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31 March 2021
Pickets exonerated after almost 50 years
Solicitor Paul Heron explains about the quashing of the convictions
24 February 2021
Nigeria: Abbey Trotsky on trial for assisting workers' struggle
Socialist Party members protested outside the Nigerian Embassy in central London on 22 February to protest against the 'show trial' of Abbey Trotsky - a leading member of the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM - CWI in Nigeria) - that was taking place that day
3 February 2021
Covid outbreak at Kent asylum detention centre: Napier is not fit for purpose
The dilapidated Napier army barracks in Folkestone became the home of 400 asylum seekers five months ago
27 January 2021
Councillors in Surrey resign from Labour and look to stand independently
Two Spelthorne Borough councillors; Veena Siva, Jenny Vinson, and CLP chair Sue Bryer, have resigned from the Labour party ahead of May's local council elections
20 January 2021
Trump Twitter ban: only independent workers' voice can defeat right
First the election, now his Twitter account - it's bad news all round for bigot-in-chief Donald Trump
16 December 2020
No to Tories' new anti-protest law
The Tories are looking at more ways to restrict the right to protest.
16 December 2020
Can green technology and AI save capitalism?
The following article is an edited transcript of the speech by Mark Best in a workshop at the Socialism 2020 event organised online by the Socialist Party from 20-23 November (see 'Socialism 2020: Growing search for ideas to change the world' at socialistparty.org.uk)
25 November 2020
Mangrove: When the black community made a stand against state racism
The inspirational film about Britain's most influential black power trial, 'Mangrove', was recently aired on the BBC
18 November 2020
Race disparity gets worse - fight to improve living standards for all
Disparities in racial progress are getting worse, according to a recent report 'Black people, racism and human rights', by a committee of mainly Tory MPs and unelected Lords.
28 October 2020
One rule for them, and another for us
A Tory election agent Diana Dianescu, has been found guilty of 16 offenses of deliberately misleading voters
Unison general secretary candidate and Socialist Party member Hugo Pierre, left, supporting a UCU picket line in February 2020
13 July 2020
8 July 2020
Hong Kong: The fight for democratic rights
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on the 23rd anniversary of the settlement between London and Beijing
17 June 2020
Oppose racist symbols and the racist system
Cheers filled the air as the statue of slave-trader Colston in Bristol was pulled down
17 June 2020
Tears and anger over the treatment of the Windrush generation
'Sitting in Limbo' is a powerful and moving real-life drama. It shows the trauma of Anthony Bryan, a member of the Windrush generation, as he struggles against removal from Britain
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
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.
29 January 2020
TV review: The Trial of Christine Keeler
Benjamin Disraeli, two-time Tory prime minister in the nineteenth century, once said: "A Conservative government is an organised hypocrisy". The Christine Keeler story on BBC1 would seem to bear out that analysis.
29 January 2020
Johnson's Huawei internet deal underlines world trade tensions
As expected, Boris Johnson has approved Chinese tech giant Huawei gaining licences to build 5G web network infrastructure in Britain.
4 December 2019
In a second trial against David Duckenfield, after the first jury failed to reach a verdict, the former match commander stood accused of gross negligence manslaughter of 95 Liverpool fans in the Hillsborough football stadium disaster in 1989.
27 November 2019
Resist attacks against free speech on campus
At a time when a general election is taking place, and students are discussing how to fight for free education, affordable student housing, and a decent quality of life after university, serious attacks on democratic rights on campuses across the country are being perpetrated.
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