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23 September 2020
Testing shambles: unions must fight back
The government claims that testing for key workers in the NHS, care and schools is provided.
23 September 2020
North East lockdown: simmering anger at Tory incompetence
Around two million people have coronavirus restrictions imposed.
23 September 2020
To the surprise of absolutely no one, given the disastrous Tory record so far, we face a new Covid peak this autumn. And Johnson's amendments to the Covid laws solve none of the threats to our lives and livelihoods.
16 September 2020
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
16 September 2020
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
16 September 2020
Coronavirus news in brief: bosses' pandemic profit bonanza, privatised testing and treatment fiasco
16 September 2020
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"
16 September 2020
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.
9 September 2020
Safety overridden in drive to bolster the economy
Even as cases of Covid-19 infections are rising dramatically, the Tories are desperately trying to get workers back to their workplaces and spending money in city centres.
9 September 2020
Big push to hit finance target
Socialist Party campaigns on the streets of England and Wales, on safety in schools, welfare payments after coronavirus, and defending the NHS, have met with enthusiastic support.
9 September 2020
Grenfell fire inquiry stops victims attending
Grenfell Tower residents have been denied the right to attend the restarting inquiry into the causes of the June 2017 fire which resulted in 72 deaths
8 September 2020
Fight the schools Covid crisis
Schools have gone back overcrowded and under-resourced, with more infections reported daily.
8 September 2020
Socialist Party Wales: US - Trump, coronavirus, capitalism, and the presidential race
2 September 2020
Between February and June 2020 the number of claims for Universal Credit doubled
2 September 2020
Tate strike: "Coronavirus - no reason to fire us!"
Striking Tate workers in the PCS union have moved into indefinite action
2 September 2020
B&Q worker reinstated: Organised response successfully challenges unfair dismissal
After months of struggling with Covid-19, a worker at B&Q was greeted upon her return to work with a disciplinary, followed by dismissal, for failing to follow absence procedures
2 September 2020
Capitalism cause of disproportionate disabled deaths and isolation
Covid-19 has disproportionately hit disabled people. This is one of the effects of capitalist society, which is disabling, and puts profit before lives, including of the people it disables.
19 August 2020
Vote Yes in DWP ballot! Reject longer opening hours
PCS members in all the DWP's Jobcentres and 21 Universal Credit service centres must vote Yes in the ballot which starts 17 August
5 August 2020
Tories' obesity plans - blaming individuals not the profit system
First, the elderly were told to shield from Covid-19. Then, statistics revealed a disproportionate number of people from ethnic minorities were dying from the virus. Now, obesity is being linked to a serious risk of fatality from the virus.
5 August 2020
Capitalism's 'vaccine war' shows need for socialist cooperation
Covid-19 can travel round the world at jet speed. No one can feel secure without global action. Yet despite gushing words from government leaders about international cooperation on research and development, a 'vaccine war' is developing.
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