1 February 2012

EU summit - no capitalist solutions to the spiralling eurozone crisis

As the capitalist politicians arrived in Brussels for the 30 January EU summit they were met with a clear and determined message from the Belgian working class - a magnificent 24 hour general strike - the first in the country for nearly 20 years - in defiance of the summit's austerity agenda... More...

1 February 2012

Pensions battle: Unions must campaign for coordinated strike action in March

Pensions battle: pic Hugh Caffrey

At January's TUC Public Service Liaison Group (PSLG) meeting the leadership of Unison and the GMB confirmed their decision to sign up to the government's heads of agreement on pensions... More...

30 January 2012

Trade unionists and socialists prepare for May elections

TUSC candidates, pics Paul Mattsson

Last Saturday over 50 prospective candidates and campaign organisers from around the country met to plan the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition's (TUSC) challenge in May's local and London Assembly elections More...

6/2/12 Medway

Defend care services in Medway  Up to 100 disabled service users, staff, carers and anti-cuts campaigners marched through Chatham on Saturday 4 February More...

1/2/12 EDL

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" More...

1/2/12 Students

Student protest 29 Jan

NUS: name the day for student walkout  This week there's been another set of statistics showing that £50,000 worth of debt is enough to make many people rethink plans to go to university More...

31/1/12 Unilever

Unilever strikers condemn bosses' greed  To the sound of hoots of support from passing traffic, the delivery lorries supplying Walls Ice Cream in Gloucester were backing up, as drivers refused to cross the picket line More...