14 November 2018

The Socialist inbox

Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Leicester football, Brum cuts.

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7 November 2018

Hundreds march to save Blackwood leisure centres

Hundreds of people from Blackwood and Pontllanfraith marched to keep open their local leisure centre and swimming pool.

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7 November 2018

Mexico: The movement of 68 and the massacre of Tlatelolco

The movement that developed from July to December 1968 was undoubtedly one of the most intense and revolutionary chapters in the history of class struggle in Mexico.

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24 October 2018

Newcastle Utd fans' campaign against owner Mike Ashley continues

The second public meeting of the anti-Mike Ashley Magpie Newcastle United fans group was held on 3 October with hundreds of Newcastle United supporters again turning out to discuss the way forward for the Ashley Out campaign.

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17 October 2018

Demo against far-right DFLA

Up to 2,000 marched in London against the far-right Democratic Football Lads Alliance

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19 September 2018

Hundreds of Newcastle United fans attend Mike Ashley Out meeting

Hundreds of Newcastle United football fans attended a public meeting to discuss the way forward in the continued Mike Ashley Out campaign

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12 September 2018

When working class women dominated football

One hundred years ago the 'beautiful game' came to be dominated by women.

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29 August 2018

Battle growing against Loch Lomond area big business sell-off

A major battle has broken out over the £30 million privatisation of land in Loch Lomond, West Dunbartonshire in Scotland, which has given rise to fresh resistance against the for-profit model of big business.

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22 August 2018

Revolt and Rebellion West London walk success

18 people met on a slightly rainy Sunday afternoon for a political walk - 'Revolt and Rebellion' - through west London. It started at Turnham Green with a speech on the English civil war, and ended at the venue of the Putney debates.

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22 August 2018

Newcastle fans protest against Mike Ashley

The long campaign to force Mike Ashley out of Newcastle United football club continued on the first day of the season on 11 August.

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8 August 2018

The Socialist inbox

Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Thatcher's Militant blacklist, capitalism wants slums, World Cup nationalism?

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26 July 2018

Fight the racist far right

On 14 July, a number of RMT union members were subjected to a violent attack. Update 1.8.18: Tommy Robinson released

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30 May 2018

Aberfan disaster novel reminds us Grenfell was not an anomaly

Fiction: Black River: Aberfan, Hillsborough, Grenfell. Names synonymous with warnings ignored, corners cut and the disregard capitalism has for working class lives.

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18 April 2018

The Socialist inbox

Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Antisemitism smears, imperialism's double standards, defend local football

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11 April 2018

Hull City supporters fight to reclaim their club and the game

Hull City AFC supporters are currently fighting for their club to use their full name and for concessionary prices for the young, elderly and disabled

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21 February 2018

Victory: Pontllanfraith leisure centre saved

Campaigners in Pontllanfraith have forced Caerphilly Council to back down on plans to close the leisure centre

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31 January 2018

Capitalism v cricket

For a series that cricket fans look forward to for months, this year's Ashes was something of a disappointment - on the English side, at least. We lost 4-0, and were only saved from a 5-0 whitewash by a lifeless pitch ensuring a draw.

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10 January 2018

Hoxton: "Stop this unwanted development"

'We don't want luxury tower blocks built in Hoxton' was the verdict of every contributor in a public meeting called by the 'Save Britannia Leisure Centre' campaign in east London.

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22 November 2017

Gentrification on the terraces: fans say twenty's plenty

Football ticket prices still remain prohibitive, especially for young fans, according to the BBC's annual Price of Football report

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25 October 2017

Angry east London residents organise against threat to leisure centre

An angry meeting in Hoxton, east London, organised against the threatened closure of the area's leisure centre

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