Lambeth council workers prepare for strikes

Council workers are ramping up the action to stop cuts to jobs and services. Jeremy Drinkall, a Lambeth Unison shop steward reports

• Unison branch meeting largest for a decade
• Indicative ballot for strikes called
• Branch unanimously calls for general strike

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Lambeth Council's public consultation sham

Lambeth Council says that it is consulting over its plans for it to become a "John Lewis style partnership".

But it appears that its consultation is not quite the public exercise – in fact the public will have little say.

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Vauxhall election: Anticapitalists take to streets

Saturday saw an excellent canvassing session round many different estates in South London. 

Accompanied by a car with a loudspeaker, we also spoke to many people on the doorsteps who are fed up with the capitalist parties and their funding of the bankers' greed. 

The day went extremely well for us. We met several dozen new supporters, as well as a number of Labour supporters who agreed with our arguments. We distributed lots of papers, leaflets and manifestos in Stockwell Gardens, Springfield  and Mawbey Brough.

Weekend update part 2

If Saturday’s demo was a little disappointing for its turnout, Sunday was the complete antidote. The Ibero-American Alliance and Minka News brought around  700-1,000 people along to hear Caroline Pidgeon (Lib Dems), Jenny Jones (Greens), Val Shawcross (Labour) and myself give short speeches on the election.

There was no doubting who received the best reception. With clear statements on migrant workers’ rights, defence of Cuba and Venezuela and bringing killer police to justice, our message went down a storm. If an old fashioned clapometer decided elections, I’d be a shoo-in!

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