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22 July 2020
Debenhams: Fighting closures and redundancies
On 17 July protests were held in London, Leeds, Bradford, Plymouth and Glasgow, organised by Usdaw members and supported by activists from the wider trade union movement.
15 July 2020
Books that inspired me: The Mother
"Seas of blood won't extinguish the truth": How a working-class Russian woman became a revolutionary socialist
15 July 2020
How capitalist restoration led to war and 'ethnic cleansing' in the Balkans
Srebrenica massacre - 25 years on: 8,000 Bosnian Muslim refugees were slaughtered in and around the Bosnian town of Srebrenica
8 July 2020
Covid pandemic and Northern Ireland - workers must resist the bosses' offensive
The coronavirus pandemic hit Northern Ireland at the very same time as the political parties in the Assembly (Stormont) were re-establishing a power-sharing Executive for the first time in over three years
17 June 2020
Two-metre rule under 'review' - Another case of profit before safety
The Tories all sat in their posh homes behind computers now want to put our lives at risk through the relaxation of the two-metre rule
17 June 2020
Scotland and coronavirus - a catalogue of government failure
The devastating impact of coronavirus in Scotland was underlined on 11 June when National Records of Scotland reported that 4,000 people had so far died from confirmed or suspected Covid-19.
17 June 2020
Reform or revolt? How was the slave trade abolished?
The slave trade between the west coast of Africa and the Americas over a period of 300 to 400 years was probably one of the most barbaric periods of exploitation in history
10 June 2020
France: 20,000 rally against Paris's killer gendarmes
20,000 people rallied in Paris on 2 June to demand #JusticePourAdama, to fight against racism, and in solidarity with the movement in the United States.
13 May 2020
A new world order - global reconstruction after World War Two
The United States emerged from the carnage of World War One immeasurably strengthened, both economically and militarily, writes During the Covid-19 crisis, many commentators have talked about a 'new Bretton Woods' and the need for post-crisis international capitalist cooperation and reconstruction. In the fifth in our series on 'war, global crises and working-class struggle', Robin Clapp looks at reconstruction and global relations after the Second World War and the lessons for today.
13 May 2020
'Victory in Europe' 75th anniversary: A resurgent workers' movement and the fight for socialism
Victory in Europe had come at an enormous cost. 40 million soldiers and civilians had been killed, 27.5 million in the Soviet Union alone.
6 May 2020
Further protests in Ireland against Debenhams closures - UK fightback needed
Among the slew of retail companies entering administration, Debenhams has the highest profile, not least for only recently coming out of administration after closures, write Socialist Party members in Usdaw.
30 April 2020
Royal Mail dispute: Interview with a CWU branch secretary
Royal Mail and the CWU are heading towards a major national dispute. "The workplace is a tinderbox and it's being ignited by Royal Mail", Gary Clark, CWU branch secretary, spoke to Socialist Party Scotland
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
Irish police use Covid-19 emergency powers to disperse Dublin shop workers' protest
In the main, there is support among the working class for the lockdown measures in Ireland. Workers recognise the imperative of defeating Covid-19, and that this will often necessitate severe constraints
14 April 2020
Expired PPE relabelled for NHS use
Scotland's SNP first minister Nicola Sturgeon has approved relabelling of out-of-date personal protective equipment for use in the coronavirus pandemic
31 March 2020
Bosses concede to walkouts in Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland virtually every manufacturer continued to operate as normal following the coronavirus lockdown, which led to rising confusion and then mounting anger
18 March 2020
French local elections: CWI candidate elected
Leïla Messaoudi of Gauche Révolutionnaire was elected to the local council of Petit-Quevilly in the city of Rouen
18 March 2020
'Health not profit' strike wave sweeps Italy
Under pressure from the bosses' organisation many workers are still expected to go to work, often on overcrowded public transport
11 March 2020
Italy on lockdown: lack of resources and democracy causes panic
"That's six weeks without any money. How am I supposed to feed my kids? The government is doing nothing to help us. And the health service is on the verge of collapse.", said Jo, a teacher from Bologna
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