Britain

Rank-and-file union activists assemble for sixth annual National Shop Stewards Network conference

The government will be hoping that the Jubilee flotilla of 1,000 ships on the river Thames will serve as a useful distraction while it pushes through more swingeing cuts.

We must remove the undemocratic control of the 1% who deny to the 99% a voice in the media.

The Con-Dem government suffered a crushing defeat in last Thursday’s elections for local authorities and in the mayoral contests apart from London.

Pension cuts, job cuts, service cuts

Eleven years after the ‘kettling’ (containment) of an anti-capitalist protest in central London, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment on the police tactic.

The need for concerted strike action against Con-Dem cuts in the public sector is more urgent than ever.

It shows the potential for anti-cuts election challenges