2 October 2019

Catalonia independence movement two years on

The verdict of 12 Catalan nationalist leaders on charges arising from the failed independence struggle in 2017 is expected soon. Nine have been charged with rebellion, which can result in 25 years in prison.

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31 July 2019

Lib Dems: little bosses' party elects eager pro-austerity leader

Jo Swinson has eagerly put her hand up for austerity, privatisation, fracking, war and the bosses' European Union

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28 June 2019

What now for Brexit?

Three years on from the EU referendum, the ruling classes of Britain and Europe have still not found a way to deal with the seismic consequences

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12 September 2018

TUC congress Brexit debate: unions must lead fight for a general election

Brexit dominated the debate at the congress of Britain's trade union federation, the TUC.

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18 July 2018

'Vote Leave' fined: For a workers' Brexit

The electoral commission has fined the right-wing, pro-big business 'Vote Leave' campaign £61,000 for breaking the law.

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30 May 2018

Toxic air hits schools as EU ponders slap on wrist years late

Toxic air is so bad in London that school students are exposed to higher levels inside their lessons than outside on the street or in the playground, according to a study for the mayor of London.

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23 May 2018

Student leaders claim one million on the streets against Brexit - fight for a workers' exit

One hundred and twenty student union officers - who have so far failed to lift a finger in the fight against tuition fees and cuts, or to support striking lecturers during the recent University and College Union dispute - have made national headlines with the claim that "over one million students demand a people's vote on the Brexit deal".

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16 May 2018

Tories' continuing EU quagmire is Corbyn's opportunity

No-one is at the helm of the government's plan for Brexit. There is chaos at every level of the capitalist state as it threatens to crash out of the EU.

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18 October 2017

Tories torn - bin them now

This brutal, broken Tory government is limping. May's premiership hangs by a thread

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9 August 2017

Global finance: Are those storm clouds ahead?

Is capitalism reproducing the same conditions that led to the 2007-08 financial crash? In two introductory articles, Ross Saunders looks at the rickety global financial order and Ian Groeber points to the recent Italian bank bailouts to show how the working class continues to pick up the tab for the capitalists' failures.

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15 March 2017

Socialist Party Congress 2017 reports

The Socialist Party's national congress 2017 took was attended by delegates and visitors from Socialist Party branches all over England and Wales, as well as international guests

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10 November 2016

USA: We need mass resistance to Trump and a new party of the 99%

Trump will bring chaos and provocations which will impel millions into defensive actions. Only socialist policies can ensure their victory.

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9 November 2016

High Court bombshell on Brexit decision

The decision of the High Court that the government must allow Parliament a say in the issue of Brexit is a bombshell with wide, and perhaps even unforeseen, effects. It could lead to a general election next year which in turn will widen even further the endemic splits within the Tory Party. As shown by the resignation of Tory MP Stephen Phillips over the government's handling of Brexit and of Zac Goldsmith over the third runway at Heathrow, these splits are already of Grand Canyon proportions!

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2 November 2016

EU-Canada trade deal battle points to Corbyn's Brexit opportunity

The saga of the on-off-and-on again EU-Canada trade agreement holds important lessons for how Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters could use the Brexit negotiations to build European-wide workers' opposition to the EU bosses' club.

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2 November 2016

Demolition of Calais 'Jungle' camp - eyewitness report

What is going on in Calais right now should be regarded as one of the darkest moments in the European Union's history.

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6 July 2016

Why I joined: I want a future for my generation

I am from Portugal and started university in 2008, the year of the big financial crisis. Me, my friends and our entire generation felt the effects and implications of the capitalist system we live in and the failed promises it made us.

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29 June 2016

The Socialist inbox

Letters to the editors: Reactions from some working class communities after Brexit.

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29 June 2016

RMT conference 2016: EU and Corbyn coup on the agenda

Delegates welcomed the vote to leave the European Union - the RMT has always opposed the EU. Outside many delegates were clear that it is even more important the union retain its support for TUSC now that the Blairites are attempting to remove Corbyn as leader.

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15 June 2016

TUSC anti-EU tour touches down in Wales

The animated, friendly discussion was a refreshing change from the official campaigns

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25 May 2016

Greece crisis - please vote Leave

Featured letter - EU referendum: Last summer my mum was on holiday on a Greek island and had the misfortune to be bitten by a poisonous snake. The doctors she spoke to hadn't been paid in six weeks. Patients relied on friends and family to wash, change and toilet them, as well as bring them water.

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