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A Green Alternative
David Cameron commented on the recent British floods by saying that “he thought they were probably due to global warming”. While a single incidence of flooding is not in itself evidence of climate change, extreme weather events are becoming more and more common – the flooding in the UK has been linked to a cold […]
University Strike Report
On Thursday 23 January university lecturers in the University and College Union (UCU) undertook a two-hour strike action over an ongoing pay dispute. Workers at De Montfort University for example must continue working in the face of a massive effective pay cut while their vice chancellor, on the other hand, continues to get pay rises. […]
No More Cuts, Save Our Hospitals
My local hospital, University Hospitals Leicester, has had to apply for financial support from the government, after it has forecast going into the red this year by £40 million. Tragically, it is planning to cut £45 million in a “cost improvement plan” in 2014. This will only mean the loss of more staff, and further […]
National Women’s Meeting
To most, last Saturday was just like any other frosty afternoon in early January. However, in the upstairs of a pub somewhere in London a group of women huddled together to talk about Marxist economics. Unusual? It was the Socialist Party’s national women’s meeting. For one weekend we traveled from far and wide to discuss […]
Striking at Gateway College
UPDATE: On February 6, 2014, management at Gateway backed down completely and the strike was called off. This marks a significant victory for all the determined staff who are members of the National Union of Teachers. Over 30 National Union of teachers (NUT) members mounted a picket line on 16 January outside Gateway 6th […]
Firefighter Action
Firefighters in England and Wales took strike action for the fifth and sixth times this weekend, between 6pm and 10pm on both Friday 13 and Saturday 14 December. Matt Wrack, Fire Brigades Union (FBU) General Secretary, said: “It’s now been almost two months since the government has been willing to meet for negotiations despite several […]
United to Oppose the Cuts
By Heather Rawling (a report back on Thursday’s Leicestershire Against the Cuts meeting) Food banks are one of the biggest growing areas in the voluntary sector in Leicester. These are a direct result of the policies of the Com-Dem Government and the failure of Leicester City Labour Council to stand up and defend the services and […]
Cops Off Campus
With recent events calling attention to the brutality rained down upon peaceful protesters by the police at the University of London, yesterday afternoon students and staff convened at the University of Leicester to support the second national ‘Cops Off Campus‘ day of action. Around 30 students marched through the campus, and then held a rally […]
Labouring Over Evictions
Last night local campaigners against the bedroom tax from the Community Unite trade union and the Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation paid a visit to the Labour-run City Council to encourage our political representatives to put their electorates needs before their all-too-willing desire to implement the Con-Dem’s cuts agenda. Hundreds of signatures had been collected from across […]
10,000 Cuts and Counting
Yesterday around 50 protesters gathered by the Clock Tower in Leicester to remember those whose have died and those still suffering as a result of the Government’s assault on the vulnerable, most particularly the disabled. A number of people effected by the Government’s assault on the disabled gave moving testimony to the gathered crowd, on […]
