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‘Fear and terror’ as Israeli PM Netanyahu orders major offensive in West Bank
Published: October 23, 2026 16:38
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a major offensive on Friday to “destroy” parts of Hebron in the West Bank. He promised a “very extensive” military operation across the whole of the occupied territory “unlike any seen since the Six Day…
Can young people change the world?
https://socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/can-young-people-change-the-world/
Published: October 23, 2026 15:40
Teenagers in France have brought the system to its knees, battling vicious police, occupying their schools and even organising to take on rising fascism. An estimated half a million joined protests across the country in a single day last week, and more is…
Key challenges facing the movement in France
https://socialistworker.co.uk/france-in-revolt/key-challenges-facing-the-movement-in-france/
Published: October 23, 2026 15:32
The revolt in France has rocked the ruling class—but it has to overcome major obstacles to win. The school students’ demands over staff shortages, crumbling buildings and poor job prospects has fused with anger over police violence, genocide, the threat of…
‘Muslim women are showing there’s opposition to Reform UK,’ says Welsh activist
Published: October 23, 2026 13:51
Protesters gathered outside the Welsh parliament, the Senedd, in Cardiff on Wednesday to challenge a burqa ban being pushed by Reform UK. Reform UK deputy leader in Wales, Jason O’Connell, put forward the motion. He said that the burqa was “anti-British”…
The centre—not rioters—open doors to French fascism
https://socialistworker.co.uk/international/the-centre-not-rioters-open-doors-to-french-fascism/
Published: October 22, 2026 11:38
Who paves the way for fascism in France? If you listen to the political establishment, it is the left—and the young people fighting back against the system. In particular, it is the far left La France Insoumise (LFI) party—and its presidential candidate…
Letters: Zionism is racism—the left must defend the Greens
https://socialistworker.co.uk/letters/letters-zionism-is-racism-the-left-must-defend-the-greens/
Published: October 22, 2026 09:34
The passing of the motion at the Green Party conference, identifying Zionism as a racist ideology and committing the party to supporting a single democratic Palestinian state, is proving to be a test of the anti‑imperialist left. The tide of fury from the…
Betrayal as Labour approves North Sea oil and gas drilling
Published: October 21, 2026 14:18
In a year of heatwaves, droughts and wildfires in Britain and devastating floods in Nepal, the Labour government has decided to pour fuel on the fire. It has approved more drilling for fossil fuels in the North Sea. On Wednesday, energy secretary Miatta…
The Redskins—the fusion of music and politics in the 1980s
Published: October 20, 2026 20:29
An important study of the seminal 1980s left wing band The Redskins was released this month. Gregor Gall’s Marxism in Music—Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock ‘n’ Roll and Revolution shows how they injected a much-needed…
Digger’s eye-watering budget would have been better spent on climate solutions
Published: October 20, 2026 20:19
Savaged by critics and neglected by theatregoers, Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger is a disaster film in more ways than one. It follows Digger Rockwell, an oil baron, played by a hammed up Tom Cruise, as he navigates his way through a climate crisis after…
Sister of former prisoner blames state’s lack of care for her death
Published: October 20, 2026 19:52
Colleen Madden was released from prison on 13 January last year. Just three days later, she was found dead in her accommodation. The 31-year old mother was routinely released from prison and then recalled. Between September 2024 and January 2025 she was…
Challenge far right radicalisation
https://socialistworker.co.uk/sw-view/challenge-far-right-radicalisation/
Published: October 20, 2026 18:38
The recent ITV Exposure documentary on Reform UK shows it is right to call it a racist party. Reform UK is not only saturated with racism—it is the glue that binds together its support. Several councillors and wannabe councillors were recorded by an…
Alex Callinicos: Ukraine crisis shows Europe’s leaders’ dependence on US empire
Published: October 20, 2026 13:25
Andy Burnham turned out the Irish Guards in full regalia—bearskins, scarlet tunics, and all—to greet Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky at Downing Street on Wednesday last week. But, for all this show and Burnham’s pledges of “unwavering” support for…
Portugal’s revolt over housing faces down police repression
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/portugals-revolt-over-housing-faces-down-police-repression/
Published: October 20, 2026 13:10
The revolt over the housing crisis has spread to Portugal. Police are brutalising protesters in dawn raids on their encampments. On Tuesday morning alone they put 30 people in hospital. But protesters remain determined. Inspired by housing protests and…
Goldsmith’s strike… Plus school, housing and council workers
Published: October 20, 2026 12:16
UCU union members at Goldsmiths in south east London have been on indefinite strike since 8 June against bosses who seem determined to trash the much loved university. Management want to make £20 million worth of cuts and have put 269 workers at risk of…
The left should defend riots and looting in France
https://socialistworker.co.uk/france-in-revolt/the-left-should-defend-riots-and-looting-in-france/
Published: October 19, 2026 22:39
Politicians and the media have launched a witch-hunt after the riots in France last weekend. The French state has seized on the opportunity to demonise and divide the movement that began with school students blockading their schools. They claim that some…
Thousands of civil servants left waiting in pension limbo
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/thousands-of-civil-servants-left-waiting-in-pension-limbo/
Published: October 19, 2026 22:36
Steve is a disabled job centre worker, who has worked for 40 years and paid into a pension. But he is facing serious financial hardship as private firm Capita has failed to pay tens of thousands of people on the Civil Service Pension Scheme, called MyCSP,…
‘There is no safety anymore’: Palestinian in West Bank
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/there-is-no-safety-anymore-palestinian-in-west-bank/
Published: October 18, 2026 21:30
Palestinians in the West Bank say they’ve “reached a point where we are afraid to even leave our homes”. Amal lives in the city of Nablus, where living conditions are deteriorating rapidly as Israeli settlers ramp up attacks. “Military checkpoints are…
Anti-racist round-up: Unity marches build networks against far right
Published: October 18, 2026 21:29
Anti-racists organised unity marches in towns and cities across England and Wales on Saturday. The unity marches took place in Stevenage in Hertfordshire and Carmarthen in west Wales, Cambridge, Oxford, Kent, Essex and Lewisham in south London. They were…
Streets of Paris burn after day of rage at system in France
Published: October 17, 2026 19:56
Hundreds of thousands of people raged on the streets of France on Saturday. Around 100,000 turned out in Paris—and 800,000 aross the country. In Paris, there was broken glass and the remains of barricades all over the city after young people charged…