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16 December 2020
Mass testing - we need trade union oversight and full pay for all
How effective are the resources being put into testing?
9 December 2020
Covid vaccines only first step - fight job losses, austerity and 'virus' of capitalism
Covid-19 vaccines in record-breaking times have raised hopes that life will return to normal
21 October 2020
Health before profit - Work or full pay
Fear about catching coronavirus, being thrown out of work, being forced to stay at home without enough money ... Yet again it's working-class people who are paying the price.
14 October 2020
Locked down, hard up - Fight back!
* Work or full pay
* Health before profit
As areas across the country face further lockdown measures there is growing frustration, anger and anxiety.
7 October 2020
Massive testing 'glitch' caused by privatised fragmentation
15,841 positive Covid-19 results were mislaid
30 September 2020
Covid restrictions expose Tory splits
For democratic working-class control of health and safety
While government ministers warn of an exponential rise of the coronavirus, the same magnitude of rise could be applied to the level of anger against them over their handling of the pandemic.
23 September 2020
Testing shambles: unions must fight back
The government claims that testing for key workers in the NHS, care and schools is provided.
23 September 2020
North East lockdown: simmering anger at Tory incompetence
Around two million people have coronavirus restrictions imposed.
23 September 2020
To the surprise of absolutely no one, given the disastrous Tory record so far, we face a new Covid peak this autumn. And Johnson's amendments to the Covid laws solve none of the threats to our lives and livelihoods.
16 September 2020
Sketch: The rule of six - some guidance from your government
"As a guideline, if you aren't at school or work, then any breach of the rule will kill your gran"
9 September 2020
Safety overridden in drive to bolster the economy
Even as cases of Covid-19 infections are rising dramatically, the Tories are desperately trying to get workers back to their workplaces and spending money in city centres.
8 September 2020
Fight the schools Covid crisis
Schools have gone back overcrowded and under-resourced, with more infections reported daily.
2 September 2020
Between February and June 2020 the number of claims for Universal Credit doubled
5 August 2020
Tories' obesity plans - blaming individuals not the profit system
First, the elderly were told to shield from Covid-19. Then, statistics revealed a disproportionate number of people from ethnic minorities were dying from the virus. Now, obesity is being linked to a serious risk of fatality from the virus.
5 August 2020
Capitalism's 'vaccine war' shows need for socialist cooperation
Covid-19 can travel round the world at jet speed. No one can feel secure without global action. Yet despite gushing words from government leaders about international cooperation on research and development, a 'vaccine war' is developing.
5 August 2020
NHS staff remain in the middle of a gruelling battle against Covid-19, and are facing a second wave, yet many still have to struggle to afford the basics.
A national day of action on pay is taking place on 8 August.
5 August 2020
From first wave to second? Capitalism's Covid failures
Boris Johnson's easing of lockdown appears to have hit its limits. Where now?
22 July 2020
Government action is confused, contradictory, late, and fundamentally flawed.
22 July 2020
Fight for our livelihoods... Fight for our lives!
The Covid capitalist crisis is hitting the working class hard from all sides. We face a tsunami of job cuts and attacks on living standards.
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