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5 August 2020
Tories' obesity plans - blaming individuals not the profit system
First, the elderly were told to shield from Covid-19. Then, statistics revealed a disproportionate number of people from ethnic minorities were dying from the virus. Now, obesity is being linked to a serious risk of fatality from the virus.
5 August 2020
Capitalism's 'vaccine war' shows need for socialist cooperation
Covid-19 can travel round the world at jet speed. No one can feel secure without global action. Yet despite gushing words from government leaders about international cooperation on research and development, a 'vaccine war' is developing.
5 August 2020
Engage for Change Hull - trade union youth festival goes online
'Engage for Change' held an online, virtual festival on 25 July. Engage for Change aims to educate young working-class people on the role of trade unions through music and the arts.
5 August 2020
Why I joined - Covid changed my outlook
I joined the Socialist Party a month into the lockdown. Previously, I had always avoided politics and tried to remain neutral. Covid made me change my entire outlook.
5 August 2020
NHS staff remain in the middle of a gruelling battle against Covid-19, and are facing a second wave, yet many still have to struggle to afford the basics.
A national day of action on pay is taking place on 8 August.
5 August 2020
Cuba: Covid-19 and the 60-year-old embargo
Cuba has one of the lowest Covid-19 death rates in the world - 0.8 per 100,000, compared to 67 in the UK and 44.1 in the US
5 August 2020
From first wave to second? Capitalism's Covid failures
Boris Johnson's easing of lockdown appears to have hit its limits. Where now?
22 July 2020
Government action is confused, contradictory, late, and fundamentally flawed.
22 July 2020
Fight for our livelihoods... Fight for our lives!
The Covid capitalist crisis is hitting the working class hard from all sides. We face a tsunami of job cuts and attacks on living standards.
22 July 2020
To put it in context, the annual budget of NHS England is £134 billion. Management requested an extra £10 billion. The Tory government has pledged just £3 billion.
22 July 2020
Continue the fight to protect safety
As lockdown eases, workers' rights must be defended. Employers have been attacking the health and safety measures won by members and their reps. Employers have raised the number of people allowed in shops
15 July 2020
A socialist programme for schools
How schools have been affected by coronavirus, and what kind of future school system we need
15 July 2020
Lockdown Leicester: trade unionists and parents fight for safety
Trade unionists, parents and campaigners across Leicester are organising a campaign to defend safety and workers' rights in the pandemic-hit city.
8 July 2020
End the scandal of sweatshop labour
In Leicester Covid-19 is prevalent in areas that have a thriving underworld of sweatshops.
8 July 2020
No choice but to fight the system
The killing of George Floyd will be fixed into the minds of our generation as we move into a new period
8 July 2020
Covid pandemic and Northern Ireland - workers must resist the bosses' offensive
The coronavirus pandemic hit Northern Ireland at the very same time as the political parties in the Assembly (Stormont) were re-establishing a power-sharing Executive for the first time in over three years
8 July 2020
Nottingham unions fight council job cuts
Local councils are facing huge financial crises due to Covid-19, on top of government funding cuts since 2010.
1 July 2020
Tory full return to school plans gamble with lives
The government's plans for a full return in September make crystal clear it has no interest in safety or genuine education needs.
1 July 2020
Tories put profit before lives
Government failures fan Covid:
Once again, this incompetent Tory government, intent on pursuing its pro-big business agenda of prematurely ending the pandemic lockdown, has put lives at risk.
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