for jobs, homes and services, not racism: The English Defence League (EDL) is a far-right racist group. Many EDL organisers are not just racists. They are Nazis who oppose rights for women, LGBT people, trade unionists and the left, writes Suzanne Beishon, London Youth Fight for Jobs.
10 October 2012
Sunderland anti-fascists stand up against divisive EDL
Socialist Party members took part in a counter-demo against far-right, racist groups, including the English Defence League (EDL), that were opposing the building of a new mosque in Millfield, Sunderland
10 October 2012
Waltham Forest: Parents and staff unite against school sell-off
Waltham Forest, in north east London, could have 16 'academy' schools, by the end of the year. Academies take away money from the remaining local authority schools, are outside local authority accountability,...
12 September 2012
On 1 September the far-right, racist and hooligan English Defence League's (EDL) attempt to march though the streets of Waltham Forest, north east London, was blocked by a counter-demonstration of over 3,000 people
8 August 2012
The Socialist Party's approach in anti-racism campaigning
For an analytical article on the recent 'We are Waltham Forest' public meeting, organised to counter the EDL, go to:
7 August 2012
We Are Waltham Forest public meeting, 31st July 2012
Conflicting approaches in anti-racism campaigning: Waltham Forest Anti-Cuts Union, local branches of the Socialist Party and YFJ campaigners argue that the fight against racism and the far right must be linked to fighting austerity
11 July 2012
The politics of fighting the racist EDL
"We Are Waltham Forest" campaigning group has been meeting regularly since it was discovered that the English Defence League is planning a march in Walthamstow on Saturday 18 August
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