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Socialist Party news and analysis
Our lives and livelihoods at stake
Covid testing chaos, mass job losses: Fight for safety, and ‘work or full pay’!
Sketch: The rule of six – some guidance from your government
“As a guideline, if you aren’t at school or work, then any breach of the rule will kill your gran”
Johnson’s brinkmanship over EU deal deepens capitalist splits
Johnson is under pressure from the two wings of his own party as well as the capitalist class
Blame politicians, not workers and young people
Covid-19 lockdown in Birmingham: Low-paid workers are forced into work and overcrowded housing
Capitalist profit and the race to develop a vaccine
The pharmaceutical industry needs to be in public ownership and democratically planned to meet the needs of the world’s population
‘Covid marshalls’ must be accountable to communities
They could be used to harass socially distanced protests and campaigns
Coronavirus news in brief: bosses’ pandemic profit bonanza, privatised testing and treatment fiasco
NHS
Angry health workers demand 15% now!
‘Mobilise the members for national industrial action’: Furiours NHS workers organised local demos for a pay rise
NHS workers: “We deserve a fair wage” – 15% now!
“Claps don’t pay the bills and our pay deal is a farce. Stand with us and fight for 15%.”
Workplace news and analysis
National Shop Stewards Network lobbying for a lead from the TUC
Workers organised to defend health and safety, and now jobs too
PCS members in DWP reject unsafe extension of hours
77% of PCS union members have voted in favour of industrial action in a consultative ballot
Ireland: Debenham’s occupier speaks out
We were arrested, held in individual cells, and then released
London bus drivers begin strike ballot over remote sign-on dispute
There is no benefit to passengers, and remote sign-on could well disrupt services
Tate workers on indefinite strike hold march and rally
PCS union members marched alongside other arts and culture workers against job losses in the sector
Sacked Unison rep Tony Smith in Hull has attended his appeal hearing, accompanied by supporters
Hundreds of trade unionists have signed an open letter to Ikea demanding sacked Usdaw union rep Richie Venton be reinstated
Schools
Dispatches from the front: schools need Covid tests!
School workers struggle with extra duties and absences due to lack of testing
Public services
Covid and the third sector: for public planning, not charity stopgaps
The government has shown the potential for a coordinated, fully funded, public effort – but refused to deliver it
Labour Party
Non-fiction: Left Out – the inside story of Labour under Corbyn
Retreat and hesitation could not beat relentless right wing
International socialist news and analysis
Egypt: Support for al-Sisi dwindles as his regime increases repression
Popular support for Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s dictatorial regime is vanishing
Nigerian police repress peaceful anti-government protest
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Two weeks to donate: we need your help
We need to raise £2,750 a week to hit our new target by 1 October. With government credibility crumbling, a socialist voice is needed.
Coventry: scrap ‘profit before people’ hospital parking charges
The Coventry Socialist Party campaign to scrap hospital parking charges continues
Covid generation says ‘fund our future’
As part of the Young Socialists national day of action, we brought an open letter onto the streets
Why I joined the Socialist Party: Tories and Blairites only care about corporate greed
I joined the Socialist Party following the class battle in Labour between left and right
Just some of the events where the Socialist newspaper was sold in the past week…
