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7 April 2021
Racism exists! Unite to fight all inequality
The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities concluded that claims of institutional racism are "not borne out"
7 April 2021
1981 Brixton riots: Racism and poverty - the anger explodes
April 2021 marks the 40th anniversary of the riots in Brixton, south London, against police racism, unemployment and poverty.
31 March 2021
Tory MP Andrea Leadsom announced her 'Start for Life' proposal last week. Her plan to establish a 'new service' for children up to age two is being trumpeted as an innovative service
16 March 2021
Justice for victims of gender violence
There was understandable outrage at the appalling scenes of police brutality against women peacefully taking part in the vigil for Sarah Everard on Clapham Common.
12 March 2021
Grief, shock and an outpouring of anger have been unleashed by the appalling abduction and murder of Sarah Everard
10 March 2021
Would a wealth tax end poverty and inequality?
Who will pay for the pandemic spending - the working class or the billionaires?
10 March 2021
The 'old normal' meant poverty for young people
The budget was another nail in the coffin for the prospects of young people. Pre-Covid Britain was nothing to write home about regarding youth unemployment.
3 March 2021
A fighting programme for women's rights and socialism
Women have been especially hit by the economic and social consequences of the pandemic.
3 March 2021
'Casino capitalism' - driving another potential financial Armageddon
Across the globe at least 2.4 million people have now died from contracting Covid-19. Livelihoods have been wrecked and economies have crashed, with the world economy shrinking by over 4%
24 February 2021
Vaccine algorithm can't solve capitalist inequality
Eleven months after coronavirus restrictions came into force in England, another 800,000 people are being informed by the government that they need to 'shield' as they are at an increased risk of dying from the effects of the virus
17 February 2021
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3 February 2021
Launching a political alternative to cuts, poverty and job losses
TUSC conference: Councils are facing a new, Covid-driven cash crisis - a financial 'black hole' of up to £2.2 billion, along with an average 5% increase in council tax and other increased service charges.
27 January 2021
Covid spreading, poverty rising, rich get richer, fight for socialism!
There are many crises facing workers and young people. The health crisis, with our NHS stretched to breaking point, pay cuts, job losses, and poverty.
27 January 2021
Poverty wages: When workers can't afford to self-isolate
The Tories are now floating the idea that maybe if they paid £500 to desperate workers in the gig economy, they might be inclined to self-isolate for two weeks if they contract Covid
20 January 2021
Books that inspired me: The Road to Wigan Pier
In early 1936, a then unknown George Orwell was commissioned by the publisher Victor Gollancz to travel to the north of England to research 'the conditions of the working class'
20 January 2021
Make the super-rich pay, not the poorest
In the last week the real number of deaths from Covid has gone over 100,000, and the UK has recorded the highest per capita death toll in the world
20 January 2021
Life in lockdown - being home from school when you're poor is hard
At the beginning of the first lockdown, in my house, we had one computer for three students and a parent working from home. Myself and my siblings receive pupil premium and free school meals.
13 January 2021
Global capitalism at most dangerous conjuncture since the 1930s
The pandemic has wreaked havoc across the globe, causing over two million deaths and unleashing enormous economic and social crises
6 January 2021
UNICEF feeds children in the UK for the first time
"It is a real scandal that UNICEF should be playing politics this way" was the response of millionaire and Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg to the announcement that UNICEF will be responsible for feeding children in the UK for the first time in its history
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14 Apr Hackney & Islington Socialist Party: Lessons of the 1921 Poplar councillors' struggle
15 Apr Waltham Forest Socialist Party: Lessons of the Paris Commune for today
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