Over 14 million people could find themselves in fuel poverty in the near future, if new figures from gas giant Centrica predicting a 70% rise in gas prices prove accurate - nearly a quarter of the population.
Joe Jacobs was in 1936 a local Communist Party activist in London's East End. This is his account of his involvement in the famous defence of the East End against an attempted march by Mosley's fascists.
EDITORS' NOTE: This article originally appeared in 1969 in SPEAK OUT, a socialist periodical published in Detroit. We thought it would be a good introduction to the article which follows, an account of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers and its activity in a Detroit.
First issue of an irregular workers' bulletin put together by users of the website, libcom.org. This issue focuses on the 2008 pay dispute over sub-inflation pay offers.