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The Socialist newspaper, 16 June 2021, issue 1138

Trade unions and workplace

spot Left candidate needed for Unite general secretary election

spot Majority of BFAWU members vote to break from Labour

spot Right lose control in Unison NEC election

spot Sparks win victory!

spot Engineers in fourth week of strike action against huge fire-and-rehire attacks

spot Leicester University workers strike against redundancies

spot PCS conference 2021: Divide between union leaders and rank-and-file exposed

spot Socialist Party to the fore at Unison LG conference

spot Redbridge school walkout over victimised union rep

NHS

spot Underpaid and overworked - NHS workers say: 'Enough is enough'

spot Now is the time to fight for the NHS

spot Save Leicester General Hospital

International news

spot Will Biden's new foreign policy change the direction of US imperialism?

spot Tamil Solidarity asylum victory

spot Who represents the Palestinians?

spot International solidarity protests

News

spot Make vaccine technology public, nationalise big-pharma

spot Schools need resources to tackle 'routine' sexual harassment

spot Neonatal leave introduced: Unions must fight for extensions and full pay

spot Beth Roper inquest: Train company failures ignored

spot Birmingham Clean Air Zone a tax on the poor

spot Johnson's G7 hypocrisy

spot Pandemic homeless

Campaigns and party news

spot Enfield byelection: We need councillors prepared to resist

spot Queues at Socialist Party stall in Cov

spot National finance meeting

Readers' opinion

spot Women's health matters

spot Books that inspired me: The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists

spot Readers' comments

The Socialist newspaper, 9 June 2021, issue 1137

News

spot G7 tax deal won't challenge corporate power

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

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

spot Post-Brexit trade deals: Workers' mobilisation needed to stop corporate extortion

spot G7 green hypocrisy

spot New book - coming soon: The Struggle for World Socialism

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

What we think

spot Tory splits and infighting growing

NHS

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

spot We're building for 3 July NHS protests

Workplace news

spot Goodlord striker speaks out: How we unionised and fought the bosses

spot Revolt against 'social partnership' at Wales Trades Union Congress 2021

spot Douwe Egberts workers strike against pay cuts of up to �12,000 a year

spot London workers prepare to fight Khan's transport cuts

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

spot Fight for a socialist leadership in PCS, build a fighting, democratic union!

spot Workplace news in brief

Lessons from history

spot The 1971 Upper Clyde Shipbuilders occupation and work-in

Campaigns news

spot Cladding safety: Protests demand developers and government pay

spot "Rights are won not given" - London refugee wins housing debt campaign

spot Hundreds march to scrap Silvertown Tunnel project

spot Shame on Clarion - another exploitative landlord

Israel/Palestine

spot Palestinian self-determination - is the solution one state or two?

Readers' opinion

spot TV review: Mrs Thatcher vs the miners

spot Readers' Opinion

The Socialist newspaper, 2 June 2021, issue 1136

NHS

spot 3 July day of protest - save our NHS from the Tories

Covid-19

spot Capitalism's Covid failings

Unite election

spot Unite general secretary campaign: Statement from Sharon Graham

spot Unite general secretary campaign: Statement from Howard Beckett

Israel/Palestine

spot Boycotts - what role can these play in the struggle for a Palestinian state?

spot Stop Israeli state terror: solidarity protests continue

US politics

spot Will Biden's 'green' agenda avert an impending climate change catastrophe?

Workplace news

spot Sparks force bosses to talk after blockading AWE

spot Save jobs, save livelihoods, save GKN Automotive - nationalise the plant!

spot Workplace round-up

International news

spot Belarus: Lukashenko's desperate attempt to silence opposition

spot Colombia: General strikes continue

Campaigns news

spot Cladding danger: Protest 5 June!

spot Pimlico Academy protest demands elected governors

spot York students demand democratic control of schools

spot Protests against anti-protest bill

spot Waltham Forest byelections: Council homes not unaffordable flats

spot Raising Fighting Fund in Southern region

spot Hillsborough crimes go unpunished

Universities

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

The Socialist newspaper, 26 May 2021, issue 1135

What we think

spot Palestinians need a new socialist intifada

News

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

spot Fight for the right to protest

spot Great British Railways shake-up offers no end to profiteering

spot Organise to oppose Tory academisation plans

spot Lancaster Greens do deal with Tories

spot News in brief

NHS

spot Organise for 3 July NHS pay protests

Scottish Independence

spot Where now for the Scottish independence movement?

Workplace

spot Metroline London bus workers win huge victory

spot Goodlord sacks strikers - fight the penny-pinching, bullying bosses!

spot Thurrock refuse workers beat council and bin pay cut

spot RMT: Support Alan Pottage for assistant general secretary

spot NUJ leadership pushes through subs increase but left lands blows at conference

spot CWU elections: Vote for a fighting, campaigning, socialist EC member

spot 'Fire and rehire' attempts spread - coordinated fightback needed

spot Cadent Gas plans 200 job losses

International

spot Mexico City subway train collapse - negligence, corruption and capitalism

spot US right to abortion under threat: Mass campaign to support the right to choose must be built

Campaigns

spot Stop Israeli state terror against Palestinians

spot Leicester protest against arms supplies to Israel

spot Palestine protesters donate to fund socialist material

spot Cladding anger builds - protest on 5 June

Readers' Opinion

spot Get up, stand up - don't give up the fight!

spot Film review: Nomadland

spot TV review: Three Families is excellent. But protest movement is missing

spot The Socialist Inbox

The Socialist newspaper, 19 May 2021, issue 1134

Israel/Palestine

spot Build a mass movement to end Israeli state terror

spot Tens of thousands march against Israeli state terror

What we think

spot Johnson's Tories and Starmer's Labour have nothing to offer workers

spot Starmer moves against Unite - No to the attack on Beckett

Covid

spot What's needed to stop more Covid outbreaks?

spot Capitalism responsible for stark global Covid vaccine inequality

Workplace news

spot NHS: Scottish vote shows unions must fight for 15%

spot Unison: Elect reps who will back strike action

spot PCS elections - incumbents win, but solid vote for Broad Left Network

spot DVLA workers suspend strike for talks

spot Huge victory at Go North West as Unite defeats 'fire and rehire'

spot London Metroline strike against 'remote sign-on' goes ahead

spot CWU members' resolve to strike still firm as union enters talks

spot Strikes round-up

Campaigns news

spot Glasgow mass action defeats Home Office deportation attempt

spot Students and unions must resist misnamed 'free speech' bill

spot Mulivaikkal Remembrance Day 2021

spot Socialist Party black and Asian members discuss history

spot Help fund our bold socialist presence

spot We will not pay the cost of Covid! Defend the right to protest

spot Brighton marches to defend Moulsecoomb Primary School

News

spot Spycops inquiry continues to expose historic attacks on democratic rights

spot New voter ID laws: Electoral fraud - Tory style

spot News in brief

Readers' opinion

spot Readers' opinion

The Socialist newspaper, 12 May 2021, issue 1133

Election analysis

spot Hartlepool sums up Labour crisis

spot Scotland: Pro-independence majority in highly polarised election

spot Welsh Labour holds on to government but new crises loom

spot TUSC is back

Ireland

spot Bobby Sands - Nothing but an Unfinished Song

spot British state absolves itself from killings during 'the Troubles'

International news

spot Is Biden offering a new 'New Deal'?

spot Stop Israeli state brutality

spot Right-wing Partido Popular wins Madrid elections - a warning to the working class

Workplace news

spot United action needed to defeat fire and rehire

spot RMT: Militant industrial and political strategy must be fought for

spot National Education Union needs a socialist, fighting deputy general secretary

spot Thurrock refuse workers strike escalates

spot Ealing parking wardens strike against Serco over absence policy

spot Norwich City Council workers vote for strike action over broken promises on pay and conditions

spot Beal school strikers suspend action after possible victory

spot Sparks fight continues

Readers' opinion

spot Readers' opinion

Obituary

spot Obituary - Jon Elvin

The Socialist newspaper, 5 May 2021, issue 1132

What we think

spot Capitalist sleaze and cronyism

Union elections

spot Unite general secretary election nomination stage

spot Unison: We need a fighting, democratic, member-led union to stop the austerity attacks

spot Four Socialist Party members elected to NEU executive - a thirst for action and a fighting leadership

International news

spot Biden's policies will not solve underlying US crisis

spot Colombia: Mass trade union-led protests force tax retreat

Mental health

spot Covid, capitalism and mental health

News

spot Fight the rotten establishment

spot Hands off our NHS

spot New law ignores economic barriers to escaping domestic abuse

spot Cladding: Tories refuse to protect leaseholders again

Workplace news

spot St Mungo's strikers fight on

spot Goodlord strike forces talks - solidarity needed

spot Sparks block Cardiff building site against deskilling

spot Vote 'yes' in the PCS DWP ballot

spot Beal High School strike against sick policy resumes

spot Go Ahead offers deal to Manchester bus drivers

spot Metroline buses to face summer of strikes unless it drops 'remote sign-on'

Local government

spot Can the 'Preston model' beat the cuts?

Campaigns news

spot Bellway must pay! Make our homes safe!

spot Police attempt to intimidate Newcastle protesters

spot Nottingham NHS pay protest

spot Establishing factory sales of the Socialist in Leicester

spot Plaque dedicated to Tony Mulhearn

spot Why you should join the Socialist Party

spot Defend the right to protest - to resist bosses' attacks

Readers' opinion

spot The Socialist Inbox

The Socialist newspaper, 28 April 2021, issue 1131

Elections

spot Vote TUSC to oppose sleazy capitalism

spot Why you should vote for TUSC

spot Campaigning for a no-cuts, socialist Liverpool mayor

International news

spot India's health system in meltdown under Modi's misrule

Campaigns news

spot Socialist Student action marks the way for a national student movement for free education

spot South West regional conference shows that socialist ideas can grow

spot To get Socialist ideas out there, we need to have the funds

News

spot Protesting works - unite to defend the right to protest

spot No trust in billionaire football owners - kick them out and reclaim the game

spot Private sector is stealing the NHS

spot 39 'postmasters' cleared - now clear the rest

spot Generation eviction

Workplace news

spot Usdaw's virtual annual conference - a mockery of union democracy

spot PCS ballots members in Jobcentres over safety

spot Goodlord strikers fight fire and rehire as part of day of action

spot Devonport tugboat crews strike against rota changes

spot St Mungo's workers walkout

spot Thurrock bin strike in third week

Ireland

spot How partition of Ireland derailed a revolutionary struggle for national and social liberation

spot Irish police aid strike-breaking at Debenhams store in Dublin

Welfare state

spot Poverty increasing. Welfare state in crisis. Do we need a new Beveridge Report?

Environment

spot What councils can do to protect the environment

Readers' opinion

spot The Socialist Inbox

May Day Greetings 2021

spot International Workers' Day - struggle, solidarity, socialism

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