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20 October 2021
The fall of Apartheid in South Africa
Why didn't its overthrow end poverty and inequality?: Twenty seven years ago, the world rejoiced as the monstrous apartheid regime was overthrown with the election of the first black majority African National Congress (ANC) government.
20 October 2021
'An unflinching critique of capitalism': The South Korean-produced Squid Game now has over 111 million views around the world, in record time for a series released on Netflix
6 October 2021
Tories plunge millions further into poverty
£6 billion has been ripped from the hands of working-class people through the removal of the £20 Universal Credit uplift
6 October 2021
Sarah Everard trial reveals police abuse of power
While the Tories talk about how murders like Sarah's should never happen again, their actions speak otherwise.
29 September 2021
One million will be 10% worse off due to the £20-a-week Universal Credit cut. And with income going down, the costs of food, gas and electricity are going up. The poorest tenth of the population spend
15 September 2021
Unite young and old to defend the pensions triple lock
The UK State Pension is £179.60 a week, among the lowest in Europe. It leaves over 2 million pensioners in poverty.
11 August 2021
Olympic 'success' masks cuts and inequality
Every Olympics reflects the sad contradiction of the world we live in, but Tokyo 2020 took this to a new level.
28 July 2021
Tories and Labour fail on child poverty
Vast inequalities in the UK are predicted to worsen during the long, post-pandemic recovery, entrenching child poverty across the UK
14 July 2021
Why I joined the Socialist Party
My political interests stemmed from awareness of social issues - discrimination around race, gender, sexuality, and particularly from being a feminist
14 July 2021
Keep the Universal Credit uplift
£20 can be the difference between stocked-up cupboards, electricity on the meter, or travel.
14 July 2021
Defend the triple lock - Fight to end poverty pensions
More than 2.1 million British pensioners are living in poverty after paying housing costs, a rise of 200,000 on the previous year, and the highest for 15 years
23 June 2021
Tory review won't deliver justice for rape victims
'Rape has been decriminalised'. This was a 2019 assessment of a situation where just 1.6% of rapes result in someone being charged. Each year around 128,000 people are victims of rape but only just over
23 June 2021
Women and the criminal 'injustice' system
In April of this year, the Ministry of Justice released a report responding to the 'growing mental health crisis' for women in prison
9 June 2021
"Rights are won not given" - London refugee wins housing debt campaign
Lawanya Ramajeyam, an asylum seeker, was unable to make rent on her room
9 June 2021
For the last ten years, the number of people who work, yet are still considered to live in relative poverty has been steadily climbing as working people's wages fail to keep pace with the soaring cost of living
9 June 2021
G7 Can't solve poverty, Covid and climate change - join the struggle for Socialism
A lot has happened since the G7, a group of rich capitalist nations including the UK and US, last met in summer 2019
26 May 2021
The Socialist Inbox: Send your news, views and criticism, in not more than 150 words, to [email protected] - or if you're not online, PO Box 1398, Enfield EN1 9GT
19 May 2021
Capitalism responsible for stark global Covid vaccine inequality
The pandemic hasn't just exposed the class divide here in the UK. It's also brought many tensions and inequalities between nations in an already fractured world to the surface.
19 May 2021
For a socialist solution to poverty and repression of Palestinians:
The Israeli military bombardment of Gaza has been relentless for over a week, with terrible loss of life and devastation on the ground.
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