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A damning indictment of the brutality of Stalin’s show trials
Published: May 10, 2026 17:11
Some of the most frightening films are not based on the depiction of actual violence or gory special effects. Instead, they work by referencing our fears about the world around us now—and what it might become. So it is with The Two Prosecutors, a Russian…
The changing faces of fascism in Britain today
https://socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/the-changing-faces-of-fascism-in-britain-today/
Published: May 10, 2026 17:02
Why do you call Tommy Robinson a fascist? Fascism has always been ideologically adaptive. It’s something that changes over time and it never creates its own ideology out of nowhere. It’s always a parasitic ideology. And that means that in different…
Defiant Glasgow march after Reform UK makes gains in Scotland
Published: May 10, 2026 16:52
Hundreds marched through the streets of Glasgow on Saturday in an emergency anti-racist mobilisation after Reform UK’s breakthrough in the local elections. The march was called by Stand Up to Racism (SUTR). Demonstrators gathered at McLennan Arch before…
The women who fought fascism
https://socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/the-women-who-fought-fascism/
Published: May 9, 2026 16:26
On the night of 12 March 1945, a gang of fascists entered a modest home in the suburbs of Turin, in northern Italy. They kidnapped three women, 19 year old Vera Arduino, her 16 year old sister Libera and their friend, 24 year old Rosa Ghizzone, who was…
What do we mean by ultra-leftism?
https://socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourself-marxism/what-do-we-mean-by-ultra-leftism/
Published: May 9, 2026 16:15
Revolutionary socialists are often accused of being “ultra-left”. Labour Party loyalists have used the accusation to smear socialists organising outside parliament. And trade union leaders have undermined militants by denouncing them as ultra-left. But the…
An opportunity missed: Your Party, independents and the 2026 elections
Published: May 9, 2026 16:08
Most of the anger at Keir Starmer’s Labour Party boosted the Green Party in the local elections in England. But some of it went to independent candidates who challenged Labour’s record over Palestine and austerity. The Your Party leadership endorsed…
Elections 2026: ‘We’ll keep fighting Reform UK’ say anti-racists
Published: May 8, 2026 17:22
Reform UK’s surge in the elections on Thursday marks a “dangerous turning point,” Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) has warned. SUTR led mass campaigning against Nigel Farage’s far right party in England, Scotland and Wales. Reform UK has won over 1,000 seats, a…
Meltdown: How over 100 years of Welsh Labour was undone
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/meltdown-how-100-years-of-welsh-labour-was-undone/
Published: May 8, 2026 17:19
“How did you go bankrupt?” one of the characters in Ernest Hemingway’s novel, The Sun Also Rises, is asked. “Two ways,” he replies. “Gradually—then suddenly.” Welsh first minister Eluned Morgan should have given the same reply when asked why Labour was…
Elections 2026: Greens make huge breakthrough as voters reject Labour at the ballot box
Published: May 8, 2026 16:48
The success of the Green Party in local council elections in England on Thursday underlines the fracturing of mainstream politics. In an election where the far right Reform UK surged, it offers a spark of hope. The Greens celebrated the election of their…
Enfield Reform UK candidate is fascist who celebrated Holocaust
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/enfield-reform-uk-candidate-is-nazi-who-celebrated-holocaust/
Published: May 8, 2026 11:07
Socialist Worker can exclusively reveal that Reform UK ran a Nazi as a candidate in north London the local elections on 7 May. Paul Stephen Conway stood as a candidate for the far right party in the Enfield Lock ward of Enfield Council. In a Facebook post…
Elections 2026: Reform UK surges as mainstream politics fractures
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/elections-2026-reform-uk-surges-as-mainstream-politics-fractures/
Published: May 8, 2026 07:02
Early results from the local elections in England have confirmed the threat of the far right and the fracturing of mainstream politics. They have been devastating for the Labour Party—and it will only get worse as results from the Scottish and Welsh…
Why did Modi win in India’s state elections?
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/why-did-modi-win-in-indias-state-elections/
Published: May 7, 2026 15:40
India’s state-wide elections have been a disaster for the left. Some 154 million people across four states and one territory voted in April, with ballots counted on Monday this week. The results saw Narendra Modi’s hard right BJP party sweep all before it.…
Farage’s frauds 3 ‘We’ll fix your local council’
Published: May 7, 2026 10:51
In elections last year, Reform UK wiped out the Tories to take over Kent County Council. This, said Nigel Farage, marked “the most significant day of my career,” claiming Kent would be a “shop window” for a national Reform UK government. The far right…
Solidarity pours in for Connaught school strike
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/solidarity-pours-in-for-connaught-school-strike/
Published: May 6, 2026 16:19
Solidarity poured onto the picket lines at Connaught School for Girls in east London on Wednesday. Around 30 strikers and supporters joined the picket line in Waltham Forest in the battle against bosses’ plans to slash jobs and pay and cut subjects from…
Leicester school workers demand rep is reinstated
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/leicester-school-workers-demand-rep-is-reinstated/
Published: May 6, 2026 15:58
Workers at a school in Leicester are demanding the reinstatement of their union rep, who was suspended after a successful strike ballot. Unison union members at Ash Field Academy, a special educational needs and disabilities (Send) school in Evington, are…
Gas supplier Equinor profits while we suffer
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/gas-supplier-equinor-profits-while-we-suffer/
Published: May 6, 2026 15:32
Britain’s biggest gas supplier, Equinor, raked in bumper profits of over £7 billion in the first three months of 2026. The Norwegian giant is profiteering from Donald Trump’s war on Iran while households face soaring utility bills. Its profits are up from…
Red letter of resistance to Royal Mail bosses
https://socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions/red-letter-of-resistance-to-royal-mail-bosses/
Published: May 6, 2026 13:12
There are signs of resistance to a proposed deal between Royal Mail bosses and the leaders of the CWU union. The union says the offer being put to members is a way of handling the “reform” of the Universal Service Obligation (USO) and improving pay and…
Four Palestine activists found guilty of criminal damage for destroying weapons of death
Published: May 5, 2026 17:22
A jury has acquitted two Palestine activists of the charge of criminal damage. They also acquitted Samuel Corner of Grievous Bodily Harm with intent against a police officer. But they did convict four others of criminal damage. And they found Samuel guilty…
Capitalism, slavery and a legacy of resistance
https://socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/capitalism-slavery-and-a-legacy-of-resistance/
Published: May 5, 2026 13:21
What is the main argument of your book? To point out that the wealth piled up by enslaving, looting, land grabbing and murdering in Africa, Asia and the Americas flowed back to Britain and was turned into capital here. The general idea is to say that the…
Starmer’s last stand
https://socialistworker.co.uk/sw-view/starmers-last-stand/
Published: May 5, 2026 12:13
The Labour Party was facing a catastrophic defeat in this week’s local elections as Socialist Worker went to press on Tuesday afternoon. And a group of backbench Labour MPs were considering writing an open letter demanding the leader’s resignation after…
‘Time to set a course for school strikes and fight for our class’
Published: May 5, 2026 12:12
Donald Trump’s war on Iran has sent shockwaves through the global economy—and Keir Starmer wants all of us to pay the price. But, if the trade union movement gets on a war footing, we can stop them getting away with it. That’s why what we decide at the NEU…
Step up Ameen Hadi fight as bosses try to target him
https://socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/step-up-ameen-hadi-fight-as-bosses-try-to-target-him/
Published: May 5, 2026 12:10
The campaign to defend leading trade unionist and anti-racist Ameen Hadi stepped up a gear last week as management moved against him. Bosses at Labour-run Salford City Council have so far suspended Ameen from work for two months, following a malicious…
Anti-racist round-up: Get ready to dance in Camden
https://socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/anti-racist-round-up-get-ready-to-dance-in-camden/
Published: May 5, 2026 12:03
Activists in north London are organising a Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) gig next week. LMHR will host the gig at The Camden next Wednesday, 13 March, 7pm. Confirmed acts include Star Magician, Half Star and Sacha Maria, with more to follow. They are…
Letters: Freedom in Iran must and will come from below
https://socialistworker.co.uk/letters/letters-freedom-in-iran-must-and-will-come-from-below/
Published: May 5, 2026 11:48
I am an Iranian Marxist activist, a former political prisoner of the Islamic Republic and I was a participant in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. The Islamic Republic faces one of the deepest crises of legitimacy in its history. In December 2025 and January…
‘We won’t let Labour and cops ban our marches’: Muslims and Jews speak out
Published: May 5, 2026 11:05
The Labour government, the police and the right wing media have unleashed a witch-hunt of Muslims and the Palestine movement. They are have seized on a horrific antisemitic attack in Golders Green, north London, last week. Their aim is to paint Muslims and…
Anti-colonialism sharply reimagined for today
https://socialistworker.co.uk/reviews-and-culture/anti-colonialism-sharply-reimagined-for-today/
Published: May 4, 2026 15:01
French director François Ozon’s new film brings Albert Camus’ novel The Stranger into the 21st century. Benjamin Voisin plays main character Meursault as the perfect heartless void. He learns his mother has died and barely shrugs. Not quite stoical, just…
Pressure on Trump at home and abroad as Iran talks stall again
Published: May 4, 2026 14:58
US president Donald Trump is in trouble. He is desperate for a solution to a crisis of his own making in Iran, now that peace talks have stalled. And at home his support has collapsed as disapproval ratings reach new heights. Last Sunday, he announced that…
Vote for Palestine hunger striker standing for election in north London
Published: May 4, 2026 14:57
In Finsbury Park, north London, Amu Gib is running in the local council election from their prison cell. Amu was arrested and imprisoned for their alleged involvement in a break-in at RAF Brize Norton, which facilitates flights to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.…
Cracks in the system widen after UAE’s Opec exit
https://socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callinicos/cracks-in-the-system-widen-after-uaes-opec-exit/
Published: May 4, 2026 14:51
We don’t know how the Iran War will be settled. But it is already evident that it is an event of world-historic significance. A middle-ranking power fought two military giants—the US and Israel—to a standstill. There could be no clearer sign of the…
Farage unveils ‘Vote Green, get illegals’ policy in racist election gambit
Published: May 4, 2026 13:19
Reform UK has unveiled a plan to lock them up tens of thousands of migrants in detention centres—in areas the Green Party wins. The “Vote Green, Get Illegals” campaign, launched on Monday, is a piece of political theatre to appeal to right wing and…