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Debating a new left challenge in Wales
https://socialistworker.co.uk/labour/debating-a-new-left-challenge-in-wales/
Published: May 16, 2025 07:58
Some 56 people attended a left wing gathering in Merthyr, South Wales, last Saturday aimed at creating a “movement for people, peace and planet”. The keynote speaker was Beth Winter, the former Labour MP for Cynon Valley. She said that she had seen…
‘Israel’s plan was always genocide’—workplace day of action marks Nakba anniversary
Published: May 15, 2025 21:19
Trade unionists across the country came out in solidarity with Palestine on Thursday. The day of action marked the 77th anniversary of the Nakba—when Zionist forces expelled over 800,000 people to found the state of Israel. The day of action, called by…
Why did Trump lift sanctions on Syria? Interview with Syrian socialist
Published: May 15, 2025 13:41
Donald Trump has lifted sanctions on Syria in a bid to boost US power in the Middle East. He is looking to make inroads with the new regime of Ahmed al-Sharra, who came to power after the downfall of the Assad dictatorship last December. Syrian socialist…
New report reveals torment of trans+ children stuck on waiting lists
Published: May 15, 2025 06:17
The number of trans+ children stuck on NHS waiting lists has rocketed in the wake of the Cass Review. Some 6,225 children were on the national waiting list at the end of March, data obtained by the PA news agency showed on Wednesday. That’s up from 5,560…
Labour-run council is slashing children’s centres
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/labour-run-council-is-slashing-childrens-centres/
Published: May 14, 2025 21:08
A Labour-run council in west London is denying working class families crucial services. Ealing council is looking to close 12 of its 25 children’s centres and a full-time nursery. Around 75 people joined a protest on Wednesday against the cuts. One parent…
Where next for Kurdish freedom struggle after PKK disbands?
Published: May 14, 2025 16:19
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has ended four decades of armed struggle against the Turkish state. The PKK, which has fought for national liberation since the 1970s, announced that it had disbanded on Monday. The move follows PKK founder Abdullah…
Marx, materialism and degrowth communism
https://socialistworker.co.uk/environment/marx-materialism-and-degrowth-communism/
Published: May 13, 2025 13:47
What are your thoughts on how the environmental movement has changed? Actually, I was pro-growth, like green growth. I was into this idea of a Green New Deal. That along with the working class movement we can push states to invest more, shifting from its…
Starmer’s racist claims feed far right
https://socialistworker.co.uk/sw-view/starmers-racist-claims-feed-far-right/
Published: May 13, 2025 12:30
When Enoch Powell made his racist “Rivers of Blood” speech in 1968, the Tories kicked him out of the shadow cabinet. Today the head of the cabinet echoes that speech. Prime minister Keir Starmer’s speech on Monday mirrored Powell’s language. Powell claimed…
Pakistan and India reach ceasefire over Kashmir
https://socialistworker.co.uk/international/pakistan-and-india-reach-ceasefire-over-kashmir/
Published: May 13, 2025 11:31
India and Pakistan have pulled back from all-out war over the divided territory of Kashmir—but the threat remains. The two nuclear-armed states agreed an uneasy ceasefire last Saturday. United States president Donald Trump claimed credit for…
Reports round-up: Unions take action on climate change
https://socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions/reports-round-up-unions-take-action-on-climate-change/
Published: May 13, 2025 11:22
Around 90 activists met last Wednesday to discuss how to take climate action in unions and workplaces. As temperature rises hit new records, Labour is pushing ahead with airport expansion and fossil fuel extraction. It’s trying to buy the support of…
Alex Callinicos: Far right’s rise splits the Catholic Church
Published: May 13, 2025 11:15
With perfect timing, the left wing US historian Greg Grandin has just published a book called America, América. It’s about the tortuous, often conflictual relationship between the US and Latin America. By using the English and Spanish names of the…
Letters: Not all independents should be drawn into left umbrella
Published: May 13, 2025 11:08
The case of the seven independent councillors in Slough who joined the Liberal Democrats is complicated and contradictory. They left Labour in the run up to the general election. It was partly over Gaza but also over dissatisfaction with the party more…
Imperialists seek ceasefire in Ukraine
https://socialistworker.co.uk/international/imperialists-seek-ceasefire-in-ukraine/
Published: May 13, 2025 09:24
The war in Ukraine could flare up again as the United States, Europe and Russia fight over peace negotiations. United States president Donald Trump is keen for Ukraine to cut a deal, declaring, “HAVE THE MEETING, NOW!!!” But Germany has threatened more…
School workers strike to defend pensions
https://socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions/school-workers-strike-to-defend-pensions/
Published: May 13, 2025 09:11
A cluster of private schools have struck over defending pensions in recent weeks. Bosses claim that rising costs mean they can’t afford the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS), instead pushing workers on to worse private schemes. In reality, bosses just want to…
Kashmir: divided by empire
https://socialistworker.co.uk/international/kashmir-divided-by-empire/
Published: May 12, 2025 18:45
Two nuclear-armed states, India and Pakistan, are threatening to go to war over the divided region of Kashmir. Kashmir, located high in the Himalayan mountain range, is home to about 15 million people. The threat of war is a bitter legacy of the British…
Don’t let education union leaders row back on strike ballot
Published: May 12, 2025 15:34
There are warning signs that the NEU education union leadership is retreating from national strikes over pay. The NEU national executive has voted to hold an electronic survey of union members after Labour makes a pay award. Socialists on the executive…
Israel’s ethnic cleansing plan causes rift with the United States
Published: May 12, 2025 15:31
Last week, Israel announced a new phase of its genocidal assault on Gaza. As Israel bombed Fatima Bint Asad School in northern Jabalia, murdering 17 people, its forces are establishing a “sustained presence” in Gaza. “Every day we are witnessing horrible…
Starmer pushes racist lie that migrants ‘damage Britain’
https://socialistworker.co.uk/labour/starmer-pushes-racist-lie-that-migrants-damage-britain/
Published: May 12, 2025 13:26
Keir Starmer embraced the language of the far right on Monday to launch a new crackdown on migrants. The Labour prime minister said Britain risked “becoming an island of strangers”—using phrases that echoed racist Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of Blood” speech in…
Palestinian ‘freedom struggle will win’: interview with author Phil Marfleet
https://socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-2023/palestinian-freedom-struggle-will-win/
Published: May 11, 2025 14:09
How has the question of Palestinian liberation changed since 7 October 2023? There’s been an enormous increase in awareness around the situation for Palestinians. At the start of this century, for the first time there was talk of “Global Palestine”. Since…
Almost half of adults will not be able to survive on pensions
Published: May 11, 2025 14:04
Nearly two in five adults under 40 may be unable to cover even their basic needs in retirement, according to Scottish Widows. The study and found pension savings are failing to keep pace with the rising cost of living—and working class people will be the…
Zack Polanski leadership bid tries to pull Greens to the left
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/zack-polanski-leadership-bid-tries-to-pull-greens-to-the-left/
Published: May 11, 2025 13:57
Thousands of people have joined the Green Party in the wake of Zack Polanski announcing his leadership bid. His campaign has become a focus for many who want a left alternative to the Labour Party. At the London Green Party’s conference on Saturday,…
UCU demonstration calls for a national campaign against cuts
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/ucu-demonstration-calls-for-a-national-campaign-against-cuts/
Published: May 10, 2025 19:19
At least 500 university and college workers, students and supporters rallied in central London on Saturday. The protest, called by the UCU union, came as the Labour government and bosses plunge higher and further education into crisis. Just last week, the…
Scottish demonstration demands welfare not warfare
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/scottish-demonstration-demands-welfare-not-warfare/
Published: May 10, 2025 19:18
Around 500 people marched through Glasgow on Saturday to demand, “Welfare not warfare.” The national demonstration was organised by Stop The War and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and backed unions and campaign groups. Marchers called for Labour…
Corbyn almost declares new left challenge to Starmer
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/corbyn-almost-declares-new-left-challenge-to-starmer/
Published: May 10, 2025 19:08
Former Labour Party leader and Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn came closer than ever to declaring a new left electoral coalition or political party on Saturday. He said a new formation would be set up before the English local elections in May 2026— earlier if…
Diane Abbott calls out Labour for pandering to Reform UK’s racism
Published: May 10, 2025 17:53
Veteran MP Diane Abbott has slammed Labour politicians who “think the answer to tackling Reform UK is echoing it”. She said “we must fight back against that tendency within the Labour Party” at a Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) event in east London on Saturday.…
What makes someone working class?
https://socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourself-marxism/what-makes-someone-working-class/
Published: May 9, 2025 21:02
Class still matters in politics. That is the lesson of last week’s council elections according to Guardian newspaper commentator Larry Elliott. Twenty-five years ago, it was a different story. Then Labour prime minister Tony Blair championed the idea of a…
Hundreds show the power of the picket line in Birmingham
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/the-power-of-the-picket-line/
Published: May 9, 2025 17:22
“This is brilliant” striking bin worker Ben told Socialist Worker. “The levels of solidarity from beyond Birmingham proves how strong workers and unions really are.” He was one of around 400 bin workers and supporters who forced Labour council bosses to…
Birmingham mega picket shows a strategy that can win
https://socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions/mass-picket-shows-a-strategy-that-can-win/
Published: May 9, 2025 14:58
When Labour declared war on the Birmingham bin workers, it thought it would force the strikers back to work. But on Friday Labour and the bosses were on the run. The Labour council—at the behest of the Labour government—has used the armoury of the state to…
Breaking: Mass picket shuts Birmingham bin depot
https://socialistworker.co.uk/labour/breaking-mass-picket-shuts-birmingham-bin-depot/
Published: May 9, 2025 06:23
Hundreds of bin strikers and supporters have forced Labour council bosses in Birmingham to shut the Lifford Lane depot. Trade unionists from across Britain have gathered outside the depot this morning to show solidarity with the indefinite refuse strike. …
Victims of infected blood scandal continue to fight for compensation
Published: May 8, 2025 22:34
People are being belittled, re-traumatised and ignored in the last episode of horror in the infected blood scandal. Some 30,000 people were given contaminated blood in between the 1970s and early 1990s. NHS patients were given blood infected with HIV and…