13 October 2021

Build a mass working-class climate movement with socialist policies

The COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow is now only weeks away.

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6 October 2021

Solidarity Appeal: Support the Berlin hospital strike

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29 September 2021

German election: A change of capitalist government, but disaster for Die Linke

The result of the Bundestag elections on 26 September heralds a new political period for Germany. The two big 'peoples parties', the social-democrat SPD and Christian-democrat CDU/CSU bloc, have massively

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22 September 2021

German general election

Opinion polls in the last weeks before the 26 September German general election have shown rapid changes, especially for the two main contenders - the conservative Christian Democrat CDU-led bloc and the Social Democratic Party (SPD)

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15 September 2021

Nuclear Folly: A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban missile crisis in 1962 is far from underrepresented in books and media. But 'Nuclear Folly' uses fresh material provided by newly declassified files from the KGB archive, shedding light on

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8 September 2021

Vigil: A nuclear sub murder mystery

TV Review: 'We are here to start a nuclear war. Don't waste our time with one bloody death', is the attitude of the officers on HMS Vigil towards the hapless detective DCI Silva in the opening episodes of this

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25 August 2021

SNP-Green deal will not deliver for workers and youth

The ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) and Scottish Greens have agreed to form a de-facto coalition at Holyrood (the Scottish parliament).

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11 August 2021

Over 3,000 votes for fighting socialist programme in CWU

Gary Clark, a candidate for the Communication Workers' Union's (CWU) national executive and Socialist Party Scotland members, received 3,382 votes

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28 July 2021

Fight Freeports to stop bonfire of workers' rights

Over 50 trade unionists from unions such as Unite, RMT, PCS, Usdaw, and NEU, and reps from local trades councils in Southampton, Hull and Liverpool met with the assistance of the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) to discuss what 'Freeports' mean for workers and how trade unions should respond.

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28 July 2021

Flood devastation in Europe

Capitalism responsible for climate change and lack of protection: The German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as Belgium, the Netherlands and other neighbouring countries, have been devastated by torrential rains and massive flooding.

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19 July 2021

Germany: Flood disaster affects hundreds of thousands

Click here for an article by Caspar Loettgers, Mainz, and Tom Hoffmann, Berlin, members of Sozialistische Organisation Solidarität (CWI Germany)

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1 July 2021

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30 June 2021

Socialist candidate wins NIPSA general secretary election

Carmel Gates has been elected general secretary of Northern Ireland's largest union

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30 June 2021

German Greens: The image and reality

In Germany, the Green party is riding a wave of popularity. Following the selection of Annalena Baerbock as its candidate for Chancellor (Prime Minister) it hit 28% in the opinion polls.

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23 June 2021

Northern Ireland and Brexit

Edwin Poots, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the largest party in Northern Ireland, has resigned just three weeks after he won the position

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9 June 2021

The 1971 Upper Clyde Shipbuilders occupation and work-in

Lessons from history: In June 1971, the privately owned shipyards of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders collapsed into receivership. But instead of accepting redundancy, the large workforce occupied the affected sites and began its famous

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2 June 2021

Belarus: Lukashenko's desperate attempt to silence opposition

Dramatic recent events saw a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania forced to land in Belarus. The military operation has been described as an unprecedented 'hijacking', and has seen European Union

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26 May 2021

Where now for the Scottish independence movement?

A majority of MSPs in the Scottish parliament are committed to a second referendum

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26 May 2021

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

'Three Families' is a two-part series that deals with the issue of access to abortion in Northern Ireland

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26 May 2021

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

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) held its online delegates meeting (conference) on 21 and 22 May, with mixed results for the left

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