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On 20 October… March Together and then we must… Strike Together! to end austerity

“Why did 80,000 people boo Osborne? Because that’s the maximum capacity of the Olympic stadium!” Tweets like this reflect the colossal and rising anger

Osborne’s cuts plans aren’t working

Southampton council pay dispute

Important lessons for the battles ahead: Southampton council workers, in dispute for over 18 months, are close to ending their fight against the previous Tory council’s pay cuts…

London Met university crisis

Staff and students unite to fight government’s enforced deportations: The UK Border Agency’s decision to revoke London Metropolitan’s licence to teach international students was cruel and calculated

Con-Dems criminalise homeless people

A new criminal offence of ‘squatting in a residential building’, came into force on 1 September 2012, writes Paul Heron

Them & Us

South Africa: Marikana massacre ignites a political volcano

In the face of widespread anger, the National Prosecuting Authority has been forced to provisionally withdraw the murder charges against the 270 Lonmin platinum miners arrested after the 16 August Marikana massacre and to release them

EDL rally stopped by anti-racists in Walthamstow

The racist, hooligan EDL were blocked in Walthamstow today by a great show of strength from local young people, workers and anti-racist campaigners

Stopping the far-right – The need for democratic debate

Southampton: Save Oaklands Pool

Almost everyone comments on the irony that the government bathes in the glow of the Games while carrying out cuts to the very facilities athletes use and need

Building TUSC in Manchester

Fight begins against massive outsourcing by Knowsley’s Labour council

Campaign Kazakhstan: Solidarity concert for those facing oppression

Cellorhythmics, the forerunner of the non-classical cello movement, was founded by renowned Kazakh cellist Alfia Nakipbekova and award winning composer James Hesford…

London Paralympics; protests against disability cuts: “Atos kills, kill Atos!”

London: “Atos kills, kill Atos” could be heard up and down Victoria Street outside the Department for Works and Pensions as campaigners occupied the building as part of a week of protest against cuts to disabled people’s benefits…

Hospitals lacking services? Save our NHS!

Boris’ workfare – no solution

Brighton Pride 2012: anti-cuts group blocked

Having been a commercial and increasingly de-politicised event for years, Brighton Pride 2012 was run privately after the Pride south east charity faced mounting debts

Socialist Party subs appeal

Unison Higher Education Service Group

In this year’s Unison SGE elections, the left made gains due to anger over issues such as the failure to give a lead in saving final salary pensions, the shameful witch hunting of activists and the cosiness of the union to the Labour Party

Workplace news in brief

HMRC jobs deal: In the current climate of cuts and attacks on working and living conditions, PCS members in HMRC have been able to secure significant agreement from their employer on jobs, privatisation and sickness absence policy

From addiction to recovery

Who, outside the super-rich 1%, is not suffering the impact of austerity – through job cuts, reduced pensions, cuts to benefits, and in a myriad other ways…

Volunteering at the Games

Standing waiting for the first tube train at 6.30am on a Sunday morning I was surrounded by low-paid workers, writes a Paralympic volunteer.