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Dundee university strikers force bosses to back down
https://socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions/dundee-university-strikers-force-bosses-to-back-down/
Published: April 29, 2025 16:31
Workers at the University of Dundee have won a major victory against bosses who were determined to slash jobs and cut studentsā education. Bosses at the Scottish university announced on Tuesday that they are abandoning plans to axe 632 jobs throughā¦
Acts of resistance to Reform matter
https://socialistworker.co.uk/sw-view/acts-of-resistance-to-reform-matter/
Published: April 29, 2025 12:34
The surge of the racist Reform UK party in local elections this week can appear daunting. But there is something that everyone can do to resist. It could be putting up an anti-Reform UK poster on the bulletin board in your workplace, neighbourhood orā¦
Reports round-up: Bigots given early Bath
https://socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions/reports-round-up-bigots-given-early-bath/
Published: April 29, 2025 12:23
The city of Bath is pro-choice. Every year antiāabortionists gather here. Every year they are loudly opposed and outnumbered. This year was no exception. I heard about the protest through my trades council in Bridgwater which agreed to attend with itsā¦
Urgency to organise around Birmingham bin strike
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/urgency-to-organise-around-birmingham-bin-strike/
Published: April 29, 2025 12:14
A wider solidarity movement is shaping around the sharpest industrial dispute facing Labourāthe Birmingham bin strike. But with the council unveiling plans to downgrade driversā pay, a wider class fight back is urgent. On Monday evening, around 60ā¦
DeepMind Google workers are unionising against Israel
https://socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-2023/deepmind-google-workers-are-unionising-against-israel/
Published: April 29, 2025 12:06
Workers at Googleās DeepMind are unionising their workplace and talking about strikes. They do not want better payāthey want to use their collective power to challenge the tech giantās ties with the Israeli government. And they are determined to stopā¦
Are ideas enough to change the world?
https://socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourself-marxism/are-ideas-enough-to-change-the-world/
Published: April 29, 2025 11:58
The term āidealistā is often used to describe someone with principles. It can also be a criticism of those with radical dreams that are dismissed as unachievable. In philosophy, the term āidealismā usually means the belief that reality does not existā¦
Solidarity with Palestine dominates NUJ conference
https://socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions/solidarity-with-palestine-dominates-nuj-conference/
Published: April 29, 2025 11:34
Palestine and debates on the survival of the union were the main themes of the NUJ journalistsā unionās delegates meetingāits conferenceālast weekend. There were some modest steps forward in pushing the NUJ towards greater solidarity with Palestine andā¦
How can we win trans+ liberation?
https://socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/how-can-we-win-trans-liberation/
Published: April 29, 2025 11:24
Transphobia runs through our society from access to health care, education and housing to peopleās interactions with one another. And, precisely because itās so entrenched, it can feel like transphobia has always been with us. But there is nothingā¦
Shoah: The banality of evil
https://socialistworker.co.uk/reviews-and-culture/shoah-the-banality-of-evil/
Published: April 29, 2025 11:03
It is the 40th anniversary of one of the most important films ever made this week. Shoah, the nearly ten-hour film about the Holocaust, should be watched by every anti-fascist. Shoah is a triumph of what cinema is capable ofāa monument to the memory of theā¦
Robert Hilliard: Brigadista, Olympian and cleric
https://socialistworker.co.uk/reviews-and-culture/robert-hilliard-brigadista-olympian-and-cleric/
Published: April 29, 2025 11:02
How did a middle class boy from a protestant family in Ireland, follow a trajectory that led him to box in the Paris Olympics? How did he become a Church of Ireland minister, abandon his family, join the Communist Party and volunteer in the Spanish Civilā¦
Letters: Youāre wrong! Left can win many Reform UK voters
https://socialistworker.co.uk/letters/letters-youre-wrong-left-can-win-many-reform-uk-voters/
Published: April 29, 2025 10:19
I disagree with TomĆ”Å” Tengely-Evans when he says, āA left alternative is not going to win over large numbers of ReformāÆUK voters.ā Reform UKās 200,000 die hard racist members only make up a small proportion of the overall Reform UK vote. Beyond that lieā¦
Alex Callinicos: Whatās behind the imperialist peace in Ukraine?
Published: April 28, 2025 15:07
The setting of Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyās latest meeting was even more dramatic than their disastrous Oval Office encounter a couple of months ago. The most spectacular image from Pope Francisās funeral proved to be that of the two presidentsā¦
Reform UK polling sounds alarm heading into elections
https://socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/reform-uk-polling-sounds-alarm-heading-into-elections/
Published: April 28, 2025 14:07
Reform UK felt insurgent going into the local elections on Thursday. The racist party is a danger to us allāand requires an urgent anti-racist response from the whole labour movement. It is polling at 26 percent Ānationally, with Labour on 26 percent, theā¦
We beat Section 28, we can beat Supreme Court ruling too
https://socialistworker.co.uk/lgbt/we-beat-section-28-we-can-beat-supreme-court-ruling-too/
Published: April 28, 2025 14:05
I was terrified in 1987-88. Iād just committed myself to a course and Section 28 was erasing my existence. I thought, āThis is my job and I canāt be who I really amāI have to keep quiet about my own life.ā In school you didnāt know where you stood, youā¦
The slow death of universities
https://socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/the-slow-death-of-universities/
Published: April 27, 2025 17:09
Universities across Britain are at crisis point. They are announcing budget deficits and responding by Āslashing jobs and courses. If they go ahead, these cuts will slam the doors shut for Āworking class people looking to pursue higher education. They areā¦
Just Stop Oil can proudly say resistance works
https://socialistworker.co.uk/environment/just-stop-oil-can-proudly-say-resistance-works/
Published: April 27, 2025 16:06
Over 500 supporters of Just Stop Oil (JSO) put on their orange jackets for the last time on Saturday as they marched through central London. Small groups with banners blocked roads around Parliament Square. One angry driver in a white minivan attempted toā¦
Join the āWelfare not warfareā demonstration in Glasgow
https://socialistworker.co.uk/scotland/join-the-welfare-not-warfare-demonstration-in-glasgow/
Published: April 27, 2025 16:02
A mass mobilisation in Scotland on Saturday will demand, āWelfare not warfare.ā The national demonstration, called by Stop The War and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, will take place in Glasgow. Its demands include for Labour to stop arming Israelā¦
People take to the streets to defend trans+ rights
https://socialistworker.co.uk/lgbt/people-take-to-the-streets-to-defend-trans-rights/
Published: April 26, 2025 18:55
Protesters fought for trans+ rights in towns and cities across Britain on Saturday. The protests came on the day the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) issued interim guidance on how institutions should interpret the Supreme Court ruling lastā¦
Anti-racists take on Reform UK ahead of elections
https://socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/anti-racists-take-on-reform-uk-ahead-of-elections/
Published: April 26, 2025 18:26
Anti-racists took to the streets on Saturday to campaign against Reform UK. The Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) day of action came ahead of the local elections in England and a parliamentary by-election in Runcorn and Helsby next Thursday. The far right party isā¦
India and Pakistan on brink of war over Kashmir
https://socialistworker.co.uk/international/india-and-pakistan-on-brink-of-war-over-kashmir/
Published: April 25, 2025 16:15
India and Pakistan are on the brink of war over the divided territory of Kashmir, one of the most heavily militarised areas in the world. The two countries have so far fought four wars over which should have control of the Muslim-majority area that isā¦
School strikes win concessions from Islington Labour council
Published: April 25, 2025 16:14
A Labour-run council in north London has disgracefully voted to close two schools in Islington. But school workers, parents and students have forced the council to commit to no further closures next year. Around 200 people joined a protest outsideā¦
Trade unionists build solidarity for Birmingham bin strike
Published: April 25, 2025 15:54
Trade unionists in Bristol and Manchester have led the way in building solidarity for the indefinite bin strike in Birmingham. The Labour council and government have tried to break the strike using the police and scab labour. Dockers at Avonmouth portā¦
āIsrael canāt extinguish usā: Palestinian speaks out
https://socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-2023/israel-cant-extinguish-us/
Published: April 25, 2025 12:59
āThere is no dignity. We are animals according to them,ā Ibtisam, who lives in central Gaza, told Socialist Worker. Israeli airstrikes and shelling killed tens of people in Gaza on Friday, including an entire family of five in an attack on a tent shelter.ā¦
Labour council school closures a āgrave injusticeā
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/labour-council-school-closures-a-grave-injustice/
Published: April 24, 2025 21:09
The Labour-run Hackney council in east London is choosing to implement austerity over providing education to working class children. Councillors have voted to close four primary schools in the borough, despite a lengthy campaign and strikes against theā¦
āUniversities must resist Trump crackdownā: US student speaks out
Published: April 24, 2025 18:57
Plain-clothed immigration officials are appearing unannounced on United States campuses. They snatch students and force them into unmarked cars that take them to detention centres. The chilling scenes are part of the Trumpās administration massā¦
Labour pushes bill that plays up far right conspiracy
https://socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions/labour-pushes-bill-that-plays-up-far-right-conspiracy/
Published: April 23, 2025 15:22
The Labour government is pushing ahead with blocking proposed changes to the sentencing guidelines. They aimed to address the racism, sexism and transphobia endemic within the criminal justice system. But justice secretary Shabana Mahmood is changing theā¦
Judith Butler: Itās not āpost-modernā to support trans+ liberation
https://socialistworker.co.uk/lgbt/judith-butler-its-not-post-modern-to-support-trans-liberation/
Published: April 23, 2025 13:09
It was heartening to see your cover (see below). Letās remember that trans men are also losing legal status and health care rights. If you think of rights-stripping as a form of state repression, on a spectrum with detention and deportation, then you seeā¦
Labour pushes racist āleague tableā for migrants
https://socialistworker.co.uk/labour/labour-pushes-racist-league-table-for-migrants/
Published: April 22, 2025 13:57
The Labour government will publish the nationalities of āforeign criminalsā for the first time, in yet another boost to the far rightās agenda. Right wing media sites are already speculating on which nationalities will be the worst offenders and for whatā¦