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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
19 August 2020
300 Covid cases at Northampton food plant - management to blame, not the workers!
Nearly 300 new Covid-19 cases have been detected in Greencore Food Distribution in Northampton in just one week
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.
1 July 2020
Plastic waste pollution is one of the biggest challenges facing society. So why the lack of enthusiasm by the government to curb manufacturing practices that generate tonnes of it which leech into the air, waterways, oceans and food?
1 July 2020
Are you considering taking a long-delayed holiday? Try the pacific islands of Fiji. In an enticing tweet, the country's prime minister says: "Say you're a billionaire looking to fly your own jet, rent
24 June 2020
International aid: Johnson's pie in the sky
Boris Johnson has announced the merging of the Department for International Development into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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.
26 April 2020
Private firm causes weeks of delay to free school meal vouchers: bring it back in-house!
I rely on free school meal vouchers to feed my daughter. They were due Monday 20 April and didn't arrive until that Thursday, writes Lindsey Morgan, Leicester Socialist Party.
21 April 2020
PPE shortages: "I feel so bloody angry"
The guidelines we follow on use of PPE have changed dramatically during this pandemic. At first we were told we must wear full PPE for every patient suspected of having Covid 19.
8 April 2020
A day in the life of a frontline worker
I'm a learning disabilities day centre care worker for a London council
31 March 2020
The global coronavirus pandemic has exposed the fragility of capitalist food supply systems - whose rationale is based on maximising profits rather than meeting human needs
30 March 2020
Scandalous conditions in food distribution centre
"Too little, too late" is ringing in many workers' ears. In my workplace, a food distribution centre, it definitely echoes.
11 March 2020
Supermarkets are ruled by profit - unions should control supply limits
Many shop and supermarket shelves are being stripped of hand wash, toilet rolls and some food lines such as dry pasta, as people panic buy and stockpile because of coronavirus, writes Scott Jones, Usdaw union member (personal capacity).
19 February 2020
Peterborough food workers picket and protest
There was a noisy demonstration outside Peterborough's Pioneer Foods site on the Orton Southgate industrial estate for two hours on 11 February
15 January 2020
No free ride for the airline bosses - nationalise Flybe now!
Airline Flybe - which provides domestic flights in the UK - is in trouble.
15 January 2020
Environmental journalist and campaigner George Monbiot recently narrated a thought-provoking documentary on Channel 4 - Apocalypse Cow.
15 January 2020
Sustainable food production and the need for socialism
Millions of predominately young people around the world protested in 2019 at the lack of governmental action to halt global warming which is leading to catastrophic climate change.
13 November 2019
'McStrikers' demand £15 an hour
On 12 November, McDonald's workers at six restaurants in south London took strike action, and protests took place in towns and cities around the country, as part of the fast food workers' global day of action.
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