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Workplace news and analysis
Communication Workers Union members beat the anti-union laws for the third time
East London bin workers strike to get back unpaid holiday pay
Workers are furious because 150 are owed substantial arrears
Determined St Mungo’s homelessness workers strike for three days
Last minute emails to staff calling on them to suspend strike action because of the coronavirus crisis provoked anger
International socialist news and analysis
French local elections: CWI candidate elected
Leïla Messaoudi of Gauche Révolutionnaire was elected to the local council of Petit-Quevilly in the city of Rouen
New pamphlet: constituent assemblies and the revolutionary programme
In the recent mass movements against austerity and the capitalist establishment in Chile, the demand for a constituent assembly has arisen
Socialist history
South Africa: 60 years marking the Sharpeville Massacre
The beginnings of revolutionary working-class struggle against a brutal capitalist regime
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: workers must not pay the price!
System in crisis: We cannot trust the Tories, or the system they represent, to keep us safe or defend our interests
Capitalist crisis and corona: Johnson’s budget for the bosses
Coronavirus – a workers charter 2020
Coronavirus: socialist planning, not capitalist chaos!
A newly spreading virus is a danger that can befall any society. The question facing the world today, however, is what kind of society can best meet such a challenge
Coronavirus housing emergency – suspend rent and mortgage payments, seize empty homes
It didn’t take coronavirus to create a housing emergency, but it does create new issues
PCS union demands better deal for benefits claimants
The government has announced new support for benefits claimants who contract, or have to stay at home due to, Covid-19, writes A Jobcentre worker.
Councils must break austerity rules
Labour councils must lead a fight for the immediate resources needed, linked to reversing all cuts and privatisation
Action needed to protect shop workers and access to essential goods
As the coronavirus crisis deepens, shop workers are becoming another ’emergency service’ to ensure people can still access food and other basics
Coronavirus hospital worker: amazing response from staff – but worst still to come
Some parts of the hospital seem strangely normal. In and around A&E, things are very different
‘Health not profit’ strike wave sweeps Italy
Under pressure from the bosses’ organisation many workers are still expected to go to work, often on overcrowded public transport
United States: private healthcare exposed as Trump throws money at markets
Capitalism and the political duopoly of the Democratic and Republican parties are to blame for the US’s incompetent response to Covid-19
Workers at Lewisham coronavirus hospital walk out after not being paid
“Infected patients are now being admitted into the hospital, but the cleaners have downed tools because they haven’t been paid”
Coronavirus – waste processing employers putting us at risk
“My first reaction was the managers have lost the plot, or buried their heads in the sand”
Bexley bin workers strike over lack of hand sanitiser
Left with no hand sanitiser, yet having to collect everybody’s rubbish amid the coronavirus epidemic, they walked out on strike
Going viral: socialist letters and comments on the coronavirus crisis
The entire capitalist system is being exposed, and workers and communities are organising to respond
Under the microscope: socialist coronavirus news in brief
Stop privatisation preparation; hypocrite Branson’s bail-out; Amazon sweats workers; private jet boom
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
The coronavirus is triggering a serious capitalist crisis. Millions of people are worrying about the prospects for their health, jobs and security
Stop gentrification of Lea Bridge
Labour council try to stop us meeting in our own area: The Socialist Party is fighting for a plan in the interest of the working class in Waltham Forest
Tory student plot defeated at Cardiff uni
Attempts to scrap support for the UCU strike were roundly defeated on 10 March
Nottingham uni occupation ends
The last day of the current UCU strikes, 13 March, was the last day of the Nottingham University occupation
Socialist Students speaking tour
The first week of the Socialist Students national speaking tour has been a massive success
Just some of the events where the Socialist newspaper was sold in the past week..
Readers’ opinion
Our reviewer gives the BBC TV series the thumbs down, but recommends the original book
