East End

East End

• Newham says no to academisation

  

  The fight against academisation in the East End is on, with three schools taking strike action

• Borough unites against Britain First

  

  London's East End showed solidarity with its Muslim population as Nazis tried to stir up hate, reports Chris Nineham 

• Refugees - not a migrant crisis but a humanitarian crisis

  

  The voices of compassion are challenging the refugee narrative writes Rabina Khan

• Sylvia Pankhurst's Christmas parties for peace

  

  Katherine Connelly tells of how the radical Suffragette gave East End kids a glimmer of hope in the depths of World War I

• A history of struggle: race and class in the East End

  

  Kevin Ovenden looks at the history of race and class in London's East End and the current battle to beat back the Tory attack on Tower Hamlets

• Video: Lutfur Rahman - defend democracy in Tower Hamlets

  

  All the speeches from Wednesday's rally in Tower Hamlets called to defend local democracy. Video by Paul Hanes

• Streets, art and the East End

  

  A review of the East London Group of Artists exhibition, Nunnery Gallery, 181 Bow Road, London until 13 July