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What we think
Confidence plummets in Tory strategy for Covid-19
Workers must build workplace and political resistance Boris Johnson’s speech on 10 May was a watershed moment in the Covid-19 crisis
Resist school reopening
Staff and parents fight ‘back to school’ plans
School workers are in the front line of the government’s unsafe back-to-work strategy – but they and parents are organising a huge resistance
Make transport safe
Transport workers & passengers mustn’t pay the price
Lack of funding and safety: To please their big business backers, the Tories are trying to force workers back to work – regardless of whether it is safe or not to do so
Socialist Party news and analysis
Rich get handouts – workers get pay cuts
Make the rich pay for the Covid crisis: Some of the richest people in the country are getting huge government handouts because of coronavirus. Meanwhile, millions are poorer as a result of the economic crisis triggered by the pandemic
Contract tracer speaks out: Tories’ plan is outsourced chaos
The government’s new contact tracing scheme is outsourced to Serco – which subcontracted recruitment to Capita, writes a NHS contact tracer.
Crisis in council services: Labour must fight or stand aside
A £10 billion financial black hole faces councils, according to a Labour Party report
Furlough cut-off could force millions back to unsafe workplaces
Will my boss starve me back to work this summer? It’s a question that might start keeping furloughed workers up at night
Safe protests against Tory corona chaos continue
More car cavalcades have taken place to protest against Tory mishandling of the Covid-19 crisis and cuts, with the latest in Southwark and Newham
Johnson claims workplaces safe but HSE cancels inspections
The prime minister has told anxious workers that construction, manufacturing and food workplaces will be “Covid-compliant”
Workplace news and analysis
Postal workers’ action results in double victory for union
The CWU campaign has defended ‘USO’ Saturday delivery – and ousted union-busting CEO Rico Back
Trade unionists organise to fight for workplace safety in big NSSN meeting
Workers called for safety to be put before profit, and for union control over workplace safety
Posties walk out in Peterborough after manager tests positive
Royal Mail workers left work on the morning of 16 May after learning a line manager had tested positive for Covid-19
Universal Basic Income: not a solution to insecurity and poverty under capitalism
None of the schemes with elements of UBI provide a decent level of income
Readers’ opinion
The Jungle: capitalism’s remorseless attack on workers’ safety and conditions
Fiction review: The parallels between Upton Sinclair’s description of 1906 meat packaging factories and workplaces under coronavirus are frightening
Going viral: letters to the editors
Letter to the editors: NHS, schools, anti-lockdown protests and more
A nurse who fought with strength and dignity: Wakefield Socialist Party is saddened to hear of the untimely death of Rob Crabb at the age of 60
International socialist news and analysis
Trump, coronavirus, capitalism, and the presidential race
Five months after Covid-19 reached the United States, the Trump administration and US capitalism have still failed to mobilise an effective response to the pandemic