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Safe homes for all
Fire tears through Barking flats – cladding off now!
Quality, permanent rehousing of all affected residents; remove all cladding and balconies immediately; release and re-do the fire safety assessment
Grenfell two years on – Still fighting for safety and justice
Two years ago, on 14 June 2017, 72 people perished in the Grenfell Tower fire in west London.
Nationalise to stop closures
Ford closure announcement must be met with united response of defiance
The closure of the Bridgend engine plant is to be closed after nearly 40 years of production.
Nationalise Ford to prevent closure
The announcement that Ford Bridgend is to close is the latest in a series of blows to manufacturing workers. We are in the midst of a new wave of deindustrialisation that is weakening the UK economy.
Fight the closures save every job!
Every week seems to bring a new story of factory closure; another chapter in the destruction of British manufacturing.
News
Widespread condemnation of horrifying, violent, homophobic assaults
Two lesbian women were subjected to a horrifying, violent, homophobic assault on a London night bus on 30 May.
Terrible child murders linked to cuts
The terrible murders of two young children in Northamptonshire have been published in reports called ‘serious case reviews’.
Workplace news
Scottish airport strikes – fight for better pay and pensions
Hundreds of Unite trade union members at Glasgow and Aberdeen airports are striking to defend pensions and for better pay.
Stagecoach strike – bus workers show how it’s done
Socialists in Unison hold positions in elections
28 socialists who are supporters of broad left group Unison Action have been re-elected to the national executive committee of public sector union Unison maintaining its position on the 67-strong committee.
South Western Railway guards to strike again
Talks between the RMT transport union and South Western Railway (SWR) at conciliation services Acas have failed to achieve an acceptable agreement.
Socialist Party members make big impact at trades council conference
Socialist Party members made a big impact as delegates at the TUC’s trade union councils’ congress 8-9 June in Bournemouth.
Southampton hospital workers win
Security staff at Southampton General Hospital, who have been attacked in the A&E department, have voted to accept a new offer covering pay, sick pay and new protective equipment.
Sellafield nuclear workers’ strike
Low-paid Mitie workers at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria went on strike on 7 June for a substantial wage rise and to have their union, Unite, recognised.
International socialist news and analysis
For media commentators and pundits the big story of the local and European Union elections in Southern Ireland was the surge in support for the Green Party.
Sudan: Military crackdown to break revolution
A violent counterrevolutionary offensive is underway in Sudan. Health officials say hundreds of civilians have been killed and wounded by the Rapid Support Forces – the militia operated by the ruling military clique.
Nigeria: Stop police harassment of Abbey and Azeez!
Abiodun Bamigboye (Abbey Trotsky) – a member of the Socialist Party’s sister organisation in Nigeria, the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) – has been arrested by Nigerian police again and again and again.
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
D-Day for fighting Trump attack on NHS
There was anger amongst trade unionists and young people to Trump’s hypocritical visit to take part in D-Day commemorations in Portsmouth on Wednesday, with over 300 turning out to a lunchtime rally in the Guildhall Square.
Edmonton joins Enfield North Labour in supporting ‘no cuts’ fightback strategy
Edmonton Constituency has become the second Enfield Labour Party to pass a resolution opposing all cuts, calling for ‘no-cuts’ budgets using reserves and for launching a mass campaign.
Over 600 people marched through Chelmsford on 8 June in protest at Tory-run Essex County Council’s plan to shut 25 out of its 74 libraries.
Opinion
TV Review: Chernobyl – Workers’ heroism vs sclerotic Stalinism
This five-part docudrama focuses on the disaster in 1986 that took place at the Chernobyl (now part of Ukraine) nuclear facility in the Soviet Union.
Letters to the Socialist’s editors.