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16 January 2019
After Grenfell, thousands still in high-rise firetrap blocks
Cladding off now! Landlords and Tories must pay! Across England, 437 high-rise buildings are still covered in combustible cladding
14 November 2018
An engineering firm hired by the government to test cladding in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire was banned from criticising or embarrassing Theresa May
22 August 2018
Tories fear housing anger... but offer no solutions
The government's latest policy document on housing is a much-delayed response to mounting anger at the Grenfell Tower fire and the deep housing crisis, with unaffordable homes and increasing number sleeping rough.
4 July 2018
It's onw world for the super-rich and another for the rest of us. Profits for the bosses,slanders for firefighters; workers need 27% raise, bosses double wealth
20 June 2018
Grenfell disaster: one year on, still no prosecutions, still no adequate housing..
A silent sea of people wearing green marched through the streets of Kensington and Chelsea on 14 June.
13 June 2018
Grenfell: still waiting for justice
The horror of the Grenfell fire happened a year ago, on 14 June 2017. The whole neoliberal housing model has failed. Time won't heal capitalism's crimes, but working class action can win safe homes for all.
16 May 2018
Ronan Point disaster 50 years on
On 16 May 1968, 50 years ago, Ronan Point, a high-rise tower block in Newham, east London, collapsed killing four people and injuring 17
28 March 2018
Grenfell: survivors not rehoused, inquiry not independent, blocks not safe
The government has admitted that 82 households are still in temporary accommodation following the Grenfell Tower fire and not all will be in permanent accommodation by June, the first anniversary, writes Paul Kershaw, chair, Unite union housing workers branch.
28 February 2018
Stormzy is right to slam Tories for Grenfell
For an independent working class inquiry: Stormzy reminded the world that what happened wasn't just a freak accident - it was a predicted consequence of profiteering
24 January 2018
£2m to remove Grenfell-type cladding: residents to get bill
No charges to residents! Cladding off now!: Residents in the 'Citiscape' housing complex in Croydon, south London, have learnt that tests revealed the cladding on their block poses the same fire hazard as Grenfell Tower.
24 January 2018
Letters to the editors of the Socialist including one NHS worker forced out of the health service and tower block health and safety concerns in Belfast
10 January 2018
Debate: should tower blocks form part of socialist housing policy?
In the wake of the Grenfell Tower atrocity, Salford Socialist Party began discussing whether there is a role for tower blocks in a socialist housing policy. There were differing views so we organised a debate.
15 November 2017
No more excuses: fit sprinklers now!
Bill the government, not the residents: Jeremy Corbyn is absolutely right to demand that the Tories allocate £1 billion to fit sprinklers
11 October 2017
No more fire deaths - ensure safety now!
In the early hours of Sunday 1 October a fire broke out on the ground floor of a three storey block of flats in Ringland Close, Hanley. A mother and two daughters were rescued from their flat above and rushed to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation
11 October 2017
Cardiff Socialist Students confront 'Parasite' Jacob Rees-Mogg
Jacob Rees-Mogg, aristocratic, misogynistic, homophobic, billionaire landlord and current pin-up boy of the Tory right, was invited to speak at a venue in Cardiff on 29 September.
4 October 2017
"Why would anybody, let alone a normal person, want to become a member of the Conservative Party?"
22 September 2017
Ledbury tenants fight for decent homes
Bill Mullins interviews tenant Danielle Gregory
20 September 2017
Grenfell inquiry begins: not sufficient, not trusted
Jail the killers! For an independent workers' movement inquiry!
6 September 2017
It was during a BBC Question Time election special that the public was first informed of the fact that a "magic money tree" did not exist by Theresa May
23 August 2017
Hundreds evacuated after Labour council dismisses cracks in tower blocks
Fight for safe homes for all: Hundreds of tower block residents have been decanted by Southwark Council in south London over serious safety concerns the Labour administration initially dismissed
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