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Tory splits and infighting growing

9 June
With the Tories ahead of Starmer's Labour in the polls, no doubt Johnson hopes he can continue to defy political gravity, aided by the abject failure of Starmer to act as an opposition. His hopes will come to nothing. As society moves out of lockdown, all the pent-up political and economic processes that have accumulated over the last 15 months are starting to be unleashed. More...

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RMT picket at Nottingham station - East Midlands Railway dispute - Sunday 13th June, photo by G Freeman

RMT picket at Nottingham station - East Midlands Railway dispute - Sunday 13th June. Photo G Freeman

NEWS AND SOCIALIST ANALYSIS

9 June 2021

If unions give a lead, workers are fully prepared to fight and win victories

A year ago, the trade union leaderships collapsed into national unity with the Tory government and the employers. More...

9 June 2021

G7 tax deal won't challenge corporate power

Ahead of the G7 summit, the media brought news of a 'historic' plan to impose a global minimum tax rate on large companies More...

9 June 2021

Left candidate needed for Unite general secretary election

The nomination period for the Unite general secretary election has closed with all four candidates gaining enough branch nominations More...

More news and analysis...

REPORTS AND CAMPAIGNS

11/6/21 Unison

Right lose control in national executive council election The election results have been announced for the national executive of Unison More...

9/6/21 NHS

'Let's fight to win on NHS pay and funding' Local protests and demonstrations are being organised on the NHS's birthday, 3 July More...

9/6/21 PCS

Fight for a socialist leadership in PCS, build a fighting, democratic union! PCS annual conference convenes on 13 June More...

9/6/21 Housing

"Rights are won not given" - London refugee wins housing debt campaign Lawanya Ramajeyam, an asylum seeker, was unable to make rent on her room More...

More reports and campaigns...

The Socialist, weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party

The Socialist newspaper, 9 June 2021, issue 1137

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The Socialist issue 1137

News

spot G7 tax deal won't challenge corporate power

spot Dea-John Reid murder: Jobs, homes and services, not racism

spot Tory school catch-up plan: Fight for the funding our schools and colleges need

spot Post-Brexit trade deals: Workers' mobilisation needed to stop corporate extortion

spot G7 green hypocrisy

spot New book - coming soon: The Struggle for World Socialism

spot G7 Can't solve poverty, Covid and climate change - join the struggle for Socialism

What we think

spot Tory splits and infighting growing

NHS

spot 'Let's fight to win on NHS pay and funding'

spot We're building for 3 July NHS protests

Workplace news

spot Goodlord striker speaks out: How we unionised and fought the bosses

spot Revolt against 'social partnership' at Wales Trades Union Congress 2021

spot Douwe Egberts workers strike against pay cuts of up to £12,000 a year

spot London workers prepare to fight Khan's transport cuts

spot If unions give a lead, workers are fully prepared to fight and win victories

spot Fight for a socialist leadership in PCS, build a fighting, democratic union!

spot Workplace news in brief

Lessons from history

spot The 1971 Upper Clyde Shipbuilders occupation and work-in

Campaigns news

spot Cladding safety: Protests demand developers and government pay

spot "Rights are won not given" - London refugee wins housing debt campaign

spot Hundreds march to scrap Silvertown Tunnel project

spot Shame on Clarion - another exploitative landlord

Israel/Palestine

spot Palestinian self-determination - is the solution one state or two?

Readers' opinion

spot TV review: Mrs Thatcher vs the miners

spot Readers' Opinion

The Socialist newspaper, 2 June 2021, issue 1136

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The Socialist issue 1136

NHS

spot 3 July day of protest - save our NHS from the Tories

Covid-19

spot Capitalism's Covid failings

Unite election

spot Unite general secretary campaign: Statement from Sharon Graham

spot Unite general secretary campaign: Statement from Howard Beckett

Israel/Palestine

spot Boycotts - what role can these play in the struggle for a Palestinian state?

spot Stop Israeli state terror: solidarity protests continue

US politics

spot Will Biden's 'green' agenda avert an impending climate change catastrophe?

Workplace news

spot Sparks force bosses to talk after blockading AWE

spot Save jobs, save livelihoods, save GKN Automotive - nationalise the plant!

spot Workplace round-up

International news

spot Belarus: Lukashenko's desperate attempt to silence opposition

spot Colombia: General strikes continue

Campaigns news

spot Cladding danger: Protest 5 June!

spot Pimlico Academy protest demands elected governors

spot York students demand democratic control of schools

spot Protests against anti-protest bill

spot Waltham Forest byelections: Council homes not unaffordable flats

spot Raising Fighting Fund in Southern region

spot Hillsborough crimes go unpunished

Universities

spot University funding reform: Fight for free, fully funded education for all

The Socialist newspaper, 26 May 2021, issue 1135

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Issue 1135 frontpage

spot Palestinians need a new socialist intifada

spot Our lives, our jobs, our future - Not safe in Tory hands

spot Fight for the right to protest

spot Great British Railways shake-up offers no end to profiteering

spot Organise to oppose Tory academisation plans

spot Lancaster Greens do deal with Tories

spot News in brief

spot Organise for 3 July NHS pay protests

Scottish Independence

spot Where now for the Scottish independence movement?

spot Metroline London bus workers win huge victory

spot Goodlord sacks strikers - fight the penny-pinching, bullying bosses!

spot Thurrock refuse workers beat council and bin pay cut

spot RMT: Support Alan Pottage for assistant general secretary

spot NUJ leadership pushes through subs increase but left lands blows at conference

spot CWU elections: Vote for a fighting, campaigning, socialist EC member

spot 'Fire and rehire' attempts spread - coordinated fightback needed

spot Cadent Gas plans 200 job losses

spot Mexico City subway train collapse - negligence, corruption and capitalism

spot US right to abortion under threat: Mass campaign to support the right to choose must be built

spot Stop Israeli state terror against Palestinians

spot Leicester protest against arms supplies to Israel

spot Palestine protesters donate to fund socialist material

spot Cladding anger builds - protest on 5 June

Readers' Opinion

spot Get up, stand up - don't give up the fight!

spot Film review: Nomadland

spot TV review: Three Families is excellent. But protest movement is missing

spot The Socialist Inbox

The Socialist newspaper, 19 May 2021, issue 1134

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Israel/Palestine

spot Build a mass movement to end Israeli state terror

spot Tens of thousands march against Israeli state terror

What we think

spot Johnson's Tories and Starmer's Labour have nothing to offer workers

spot Starmer moves against Unite - No to the attack on Beckett

Covid

spot What's needed to stop more Covid outbreaks?

spot Capitalism responsible for stark global Covid vaccine inequality

Workplace news

spot NHS: Scottish vote shows unions must fight for 15%

spot Unison: Elect reps who will back strike action

spot PCS elections - incumbents win, but solid vote for Broad Left Network

spot DVLA workers suspend strike for talks

spot Huge victory at Go North West as Unite defeats 'fire and rehire'

spot London Metroline strike against 'remote sign-on' goes ahead

spot CWU members' resolve to strike still firm as union enters talks

spot Strikes round-up

Campaigns news

spot Glasgow mass action defeats Home Office deportation attempt

spot Students and unions must resist misnamed 'free speech' bill

spot Mulivaikkal Remembrance Day 2021

spot Socialist Party black and Asian members discuss history

spot Help fund our bold socialist presence

spot We will not pay the cost of Covid! Defend the right to protest

spot Brighton marches to defend Moulsecoomb Primary School

News

spot Spycops inquiry continues to expose historic attacks on democratic rights

spot New voter ID laws: Electoral fraud - Tory style

spot News in brief

Readers' opinion

spot Readers' opinion

The Socialist newspaper, 12 May 2021, issue 1133

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The Socialist issue 1133

Election analysis

spot Hartlepool sums up Labour crisis

spot Scotland: Pro-independence majority in highly polarised election

spot Welsh Labour holds on to government but new crises loom

spot TUSC is back

Ireland

spot Bobby Sands - Nothing but an Unfinished Song

spot British state absolves itself from killings during 'the Troubles'

International news

spot Is Biden offering a new 'New Deal'?

spot Stop Israeli state brutality

spot Right-wing Partido Popular wins Madrid elections - a warning to the working class

Workplace news

spot United action needed to defeat fire and rehire

spot RMT: Militant industrial and political strategy must be fought for

spot National Education Union needs a socialist, fighting deputy general secretary

spot Thurrock refuse workers strike escalates

spot Ealing parking wardens strike against Serco over absence policy

spot Norwich City Council workers vote for strike action over broken promises on pay and conditions

spot Beal school strikers suspend action after possible victory

spot Sparks fight continues

Readers' opinion

spot Readers' opinion

Obituary

spot Obituary - Jon Elvin

The Socialist newspaper, 5 May 2021, issue 1132

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The Socialist issue 1132

What we think

spot Capitalist sleaze and cronyism

Union elections

spot Unite general secretary election nomination stage

spot Unison: We need a fighting, democratic, member-led union to stop the austerity attacks

spot Four Socialist Party members elected to NEU executive - a thirst for action and a fighting leadership

International news

spot Biden's policies will not solve underlying US crisis

spot Colombia: Mass trade union-led protests force tax retreat

Mental health

spot Covid, capitalism and mental health

News

spot Fight the rotten establishment

spot Hands off our NHS

spot New law ignores economic barriers to escaping domestic abuse

spot Cladding: Tories refuse to protect leaseholders again

Workplace news

spot St Mungo's strikers fight on

spot Goodlord strike forces talks - solidarity needed

spot Sparks block Cardiff building site against deskilling

spot Vote 'yes' in the PCS DWP ballot

spot Beal High School strike against sick policy resumes

spot Go Ahead offers deal to Manchester bus drivers

spot Metroline buses to face summer of strikes unless it drops 'remote sign-on'

Local government

spot Can the 'Preston model' beat the cuts?

Campaigns news

spot Bellway must pay! Make our homes safe!

spot Police attempt to intimidate Newcastle protesters

spot Nottingham NHS pay protest

spot Establishing factory sales of the Socialist in Leicester

spot Plaque dedicated to Tony Mulhearn

spot Why you should join the Socialist Party

spot Defend the right to protest - to resist bosses' attacks

Readers' opinion

spot The Socialist Inbox

The Socialist newspaper, 28 April 2021, issue 1131

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The Socialist issue 1131

Elections

spot Vote TUSC to oppose sleazy capitalism

spot Why you should vote for TUSC

spot Campaigning for a no-cuts, socialist Liverpool mayor

International news

spot India's health system in meltdown under Modi's misrule

Campaigns news

spot Socialist Student action marks the way for a national student movement for free education

spot South West regional conference shows that socialist ideas can grow

spot To get Socialist ideas out there, we need to have the funds

News

spot Protesting works - unite to defend the right to protest

spot No trust in billionaire football owners - kick them out and reclaim the game

spot Private sector is stealing the NHS

spot 39 'postmasters' cleared - now clear the rest

spot Generation eviction

Workplace news

spot Usdaw's virtual annual conference - a mockery of union democracy

spot PCS ballots members in Jobcentres over safety

spot Goodlord strikers fight fire and rehire as part of day of action

spot Devonport tugboat crews strike against rota changes

spot St Mungo's workers walkout

spot Thurrock bin strike in third week

Ireland

spot How partition of Ireland derailed a revolutionary struggle for national and social liberation

spot Irish police aid strike-breaking at Debenhams store in Dublin

Welfare state

spot Poverty increasing. Welfare state in crisis. Do we need a new Beveridge Report?

Environment

spot What councils can do to protect the environment

Readers' opinion

spot The Socialist Inbox

May Day Greetings 2021

spot International Workers' Day - struggle, solidarity, socialism

The Socialist newspaper, 21 April 2021, issue 1130

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Socialist Issue 1130: Build a socialist alternative

spot Build a Socialist alternative

spot Capitalism discriminates against us - Disabled people fighting for our rights

spot Football: no trust in billionaire owners - kick them out and reclaim the game

spot Left candidate, Pedro Castillo - surprise of Peruvian elections

spot USA: cop killings and the anti-racist movement

spot Superpowers' tensions continue to ratchet up

spot Don't trust the Labour right's empty promises

spot Fight to stop cuts

spot Keep Liverpool council's One Stop Shops open

spot Liverpool hustings - only TUSC has a strategy to take on the Tories

spot Essex: Why I'm standing for TUSC

spot Carlisle campaign day success

spot Socialist Party northern region meeting

spot With public campaigning back in full swing - now is the time to raise fighting fund

spot Socialist Party members - part of a left challenge for Unison's leadership

spot Fight back against British Gas bosses' 'fire and rehire' offensive

spot Retail workers desperately need a fighting and democratic union

spot CWU BT ballot - time for action now!

spot Thurrock bin workers solid in strike against pay cuts

spot Bus workers protest Go-Ahead's 'fire and rehire'

spot Ballots to defend reps on Woolwich Ferry

spot PCS leadership ballot underway

spot Long Covid: Fight for jobs, benefits and services

spot Climate change - Johnson spouts 'greenwash 2.0'

spot Covid and precarious workers - union organisation vital

spot News in brief

spot Housing activists storm rental firm's offices

spot Protests continue against proposed anti-protest laws

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