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
13 January 2021
Fully resource the vaccination programme now
The Covid death toll is over 80,000 and rapidly rising. A successful vaccination programme couldn't be more urgent. Over two million people, in four priority categories, have received a first dose of
13 January 2021
Covid vaccine nationalism threatens pandemic response
Without a global vaccination programme, the Covid-19 virus will continue to circulate among the world's poorest countries, and possibly mutate into a new strain requiring a new vaccine
13 January 2021
Our health and livelihoods before their profits
100% pay now!: The health crisis is now worse than at any time since the start of the pandemic. More people are in hospital and more are dying daily.
13 January 2021
Bosses earn workers' annual wage in three days
Within the first three days of 2021, the already super-rich bosses of the 'FTSE 100' companies earned more than an average worker's annual salary.
11 January 2021
Unison get sec election shows left can win NEC
The result of the Unison GS election shows the mood for change in the biggest public sector union
8 January 2021
Judge rules against Julian Assange's extradition but refuses bail
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange won a partial victory in his long battle to avoid extradition
6 January 2021
Workers' action wins Tory U-turn on school safety
A monumental battle has taken place between NEU members and the government
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?
6 January 2021
Protect the NHS - Funding, Pay, PPE, Public ownership
The Tory government's plea to "protect the NHS" is rank hypocrisy.
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
5 January 2021
3 lockdowns, 20+ U-turns ... We can't trust the Tories
We can't believe a word this government says or does. Going into lockdown 3, working-class people can only rely on our own strength and organisation.
2 January 2021
Organise a mass refusal to attend unsafe schools on Monday
There should be no return to work until safety can be assured.
30 December 2020
2020 - a year which drove home the catastrophic failures of capitalism
Too many deaths from the pandemic, job losses, pay cuts and poverty were the experience across the planet.
16 December 2020
Mass testing - we need trade union oversight and full pay for all
How effective are the resources being put into testing?
16 December 2020
No to Tories' new anti-protest law
The Tories are looking at more ways to restrict the right to protest.
16 December 2020
Unemployment and Covid rising
The beginning of a mass vaccination programme has raised hopes of an end to the Covid crisis. But putting profits first, the Tories have mismanaged the health and jobs crisis from day one.
16 December 2020
Maternity unit deaths - democratic, public ownership needed
The recently published Ockenden report into the deaths and serious injuries of mothers and babies at the maternity units in Shropshire and Telford Hospital NHS Trust exposes a very dark side of the lack of accountability in the NHS
16 December 2020
Effective testing and properly funded safety plan needed
The health secretary hopes mobile testing units can stop the Covid tide
16 December 2020
On 2 March 2020, as coronavirus cases rose to four in a day, Boris Johnson told us that Britain was "well-prepared with a fantastic NHS"
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