Britain
Letter on the plight of construction workers in Britain
February 11, 2012
The following email was received from a British construction worker.
UK government seeks deportation of Muslim cleric Abu Qatada
By Julie Hyland, February 11, 2012
The British government is continuing its efforts to deport Muslim cleric Abu Qatada to Jordan.
UK-Argentine tensions rise over Malvinas Islands
By Bill Van Auken, February 10, 2012
On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the war between Britain and Argentina, tensions over the Malvinas Islands are rising once again.
Food bank use rises dramatically in Britain
By Dennis Moore, February 9, 2012
Tens of thousands of Britons are struggling to make ends meet, forcing ever greater numbers to resort to the use of food banks.
UK government supports plans for military schools
By Liz Smith, February 8, 2012
Respublica, a Conservative Party think tank supported by British Prime Minister David Cameron, has proposed the setting up of military schools within the British school system.
Mother of Richard O’Dwyer: “America is trying to control and police the Internet”
By our reporters, February 7, 2012
An interview with Julia O’Dwyer, whose son Richard, a 23-year-old computer science student at Sheffield Hallam University, faces extradition to the US on copyright infringement charges.
Thamesteel closure leaves 400 jobless in Britain
By John Clayton, February 7, 2012
Four hundred workers employed by the Thamesteel mill at Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey are to lose their jobs.
UK’s elite protests stripping former RBS head of knighthood
By Julie Hyland, February 6, 2012
The decision to strip former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Fred Goodwin of his knighthood has led to howls of outrage from the corporate and political elite.
Britain: Royal Mail casual workers protest non-payment of wages
By Zach Reed, February 4, 2012
An unknown number of the 18,000 casual workers employed by Royal Mail over the Christmas period did not receive their pay, or were short-changed.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange awaits court decision on extradition
By Robert Stevens, February 4, 2012
The UK Supreme Court concluded a two-day hearing Thursday of an appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, challenging his extradition to Sweden on unsubstantiated and contested allegations of sexual assault made in August 2010.
SEP (UK) public meetings: For a general strike to bring down the Cameron government!
February 3, 2012
The Socialist Equality Party (UK) is holding public meetings to discuss the attack on public sector pensions and the way forward in the fight against the government’s austerity programme.
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange appeals extradition before UK Supreme Court
By Julie Hyland, February 2, 2012
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared before the UK Supreme Court Wednesday for the start of a two-day hearing to challenge his extradition to Sweden on trumped-up sexual assault charges.
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