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Tory splits and infighting growing

With the Tories ahead of Starmer's Labour in the polls, no doubt Johnson hopes he can continue to defy political gravity, aided by the abject failure of Starmer to act as an opposition. His hopes will come to nothing. As society moves out of lockdown, all the pent-up political and economic processes that have accumulated over the last 15 months are starting to be unleashed.

'Let's fight to win on NHS pay and funding'

Local protests and demonstrations are being organised on the NHS's birthday, 3 July

Left candidate needed for Unite general secretary election

The nomination period for the Unite general secretary election has closed with all four candidates gaining enough branch nominations

If unions give a lead, workers are fully prepared to fight and win victories

A year ago, the trade union leaderships collapsed into national unity with the Tory government and the employers.

Tory catch-up plan: Fight for the funding our schools and colleges need

The Treasury refused to foot the bill of £15 billion Sir Kevan Collins deemed necessary

G7 Can't solve poverty, Covid and climate change - join the struggle for Socialism

A lot has happened since the G7, a group of rich capitalist nations including the UK and US, last met in summer 2019

G7 tax deal won't challenge corporate power

Ahead of the G7 summit, the media brought news of a 'historic' plan to impose a global minimum tax rate on large companies

Dea-John Reid murder: Jobs, homes and services, not racism

14 year-old Dea-John Reid was tragically murdered on the streets of Kingstanding, Birmingham, on the evening of 31 May.

Capitalism's Covid failings

Its workers, not Cummings, who can expose them.
Read what was written in the Socialist, when responding to the crisis during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Unite general secretary campaign: Statement from Howard Beckett

The nomination stage of the Unite the Union general secretary election campaign ends on 7 June. The Socialist Party invited the two left candidates, Sharon Graham and Howard Beckett, to outline why they standing

Unite general secretary campaign: Statement from Sharon Graham

The nomination stage of the Unite the Union general secretary election campaign ends on 7 June. The Socialist Party invited the two left candidates, Sharon Graham and Howard Beckett, to outline why they are standing

Save our NHS from the Tories

The day of protest on 3 July - the anniversary of the foundation of the NHS - should be the launch of a fight on pay and to save our NHS. Let's build the protests around the country and demand a real fight from trade union leaders.

University funding reform: Fight for free, fully funded education for all

Tories plan to attack university arts funding: University students and staff across the country have been left outraged at the Office for Students' proposed cuts to university teaching grants as part of the government's 'reprioritisation' strategy for universities.

Where now for the Scottish independence movement?

A majority of MSPs in the Scottish parliament are committed to a second referendum

Great British Railways shake-up offers no end to profiteering

Nationalise the whole railway system!

Our lives, our jobs, our future - Not safe in Tory hands

One law for them and one law for us. Nothing summed that up better than Dominic Cummings' trip to Barnard Castle during the first Covid lockdown.
Now the thieves have fallen out.

Fight for the right to protest

The government intends the biggest curtailment of the right to protest in a generation.

Organise for 3 July pay protests

Saturday 3 July will be an opportunity to voice opposition to the 1% NHS pay offer

Palestinians need a new socialist intifada

The Israeli bombardment of Gaza lasted for eleven days, with terrible loss of life and devastation on the ground

News in brief

News in brief: Sasha Johnson, a London-based black activist, was shot in the head in the early hours of 23 May. Sasha was a prominent figure during the Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020, and is now a