60,000 march in London to #SaveOurNHS
Helena Nicholson reports on Saturday’s demonstration in London, where thousands turned out in defence of the NHS and against Tory austerity and privatisation.
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Students and cleaners unite and fight at King’s College London
A Unison-led demonstration was held outside King’s College London on Friday 1st December as part of an on-going campaign to bring the university’s cleaning staff in-house. Around 100 staff and students were present, demanding justice for the cleaners. Joe Attard of the KCL Marxists reports on the latest events in the cleaners’ fight for decent pay and conditions.
Air pollution in London: a capital offence
Recent data published by the London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory has revealed the real extent of London’s growing air pollution crisis. Ed Swanepoel of the Reading Marxists discusses how privatisation and a lack of planning have led to increased congestion on London’s roads and rising pollution levels in the air.
Justice for London Tube Cleaners!
London Underground cleaners demonstrated outside City Hall on Thursday 12th October to demand that Sadiq Khan, the Labour Mayor of London, bring them back in-house by directly employing them. The London Underground tube lines are in effect London’s arteries; the cleaners therefore have enormous power should they organise to use it.
London students retrace the steps of Marx and Engels
Marxist students in London began the academic year last Saturday with a revolutionary walking tour of the city, retracing the steps where Marx and Engels used to live, write, and gather to organise the fledgling communist movement. Sam Tollitt of the UCL Marxists reports back from the recent Marx tour of London, describing the rich revolutionary history within this buzzing metropolis.
TfL ruling lifts lid on Uber exploitation
Daniel Morley examines the controversy surrounding Transport for London’s recent decision to ban multinational ride-hailing firm Uber. Whilst the bullying corporation is clearly responsible for many misdemeanors when it comes to workers’ rights and passenger safety, however, a blunt ban is not the solution.
100,000 march in London to say: Tories out! Corbyn in!
The mood was jubilant and euphoric in central London on Saturday 1st July, as chants of “Oh Jer-e-my Cor-byn!” rang out through the streets of Whitehall and Westminster. An estimated 100,000 trade unionists, activists, and youth marched in a protest that felt like a victory parade for the demonstration’s final speaker: Jeremy Corbyn.
London terrorist attack: don’t let the Tories talk of “our values”
A terrorist attack in London last night has left seven people dead. We utterly condemn this attack, which will only serve to fuel racism and provide a justification for imperialist adventures and attacks on civil liberties. At the same time, we must highlight the hypocrisy of the Tories and their talk of protecting “freedom, democracy and human rights”.
Strong support for Marxist candidate at King’s College London
A Marxist Student Federation member came a respectable second in the King’s College London student union elections, which concluded last week. Running on an openly socialist programme, Joe Attard of the KCL Marxist Society received 500 votes, demonstrating a real appetite for radical ideas at a traditionally conservative university.
Sadiq Khan: friend or foe to workers?
RMT members on the London Underground have won significant concessions as a result of their militant strike action in defence of jobs. But all of these gains, as this London Socialist Appeal supporter comments, have been achieved without the help or support of the Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan.
Ritzy workers strike back for London living wage
Workers at the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton, South London, were back out on strike on Saturday 24th September, taking action to demand decent pay and conditions. Nico reports on the militant mood on display at the picket line, and the potential for this strike to spread.
10,000 march in London to say: refugees in – Tories out!
Over 10,000 were present on the streets of central London on 17th September to show solidarity to the refugees caught up in the chaos of war and poverty caused by capitalism and imperialism. Socialist Appeal supporters were active on the protest, putting forward the slogan: let the refugees in! Kick the Tories out!