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What causes child sexual exploitation?
https://socialistworker.co.uk/womens-liberation/what-causes-child-sexual-exploitation/
Published: January 12, 2025 16:42
The right has used Āgenuine Āoutrage aroundĀ āgrooming gangsā to build its base of support. But if youāre a child, the person most likely to rape you isnāt your local taxi driver or takeaway worker. It is your father. This abuse probably wonāt be reportedā¦
Jean-Marie Le Pen diesābut his fascist legacy lives
https://socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/jean-marie-le-pen-dies-but-his-fascist-legacy-lives/
Published: January 12, 2025 16:38
On the night fascist leader Jean-Marie Le Pen died last week there was dancing on the streets of Paris. Thousands partied, and some carried signs that read, āThe dirty racist is deadā, or more simply, āBeautiful dayā. Mainstream politicians were aghastā¦
Reform UK councillors resign over Farageās leadership
https://socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/reform-uk-councillors-resign-over-farages-leadership/
Published: January 11, 2025 17:15
In a sign of the divisions inside Reform UK, ten councillors have resigned from the far right party in protest at Nigel Farageās leadership. The councillors in Derbyshire say Reform UK is being run in an āautocratic mannerāāand attacked Farage for showingā¦
The politics of Reform UKādespair wrapped in racism
https://socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/the-politics-of-reform-uk-despair-wrapped-in-racism/
Published: January 11, 2025 17:14
The ambition of Reform UK, a far right and racist party, is to mobilise division and hate for its advantage. Nigel Farage and the partyās other MPs never hesitate to spread their vile lies whenever they have a platform. And they are currently havingā¦
Intersectionality, Marxism and class
https://socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourself-marxism/intersectionality-marxism-and-class/
Published: January 11, 2025 17:13
The organisers of the UK Womenās March 2025 describe themselves as intersectional feminists. The idea of intersectionality acknowledges how race, gender, class, sexuality and disability impact on womenās lives. This approach is a huge advance on transā¦
NEU union members should vote to strike for better pay
https://socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions/neu-members-should-vote-to-strike-for-better-pay/
Published: January 10, 2025 17:58
Teachers will vote on taking industrial action over the Labour governmentās pay insult. The NEU education union announced it would hold a consultative ballot on membersā āwillingness to take industrial actionā if ministers do not ācommit to a significantā¦
Israeli attacks ramp up in Gaza, West Bank and Yemen
https://socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-2023/israeli-attacks-ramp-up-in-gaza-west-bank-and-yemen/
Published: January 10, 2025 17:08
Israel has ramped up its onslaught in Gaza, gone on the offensive in the West Bankāand launched air strikes on Yemen. Israeli forces bombed the airport in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, the Hezyaz power station and the Hodeida and Ras Isa ports on theā¦
How debt helps and harms capitalism
https://socialistworker.co.uk/comment/how-debt-helps-and-harms-capitalism/
Published: January 10, 2025 16:41
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are in big economic trouble. Theyāve raised taxes and cut spending to reassure rich investors the budget deficit is under control. But the money menāand a few womenāwho move vast sums across the foreign exchanges every day inā¦
Trump, Greenland and tariffs
https://socialistworker.co.uk/us-elections-2024/trump-greenland-and-tariffs/
Published: January 9, 2025 20:40
You might think that Donald Trumpās calls for the United States to annex Greenland are a bit bizarre and outrageous. But Trumpās following in the footsteps of many US presidents whoāve tried to take over the Arctic island. Greenland was bound up withā¦
āStarmer should pay upā says freezing pensioner after winter fuel cuts
Published: January 9, 2025 13:38
Millions of pensioners are terrified to put their heating on as freezing temperatures sweep northern England. Caroline is a pensioner living in Bradford where temperatures plunged to -12 degrees Celsius last Thursday. Caroline is one of the 10 millionā¦
Updated: Is Reform UK standing in a council by-election near you?
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/is-reform-uk-standing-in-a-council-by-election-near-you/
Published: January 9, 2025 10:00
The leaders of Reform UK are using by-elections to help build a mass, far right party. Standing in by elections helps them identify organisers and activists and sink roots into neighbourhoods. They are a rehearsal for the local council elections in Mayāandā¦
Trump is a terrifying prospect amid California wildfires
https://socialistworker.co.uk/environment/trump-is-a-terrifying-prospect-amid-california-wildfires/
Published: January 8, 2025 18:43
Two weeks before Donald Trumpās inauguration as United States president, wildfires are ripping through California. The Los Angeles fire chief reported that the fires had killed two people and had seriously injured many more, including a 25 year oldā¦
Police try to repress national Palestine protest
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/police-try-to-repress-national-palestine-protest/
Published: January 8, 2025 18:01
The police is trying to stop the Palestine solidarity demonstration on Saturday 18 January from assembling outside the BBC. But the organisers have rejected the outrageous move, which is part of the British stateās crackdown on the Palestine movement. Theyā¦
SAS covered up its crimes in Afghanistan
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/sas-covered-up-its-crimes-in-afghanistan/
Published: January 8, 2025 17:30
The SAS special forces had a āgolden pass allowing them to get away with murderā during the Westās occupation of Afghanistan. An inquiry into SAS night raids in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013 heard the damning revelations, which it published onā¦
Trudeau resigns as political crisis overwhelms Liberal Party
Published: January 8, 2025 15:54
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau stepped down this week amid a growing political crisis. The Liberal Party leader was initially popular when he was elected in 2015. He introduced some reforms including bringing in a new child benefit and softened theā¦
Sixth form workers keep up pay strikes
https://socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions/sixth-form-workers-keep-up-pay-strikes/
Published: January 7, 2025 14:08
Striking sixth form college teachers remain resolute against Labourās new pay offer. Labour snubbed teachers at sixth form colleges that havenāt been turned into academies by excluding them from a 5.5 percent pay rise. In response, over 2,000 NEU educationā¦
McDonaldās workers are forced to endure sexual abuse
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/mcdonalds-workers-are-forced-to-endure-sexual-abuse/
Published: January 7, 2025 14:08
Teenage girls are subjected to sexual abused and harassed in fast-food outlets on British high streets. McDonaldās workers face unrelenting sexual abuse and widespread harassment at work. A report by the BBC into British branches of the multinational hasā¦
Take the fight to Starmerās Labour
https://socialistworker.co.uk/sw-view/take-the-fight-to-starmers-labour/
Published: January 7, 2025 13:09
Faced with Keir Starmerās failing Labour government and an insurgent far right, tens of thousands of people are looking for a left alternative. The mass movement for Palestine and Labourās support for Israelās genocide saw Jeremy Corbyn and four otherā¦
Union round up: Refuse workers reject rubbish cuts to roles
Published: January 7, 2025 13:04
Over 350 refuse Āworkers across five sites in Birmingham struck on Monday. Birmingham council is trying to abolish the critical Waste Recycling and Collection Officer safety roleāit would see around 150 Āworkers who take on the role lose Ā£8,000, andā¦
Both left and right on streets in South Korea
https://socialistworker.co.uk/international/both-left-and-right-on-streets-in-south-korea/
Published: January 7, 2025 12:59
The streets of Seoul in South Korea were alive with resistance last Saturday as hundreds of thousands protested against the policeās failure to arrest suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol. State authorities tried to arrest Yoon at his home last Friday, butā¦
Broxtowe councillor slams Starmer after leaving Labour
https://socialistworker.co.uk/labour/broxtowe-councillor-slams-starmer-after-leaving-labour/
Published: January 7, 2025 12:51
In a significant blow to Keir Starmer, Labour has lost control of a council in Nottinghamshire after a group of councillors quit the party. Twenty councillors in Broxtowe, including the leader Milan Radulovic, broke with Labour last week over theā¦
The next pandemic is already with us
https://socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/the-next-pandemic-is-already-with-us/
Published: January 7, 2025 12:42
Five years ago, a killer was on the loose and making its way to Britain, passing from person to person, Ācarried on ships and jets. The NHS first detected the new strain of coronavirus in January 2020. The British stateās legendary Āunpreparedness for aā¦
Westās last push in Ukraine before Trumpās return
https://socialistworker.co.uk/international/wests-last-push-in-ukraine-before-trumps-return/
Published: January 7, 2025 12:12
Ukraine launched a new offensive in the Russian region of Kursk on Monday in a last ditch attempt to regain the initiative before Donald Trumpās inauguration as United States president. Itās another dangerous turn in the proxy war between Western andā¦
Hard Graft exhibition: Shining a light into the world of work
Published: January 7, 2025 11:57
The Hard Graft exhibition explores the impact of work on peopleās health in three spacesāthe plantation, the street and the home. The exhibition space opens with the theme of āthe plantationā. As colonies were established in the newly ādiscoveredā lands,ā¦
Is now the time for a new left alternative?
https://socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callinicos/is-now-the-time-for-a-new-left-alternative/
Published: January 7, 2025 11:52
Events at the end of last yearāin Syria, South Korea, and Franceāshowed that the multiple crises of the system are accelerating. But these crises also interact with each other. Britain is a good example. Less than six months into office, Keir Starmerāsā¦
Survivors of sexual abuse are failed by the state, not multiculturalism
Published: January 6, 2025 17:59
The cops and councils failed victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) because of sexism, not because of race or āpolitical correctnessā. Home Office research from 2020 said, āThere is no credible evidence that any one ethnic group is over-representedā inā¦
Elon Musk stokes fires of racism in Britain
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/elon-musk-stokes-fires-of-racism-in-britain/
Published: January 6, 2025 17:59
The worldās richest manāX owner Elon Muskāis boosting the forces of the far right in Britain ahead of Donald Trumpās return to the White House. Musk, a billionaire who will be in the Trump administration, has weaponised the horrors of child sexualā¦
Government lets Grenfell contractors off the hook
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/government-lets-grenfell-contractors-off-the-hook/
Published: January 6, 2025 17:20
The victims and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have suffered yet another injustice. The former Tory government promised to hold building contractors accountable for their role in the blaze that engulfed the west London tower block in 2017. Theā¦
Letters Eat, drink and be merryā but feel guilty afterwards
https://socialistworker.co.uk/letters/letters-eat-drink-and-be-merry-but-feel-guilty-afterwards/
Published: January 6, 2025 15:35
So the Christmas season is over. For the past few weeks we have all been bombarded with advertising telling us to drink, eat and be merry. The supermarkets will have made billions in profits during December. Now that January has arrived, itās time for usā¦