There were muted celebrations from cleaners at Buckingham Palace last week as they won a pay rise from £6.45 to the princely sum of £7.50 per hour – still short of the London Living Wage of £8.30 they had been campaigning for.
[ Read Full Story ]The radical electricians block ‘the Sparks’ continued their campaign against sweeping pay-cuts across the industry with a march on Wednesday 26th.
[ Read Full Story ]Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets all over Honduras (and in cities around the world) on Monday 28th June, the first anniversary of the military coup. Not that they were commemorating the coup of course, but to celebrate the first birthday of the National Popular Resistance Front. The FNRP is a remarkable coalition of brave people from all the traditionally oppressed sectors of society: the Committee of Families of the Disappeared; a myriad of feminist organisations; indigenous groups; the Afro-descendant garífuna people; youth movements; the gay community; human rights activists and trades unions. The FNRP is an alliance of hundreds of grassroots organisations which, despite the risk to the lives of all involved, have refused to give in and accept the illegal takeover of their country by a ruthless and self-serving elite.
[ Read Full Story ]Violent clashes continue between Egyptian police and protesters in the latest round of resistance unfolding on the streets of Cairo. Tahrir Square, which since February has become a synonym for mass civil uprising, has again become the focal point for Egypt's ongoing revolution.
[ Read Full Story ]Wednesday's N30 strikes saw 2 million public sector workers striking and hundreds of thousands marching in Britain's streets all over the country, marking the biggest strike in a generation.
[ Read Full Story ]Greece roundup- Protests mark the 3rd anniversary of Alexis Grigoropoulos's death, yet another austerity package, 400 steel workers strike over unfair treatment.
[ Read Full Story ]Since December 16th, major clashes have erupted between the state and the oil workers of Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan.
[ Read Full Story ]As IWW pickets take it away in search of a bigger pizza the pie.
[ Read Full Story ]High street retailers pull out of Tory forced labour programme
[ Read Full Story ]As plans to privatise the NHS pass through the House of Commons here in the UK, SchNEWS takes a look at a radical approach to the healthcare system in the smal town of Kilikis, Greece- where hospital staff have taken matters into their own hands.
[ Read Full Story ]7 people injured asPortugal brought to halt in general strike against austerity measures.
[ Read Full Story ]Hundred of thousands joined general strike to protest against the harshest austerity budget in Europe.
[ Read Full Story ]A new strategy inspired by South American peasant movements has emerged in San Francisco. 'Occupy The Farm' intends to break the corporations' control over the food industry and replace it by community-managed food production.
[ Read Full Story ]New laws brought in to crush Quebec's Maple Spring.
[ Read Full Story ]Spanish miners riot and roadblock against government cuts
[ Read Full Story ]Who'd have thought? Homophobia in the Hydrant bar, formerly the site of many a SchNEWS gig
[ Read Full Story ]Indigenous communities in Peru face violent repression for protests against oil and mine devastation.
[ Read Full Story ]In solidarity with 235 Sussex University workers whose jobs are threatened with privatisation, protesters from around the country converge on Sussex University's campus (alread site of an ongoing occupation), invade management HQ and make a bonfire out of corporate files.
[ Read Full Story ]Thatcher-haters party into the night.
[ Read Full Story ]Schnews gets the real dirt on the refuse situation as Brighton's Cityclean workers take to the streets once again, despite pressure from the Council.
[ Read Full Story ]As raids and immigration controls proliferate, individuals are coming together to resist in solidarity. SchNEWS spoke to a member of the Anti-Raids network.
[ Read Full Story ]Deaths on high profile construction sites in London highlight the need to stand up for the right to safer working conditions.
[ Read Full Story ]Brighton students demo in favour of teachers' strike attracts police attention.
[ Read Full Story ]We started writing about three interesting but unrelated things happening in June. Here is an amalgamated version, which is worth a read.
[ Read Full Story ]An update on Brighton Hospitality workers and their work around employability rights, unionisation and campaign success.
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