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20 January 2021
Plymouth rent strike continues
We have now surpassed 400 signatures for our rent strike, with over £710,000 pledged to be withheld. For students there is no equivalent to the furlough scheme, and we're expected to hand over the majority
20 January 2021
Socialist Students has launched a petition to build support for its demands on the way forward for the student movement and to solve the crisis in higher education.
20 January 2021
Teachers: On the front line, in their own words
I've been working from home this lockdown, looking after the virtual classrooms. Some of our pupils struggle to access the work from home, as their parents need to work too. And some have a lot of illness
20 January 2021
Scrap fees, refund rents and pay a living grant
Right up until the last minute, the university seemed to be endlessly optimistic about how we could return this term for in-person teaching
6 January 2021
Refund the rent, cancel the fees, for fully funded, publicly owned education
With the new lockdowns, what can students expect for the rest of the academic year?
16 December 2020
Christmas redundancy shock at L&Q housing association
Workers at highly profitable housing association L&Q were shocked to be told of major restructuring and the threat of large-scale redundancies.
9 December 2020
Tenants and workers unite to take on landlords
Unite members, together with tenants and housing activists, gathered outside the HQ of 'One Housing' last Friday to protest against the unfair treatment this anti-social housing association gives out to its workers and tenants
9 December 2020
Engels and the answer to the housing question
Engels published The Housing Question in 1872 as a contribution to debates about the appalling housing conditions facing the working class in Germany, Britain and elsewhere, and what should be done about it
2 December 2020
Rent strikers' victory in student halls
Students at the University of Manchester won a 30% refund of their rent for the term
11 November 2020
Solidarity with Manchester students - fight for democratic control of campus safety
Socialist Students sends solidarity to students at the University of Manchester (UoM), who through their protests, have ensured the removal of two-metre high security fences designed to pen them in
28 October 2020
Evicted students can fight back and win
On Monday 19 October, students in Paragon accommodation, west London, checked their emails and got a huge shock
28 October 2020
Waltham Forest Save Our Square:
Mass outside meeting draws up battle plan: A breath of fresh air. After being huddled over a computer in endless Zoom discussions for nine months, it was great to be outside again in the town square, doing what the Socialist Party has been doing
28 October 2020
Grenfell watch: landlord's £800,000 saving
A director of Grenfell Tower's landlord company told the public inquiry he "had forgotten" about a secret meeting with builders discussing how to shave £800,000 off refurb costs
21 October 2020
Tories reduce winter homeless funding: reverse the cuts,use the empty homes!
The government announced £12 million of additional cold winter funding to support rough sleepers on 13 October. This will be nowhere near enough.
7 October 2020
Fight for jobs and homes for all - defend the right to asylum
The Tory government has discussed measures to transfer asylum seekers to processing centres in various offshore destinations - including Moldova, Morocco, or even as far as Papua New Guinea or Ascension Island in the South Atlantic, press leaks have shown.
7 October 2020
Say no to finance capital-backed luxury tower block in Enfield
A 29-storey residential skyscraper which fails to meet 'affordable housing' targets has been approved in the outer London borough of Enfield, in the teeth of protests from housing campaigners and resident groups
2 October 2020
A review of Channel 4 series 'Council House Britain'
30 September 2020
Disgracefully, Coolfin Road community centre Newham, east London was closed and allowed to fall into a state of disrepair
23 September 2020
Extend eviction ban! Cap rents! Build council homes!
The six-month eviction ban has come to an end. Hundreds of thousands of people could now be threatened with eviction. The Social Housing Action Campaign (Shac) participated in a protest in London on 16
23 September 2020
Liverpool Council must save care homes
Politicians, speaking at the protest to stop the closure of two care homes in Liverpool, made false promises to silence families and lessen anger on 21 September.
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28 Jan West London Socialist Party: The Socialist newspaper in the age of lockdowns
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