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The Socialist issue 1097

5 August 2020

NHS pay: 15% for all now

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The Socialist issue 1097

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News

spotNHS pay: 15% for all now

spotFrom first wave to second? Capitalism’s Covid failures

spotCapitalism’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.

spotTories’ 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.

What we think

spotLabour payouts: unions must discuss political representation

Workplace news

spotWales: GE Aviation workers march to save jobs

spotPCS union: Reject longer DWP opening hours

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

spotSick pay victory at Homerton hospital!

spotUnite union branch pledges to support socialist candidates who oppose cuts

spotOppose BT site closures – national strike ballot needed

spotWorkplace news in brief

No going back

spotWhat would socialist universities look like?

International

spotCuba: Covid-19 and the 60-year-old embargo

spotAnniversary of nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

spot80 years since the murder of Leon Trotsky rally

Campaigns

spotA-level results day 2020: Fight for our future!

spotFighting to end racism and capitalism

spotNorth London: Socialist Party speaks at BLM protest

A lively Black Lives Matter protest in Edmonton, north London, on 25 July didn’t shy away from politics. The event organiser said the whole lives of black people have been political for centuries.

spotYoung Socialist day of action

The Tories want to make young people pay for the capitalist crisis. Young Socialists in London, however, made it clear that we are prepared to fight for our future.

spotDoncaster: Vigil for murdered women

spotEngage 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.

spotCampaign stalls on jobs, pay, NHS and racism

All over workers are angry: Anger is deepening in London about the way workers have suffered disproportionately. We told people we will be challenging in the elections next year.

spotWhy 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.

spotSocialist Party meetings: Online and in-person

Southampton Socialist Party was live, in two gardens and on Zoom from many homes on 30 July.

spotThe Socialist summer schedule

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