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A socialist response to the coronavirus crisis
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22 May 2020
Black and Asian Covid-19 deaths: an indictment of capitalist inequality
The figures for Covid-19 coronavirus deaths broken down by ethnicity caused widespread shock and anger
20 May 2020
Johnson's reckless 'back to school' plans threaten everyone's safety
School workers are in the front line of the government's unsafe back-to-work strategy - but they and parents are organising a huge resistance
20 May 2020
Confidence plummets in Tory strategy for Covid-19
Workers must build workplace and political resistance
Boris Johnson's speech on 10 May was a watershed moment in the Covid-19 crisis
19 May 2020
Transport workers and passengers mustn't pay the price
The Tories are trying to force workers back to work
18 May 2020
Communities condemn Tory handling of crisis - with safe protests
Car cavalcades took place in Sheffield and Haringey.
18 May 2020
Contract tracer speaks out: Tories' plan is outsourced chaos
The government's new contact tracing scheme is outsourced to Serco - which subcontracted recruitment to Capita, writes a NHS contact tracer.
18 May 2020
Parents - Organise against 'back to school' plans that threaten everyone's safety
Schools simply can't open safely yet to more children.
13 May 2020
Pandemic shortages caused by capitalist market - socialist planning is the alternative
With planning, key products like ventilators and PPE should have been easy to provide
13 May 2020
Tories put profit before lives - unions must stand firm on workplace safety
Workplace safety must be under the control of the workplace unions with democratic accountability to members.
12 May 2020
Furlough scheme extended - workers need 100% of wages
Rishi Sunak has announced the government's plans for the furlough scheme, which will be extended until October
12 May 2020
No going back to unsafe schools
The intention to reopen some England primary school classes on 1 June was met with disbelief
11 May 2020
Leicester care workers face pay cut and worse conditions
Care home workers in Leicestershire are to be rewarded for their courage and sacrifice during this crisis with a pay cut and worsening conditions of service, writes Heather Rawling, Unison union member (personal capacity).
11 May 2020
Dispatches from the front: bosses prepare fresh attacks on NHS
As an NHS nurse I was asked by the Socialist to provide a note from the 'front line'
11 May 2020
Safe social-distancing car-cavalcade protests
Newham TUC organised a car cavalcade to combine with the Thursday clap
6 May 2020
Bosses push to lift lockdown - they only care about profits
This week will mark seven weeks since Britain entered lockdown. It appears that the death rate from Covid-19 is finally starting to fall. Nonetheless, the official number of deaths is now higher than every other European country
6 May 2020
Test and trace: workers need a real plan
Only a national plan and workers' control can guarantee a safe exit from lockdown: There is a growing scientific consensus that successful management of the coronavirus crisis requires a comprehensive plan - combining mass testing, contact tracing and supported isolation of potentially infected individuals, writes Martin Powell-Davies, Socialist Party national committee.
5 May 2020
No increase in transport capacity without adequate safety precautions
There are reports the government is considering abandoning advice to maintain two metres social distancing
5 May 2020
Tories using pandemic to shift lab testing out of NHS
The Tories have set up a parallel structure to the existing NHS laboratories network, involving big private companies, and a mixture of unidentified and unqualified staff, writes a NHS laboratory worker.
5 May 2020
I've spent most of this week in the 'cold' emergency department, still wearing mask and apron, X-raying patients with broken bones, serious gastric issues, cancer and so on
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