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What we think
Boris, Brexit and British capitalism
Editorial of the Socialist: Boris Johnson’s victory in the Tory leadership election will probably turn out to be the most predictable political event of 2019
CWI refounded with determination and confidence
Special feature
“The longest, darkest days of my life”: fighting Universal Credit
How councils can stop Universal Credit: “I tried to explain that there is no way £12 a week would cover food shopping, travel and childcare fees”
Socialist Party news and analysis
Build a working-class movement to force an election
Johnson is keen to present himself as a representative of ordinary people – but his policy announcements are anti-worker through and through
Labour promises to end council privatisation: councils must do that now!
Labour needs to send a clear message to the working class, because that is not what we see in our workplaces and communities
Tories look in wrong place for climate solutions
Extreme heat caused misery for those stuck in blisteringly hot workplaces as well as thousands of stranded passengers, as our poorly funded infrastructure ground to a halt
Lib Dems: little bosses’ party elects eager pro-austerity leader
Jo Swinson has eagerly put her hand up for austerity, privatisation, fracking, war and the bosses’ European Union
Aristocrats are rich after all… and getting richer
Economic ‘liberalisation’ and deregulation of the City, ushered in by Margaret Thatcher, turbo-charged aristocrats’ wealth
International socialist news and analysis
Mass movement topples governor of Puerto Rico
Two weeks of almost continuous mass protests have forced the resignation of the governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselló
Hong Kong: the struggle for democratic rights escalates
Workplace news and analysis
Lobby the TUC for workers’ action to defeat Johnson
TUC congress should be a council of war to bring together all the increasing number of disputes – join the lobby on 8 September
Northern Ireland: Harland and Wolff shipyard workers enter occupation
Demand government renationalise to save jobs and skills: Attempts to find a buyer for the shipyard ran into difficulties, leaving workers an uncertain future
“Enough is enough”: 20,000 Northern Ireland civil servants strike against pay restraint
The strike has been provoked by the imposition of another below-inflation pay award for 2018-19
Plymouth posties deliver defiant message to bullying bosses
Postal workers at the West Park delivery office in Plymouth took unofficial strike action from 24-26 July after Royal Mail’s refusal to deal with bullying and harassment
“BEIS: stop pISSing about and give outsourcing the boot!”
Catering workers and cleaners, members of civil service union PCS, walked out on indefinite strike action on 15 July at the government’s business department,
Hackney transport strike – blockade foils employers
Sainsbury’s distribution workers’ second 24-hour strike against cuts to sick pay
Workers at Sainbury’s Waltham Point distribution centre in Essex took a second 24-hour strike action against cuts to sick pay on 25 July
Nottingham Deliveroo riders strike against unfair algorithm
“The algorithm is pushing out cyclists and favouring motors – pushing us to the back of the queue and damaging the environment”
Bromley library workers strike against running down
The long-running strike against the running down of Bromley libraries has not lost its enthusiasm
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Enfield: 100% council homes at Meridian Water!
A big meeting of residents and trade unionists in Edmonton, North London, set up a campaign to fight for 100% council homes at Meridian Water, the biggest redevelopment project in London
Walthamstow shopping centre fire: people’s plan – not disaster capitalism
Phenomena like floods or fire can be an excuse to rush through plans to privatise land, buildings and space
Tolpuddle festival 2019: socialist policies to end Tory rule and austerity
Thousands of activists and trade unionists attended the Tolpuddle festival over the weekend of 20-21 July
Barking: campaigning over housing safety
Following a shocking, preventable fire on its housing estate a few weeks ago, Barking Reach Residents’ Association met to discuss the next steps of its campaign
July climate strikes: link up with the workers’ movement
On 19 July, members of the Socialist Party and Socialist Students braved the rain outside parliament to support school students striking against climate change
Ilford: parents and teachers unite against school cuts
Ilford County High School, which has a deficit, should force the council to allow a moratorium on repayments
Boris Johnson ‘coronation’ – demos say: boot him out!
In the aftermath of Boris Johnson’s ‘election’ there were two lively and angry protests in central London
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Opinion
Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist’s editors. Victimised TUSC agent writes; climate travel chaos; education pensions attack; water privatisation scandal; ‘Labour peers’?
Huge workload, low pay and unpaid hours – a day in the life of a teaching assistant
The role has changed unrecognisably in the last few years, but the wages do not reflect the level of commitment and professionalism the position now demands or the extra pressures it brings