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29 April 2020
May Day 2020: join the protests - wear red, bring flags and banners
This issue of the Socialist covers International Workers' Day, Friday 1 May 2020. May Day is always an important event in the calendar of the workers' movement. It is doubly so this year
29 April 2020
130 Years of May Day in Britain: Fight for workers' rights more relevant than ever
Overworked, underpaid, struggling to afford the basics - this is true of the situation facing many 'key workers' that the Covid-19 lockdown has so clearly demonstrated society is dependent on.
28 April 2020
Workers fighting to defend safety and livelihoods - NSSN national meeting a huge success
Over 200 members and reps from many different trade unions came together on Zoom on Sunday 26 April to discuss the impact of the coronavirus crisis on workers
8 April 2020
May Day greetings: we need to fund independent workers' media now more than ever
We need you to support the Socialist by sending May Day greetings. There is no other consistent, independent voice for workers and for socialism during the pandemic, writes James Ivens, the Socialist May Day greetings organiser.
25 March 2020
30 years since the huge anti-poll tax demo... And how mass non-payment of the tax was built
On 31 March 1990, a massive demonstration surged into central London. It was the culmination of months of organisation and defiance of the Tory government's hated poll tax by millions of overwhelmingly working-class people.
18 March 2020
The coronavirus is triggering a serious capitalist crisis. Millions of people are worrying about the prospects for their health, jobs and security
11 March 2020
Fighting to transform the union in my warehouse
Conditions in my workplace have been decaying over the last decade. The cost of surviving, let alone living, has gotten harder.
11 March 2020
Film: Greed directed by Michael Winterbottom
It was refreshing to watch a mainstream film exposing the madness and exploitative nature of the capitalist system, writes Barbara Clare, Stevenage.
11 March 2020
East London uni and bin worker strikes
Over 250 lecturers at University of East London (UEL) have contracts no longer than one term. We went down to support the University and College Union (UCU) before they start a week of strikes next week
4 March 2020
Anti-academy strikes kick off in Redbridge
The snow didn't stop staff, parents, children and supporters turning out on the picket line. St Bede's in Redbridge took their first day of strike action against the school becoming a privatised academy.
26 February 2020
The anti-academy strikes in east London are growing. St Bede's in Redbridge is joining St Michael's and St Bon's already on strike.
26 February 2020
A jury in New York City found Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape and sexual assault on 24 February. More trials are ahead for the multimillionaire film producer.
19 February 2020
Brilliant Korean film exposes class inequality
Cinema - Parasite: It's the rich who are the real parasites
12 February 2020
Build independent workers' media with May Day greetings
The working class needs its own independent media to represent its own interests. This is ever more evident in the hopeless confusion and monstrous smears from the established press. We need organised workers to support the alternative - the Socialist newspaper.
12 February 2020
East London school strikes against academisation continue
When will schools in Newham see sense? We do not want academisation.
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