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23 September
To the surprise of absolutely no one, given the disastrous Tory record so far, we face a new Covid peak this autumn. And Johnson's amendments to the Covid laws solve none of the threats to our lives and livelihoods. More...

NEWS AND SOCIALIST ANALYSIS

23 September 2020

Covid and the campuses

University workers and students must unite in a fight for safety More...

17 September 2020

Britain's fragile Covid equilibrium is coming to an end

Socialism Today issue 242

It is now over six months since the World Health Organisation declared the Covid-19 outbreak to be a global pandemic, and two weeks later, that Britain went into lockdown. More...

16 September 2020

Non-fiction: Left Out - the inside story of Labour under Corbyn

Retreat and hesitation could not beat the relentless right wing More...

8 September 2020

Fight the schools Covid crisis

Schools have gone back overcrowded and under-resourced, with more infections reported daily. More...

16 September 2020

Our lives and livelihoods at stake

Covid testing chaos: With Covid infections doubling every week, 86% of doctors expect a second peak in the next six months. But the Tories' 'world-beating' test-and-trace system is in total chaos. More...

More news and analysis...

REPORTS AND CAMPAIGNS

23/9/20 Coronavirus

Testing shambles: unions must fight back The government claims that testing for key workers in the NHS, care and schools is provided. More...

23/9/20 Coronavirus

North East lockdown: simmering anger at Tory incompetence Around two million people have coronavirus restrictions imposed. More...

23/9/20 NHS

Fund NHS and pay rise now As we head into a second Covid wave, NHS workers need a pay rise and more resources to cope. More...

16/9/20 National Shop Stewards Network

Lobbying for a lead from the TUC This year's TUC needs to be "a council of war". More...

16/9/20 NHS

Angry health workers demand 15% now! On 12 September protests were organised by NHS workers More...

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The Socialist, weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party

The Socialist newspaper, 23 September 2020, issue 1102

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The Socialist issue 1102

Coronavirus news

spot Tory Covid chaos

spot North East lockdown: simmering anger at Tory incompetence

spot Testing shambles: unions must fight back

spot Johnson's schools social-distancing lie

Schools

spot Dispatches from the front - chaotic schools are not safe!

Workplace news

spot A day in the life of a salon worker

spot Workplace news in brief

News

spot 'FinCEN Files' expose rampant financial corruption: nationalise the banks!

spot Extend eviction ban! Cap rents! Build council homes!

spot News in brief

Universities

spot Covid and the campuses

Why I joined

spot Why we joined the Socialist Party

Campaigns

spot Fund NHS and pay rise now

spot Coventry: Socialist Students is back

spot Liverpool Council must save care homes

spot Sussex: Hands off Peacehaven schools

spot Fighting fund: One week to raise £3,444

spot The Socialist: More than a newspaper

International news

spot Thailand: Youth rising against hated junta

Readers' opinion

spot TV: The English Game - how the working class made football the people's game

spot The Socialist Inbox

The Socialist newspaper, 16 September 2020, issue 1101

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The Socialist issue 1101: Our lives and livelihoods at stake

Socialist Party news and analysis

spot Our lives and livelihoods at stake

spot Sketch: The rule of six - some guidance from your government

spot Johnson's brinkmanship over EU deal deepens capitalist splits

spot Blame politicians, not workers and young people

spot Capitalist profit and the race to develop a vaccine

spot 'Covid marshalls' must be accountable to communities

spot Under the microscope

NHS

spot Angry health workers demand 15% now!

spot NHS workers: "We deserve a fair wage" - 15% now!

Workplace news and analysis

spot National Shop Stewards Network lobbying for a lead from the TUC

spot PCS members in DWP reject unsafe extension of hours

spot Ireland: Debenham's occupier speaks out

spot London bus drivers begin strike ballot over remote sign-on dispute

spot Tate workers on indefinite strike hold march and rally

spot Reinstate Tony Smith

spot Reinstate Richie Venton

Schools

spot Dispatches from the front: schools need Covid tests!

Public services

spot Covid and the third sector: for public planning, not charity stopgaps

Labour Party

spot Non-fiction: Left Out - the inside story of Labour under Corbyn

International socialist news and analysis

spot Egypt: Support for al-Sisi dwindles as his regime increases repression

spot Nigerian police repress peaceful anti-government protest

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spot Two weeks to donate: we need your help

spot Coventry: scrap 'profit before people' hospital parking charges

spot Covid generation says 'fund our future'

spot Why I joined the Socialist Party: Tories and Blairites only care about corporate greed

spot Selling the Socialist

The Socialist newspaper, 9 September 2020, issue 1100

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The Socialist issue 1100

Coronavirus news

spot Fight the schools Covid crisis

spot Safety overridden in drive to bolster the economy

spot Caerphilly lockdown puts profits before safety

spot Under the microscope

Campaigns and party news

spot Jobs, training, pay, we want a future!

spot Dover: Solidarity with refugees - applause and cheers for socialist ideas to unite working class

spot BLM: Socialist alternative to racist capitalism

spot Big push to hit finance target

News

spot 15% now - unions must fight for NHS pay rise

spot Callous Tories threaten not to uprate the minimum wage

spot XR blockade: Don't let the Tories criminalise protest

spot Grenfell fire inquiry stops victims attending

spot Video game developer attacks Black Lives Matter

What we think

spot U-turn Tories' splits are growing

Workplace news

spot Fight Amazon's anti-union spies

spot NSSN rally: Workers must not pay the price of Covid

spot Nottingham City Council: The (mis)adventures of Robin Hood Energy

spot Covid-19 pandemic increases financial pressures on Welsh local government

spot Ireland: Debenham's workers occupy stores

spot Hull: Defend Tony Smith!

spot Reinstate Richie Venton

Unison

spot A critical election for Unison general secretary

TUSC

spot Back at work! TUSC to stand in elections again against pro-austerity politicians

International news

spot Belarus: Mass opposition continues to defy repression by Lukashenko's regime

spot Strike wave marks new stage in revival of Iranian workers' movement

The Socialist newspaper, 2 September 2020, issue 1099

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The Socialist issue 1099

spot Tory schools chaos - unions must fight for safety

spot Eviction ban extension not enough: make it longer, forgive the arrears!

spot Don't blame asylum seekers for Tory cuts

spot News in brief

Disability and Covid

spot Capitalism cause of disproportionate disabled deaths and isolation

No going back series

spot Welfare after Covid-19

Workplace news

spot Demand a fightback from the TUC and unions

spot Tate strike: "Coronavirus - no reason to fire us!"

spot B&Q worker reinstated: Organised response successfully challenges unfair dismissal

spot West Midlands journalists strike against pay and job cuts

spot Support Ikea workers - reinstate Richie Venton

spot London bus drivers poised for strike action

Join the socialists

spot Socialism on the rise

International

spot Fight racism, Trump and capitalism

spot Mass protests in Israel demand Netanyahu's resignation

spot Trotsky online rally - watched across the world

Campaigns

spot No Covid penalty on our future

spot Black Lives Matter: Fighting injustice, fighting for our rights

spot Nottingham: Socialists and anti-racists oppose right-wing march

spot No to polluting incinerator, dumped in working-class Edmonton

spot Scrap hospital parking charges

spot Liverpool: Support 15% pay rise for NHS

spot Lincoln: Save Drill Hall

spot Fundraising: An example to follow

Reviews

spot TV: Once Upon a Time in Iraq

spot Manctopia: billion pound property boom

The Socialist newspaper, 19 August 2020, issue 1098

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The Socialist issue 1098

Socialist Party news and analysis

spot Students 2 : 0 Tories - Protests work!

spot Student protests force government retreat

spot "As a working-class student, I already faced struggles"

spot Tory track and trace failure

spot Tory planning deregulation: a charter for building profitable slums

spot NHS workers demand improved pay - 15% for all now!

International socialist news and analysis

spot Revolutionary mood in Lebanon following horrific explosion

spot Mass protests and strikes rock Belarus

spot 80th anniversary of Leon Trotsky's assassination

spot Yorkshire: Celebrating the life and ideas of Leon Trotsky

spot September school return must be safe for all workers and students

NHS pay

spot NHS pay: unions must take fight to U-turn Tories

Socialist history

spot 75 years since the publication of Animal Farm: From 'two legs bad' to 'two legs better'

Workplace news and analysis

spot 300 Covid cases at Northampton food plant - management to blame, not the workers!

spot PCS union: Vote Yes in DWP ballot! Reject longer opening hours

spot Support the Tower Hamlets council workers, vote for Hugo Pierre!

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spot Black Lives Matter: this generation is willing to stand up and fight

spot We can't take any more cuts

spot Nottingham: oppose the far right and attempts to divide us

spot Your donations help us campaign

spot Leeds: Little London residents are celebrating

spot To push change we need to be organised - why we joined the Socialist Party

spot Sheffield: Support Sue

spot Brighton: Another luxury development

spot The Socialist: back to weekly soon

The Socialist newspaper, 5 August 2020, issue 1097

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The Socialist issue 1097

spot NHS pay: 15% for all now

spot From first wave to second? Capitalism's Covid failures

spot Capitalism's 'vaccine war' shows need for socialist cooperation

spot Tories' obesity plans - blaming individuals not the profit system

What we think

spot Labour payouts: unions must discuss political representation

Workplace news

spot Wales: GE Aviation workers march to save jobs

spot PCS union: Reject longer DWP opening hours

spot 'First you clap us then you slap us': hundreds march for NHS pay rise

spot Sick pay victory at Homerton hospital!

spot Unite union branch pledges to support socialist candidates who oppose cuts

spot Oppose BT site closures - national strike ballot needed

spot Workplace news in brief

No going back

spot What would socialist universities look like?

International

spot Cuba: Covid-19 and the 60-year-old embargo

spot Anniversary of nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

spot 80 years since the murder of Leon Trotsky rally

Campaigns

spot A-level results day 2020: Fight for our future!

spot Fighting to end racism and capitalism

spot North London: Socialist Party speaks at BLM protest

spot Young Socialist day of action

spot Doncaster: Vigil for murdered women

spot Engage for Change Hull - trade union youth festival goes online

spot Campaign stalls on jobs, pay, NHS and racism

spot Why I joined - Covid changed my outlook

spot Socialist Party meetings: Online and in-person

spot The Socialist summer schedule

The Socialist newspaper, 22 July 2020, issue 1096

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The Socialist issue 1096

News

spot Fight for our livelihoods... fight for our lives!

spot Fight for the NHS

spot Huawei: what's behind Johnson's latest u-turn?

spot Mandatory masks in shops law: workers must not pay the price

spot Luton Council sunk by airport investment: fight for funding, not speculation!

spot Tories using pandemic to privatise NHS more

Unison

spot Hugely significant Tower Hamlets council workers' strike continues

spot Hugo Pierre for Unison general secretary

No going back

spot Housing crisis: what now and after the pandemic?

Workplace news

spot United Left general secretary hustings shows widest debate needed for left in Unite

spot Nationalise Tata Steel to save jobs

spot Online rally: Fight the London transport funding cuts!

spot Continue the fight to protect safety

spot Debenhams: Fighting closures and redundancies

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

spot Time to relaunch TUSC

Campaigns

spot I joined the Socialist Party to fight back

spot Wales arts cuts: Save every job

spot Trade unionists and artists stand with Maxine Peake

spot Bristol trans rights protest

spot Getting the Socialist over the summer

Music

spot Saving the music industry from pandemic and austerity

International news

spot Iran: Renewed wave of protests and strikes

spot Israel: Nurses strike and win

Communist Party

spot 100 years since the foundation of the Communist Party of Great Britain

Readers' opinion

spot Exciting Cuban spy thriller exposes US-sponsored terrorism

spot The Socialist inbox

The Socialist newspaper, 15 July 2020, issue 1095

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The Socialist issue 1095: Fight for safety, stop the jobs massacre

Socialist Party news and analysis

spot Workers and young people need planning for jobs, not handouts for bosses

spot Lockdown Leicester: trade unionists and parents fight for safety

spot Sexist dismissal of women's health: NHS needs democratic control

spot Palace letters show the monarchy is a weapon for capitalism

spot Defend free TV licences for pensioners!

spot Water shortage warning: nationalise now!

spot Hillingdon Hospital corona outbreak: workforce not to blame

No going back

spot A socialist programme for schools

Workplace news and analysis

spot A fighting programme for Unite

spot PCS executive majority cancels union democracy

spot 'Hands off our pensions!' demand angry Nissan workers

spot Tower Hamlets council workers strike back

spot Ratcliffe rats on Bridgend workers

Socialist history

spot How capitalist restoration led to war and 'ethnic cleansing' in the Balkans

Black Lives Matter

spot How the FBI and Chicago police murdered a Black Panther

spot Will boosting the 'black pound' improve black workers' lives?

spot BLM protests - another injustice exposed

Readers' opinion

spot Books that inspired me: The Mother

spot TV: Ross Kemp - Living with Forced Out Families

Socialist Party reports and campaigns

spot Jobs, homes, services and a future for all!

spot Socialism 2020 - ideas to change the world

spot Nottingham trans rights protest: Our demands are the same as everyone's

spot Why I joined the Socialist Party

spot Donations help us campaign and fight for socialism

spot Selling the Socialist in Swansea

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