Britain: 130,000 protest austerity – rank and file calls for general strike! On Saturday, October 20th, the streets of London were once again filled with red flags and colourful trade union banners as 130,000 workers from all over the country marched against the austerity policies of the LibDem-Tory coalition government.
Britain: For a one-day general strike On October 20th we will witness another massive display of opposition to the Coalition government. Hundreds of thousands of angry workers will take to the streets in an attempt to push back the Tory austerity programme.
Britain: Student housing - Big business rakes in the profits as students suffer As we begin the new academic year thousands of students up down the country will be leaving home for the first time to begin their Higher Education (HE) studies. Unfortunately for these students what should be an exciting and liberating occasion is overshadowed by the colossal debt they will be forced to take on as they become the first to pay the new £9,000 a year tuition fees.
