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23 January 2019
Poland: thousands mourn death of murdered mayor
Poland has been rocked by the murder of Gdansk's mayor, Pawel Adamowicz
11 April 2018
Poland: huge demos against right wing government's abortion ban
A bill banning abortion in cases of foetal malformation has been suddenly enacted by the right-wing PiS - Law and Justice Party - dominated Sejm (parliament)
12 July 2017
Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Scrap the pay cap; keep guards on trains; responses to the 1 July anti-Tory demo, Homeland's poor politics; sickness stats; Poland and Trotskyism
1 March 2017
Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Worse-off women; farm fiends; Trotsky and Poland.
1 February 2017
The news that two brothers were jailed at Nottingham Crown Court for trafficking vulnerable people to work at Sports Direct in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, will have shocked and angered many, writes Karen Seymour.
11 January 2017
Socialist Party national women's meeting
Beginning with an important talk on the pivotal role of women in the Russian revolution and the lessons we can learn from this a 100 years on, 50 Socialist Party members from around the country attended a national women's meeting in London on 7 January.
9 November 2016
Horror of health-wrecking toil for Polish migrants
I am working as an interpreter for the NHS. I see Poles in hospitals and clinics who have problems with health. There are thousands of cases and there is no way to describe everything that I see every day.
12 October 2016
Poland: Mass movement stops total ban on abortion
On 6 October women in Poland won a crucial victory against proposed legislation to impose a near-total ban on abortion
5 October 2016
Poland: Fighting back against anti-abortion law
A mass movement is developing in Poland against the Law and Justice-led government's reactionary bill which bans abortions. This has included demonstarions of hundreds of thousands and a women's strike on 3 October.
27 July 2016
Europe and the workers' movement after Brexit
Europe - Britain in particular - is now at the forefront of political developments. Because of the 'weight' of British capitalism, Brexit represents a giant boulder dropped into a lake.
27 April 2016
Poland: anger at abortion ban plan
A plan by the ruling right-wing Law and Justice party to introduce a total ban on abortion in Poland has angered a significant section of the population. It has sparked a series of city demonstrations and a large movement fighting for abortion rights.
4 November 2015
Short stories on workers' struggles around the world. Kshama Sawant's re-election campaign in the US, Russia enters Syrian quagmire, Polish elections.
11 July 2014
Issac Babel: 120th anniversary
13th July 2014 marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Soviet Russian writer Isaac Babel
20 May 2009
Workers strike at South Hook construction site in Wales
Over 200 workers have gone on strike at the South Hook LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) terminal construction site near Milford Haven in South Wales...
2 September 2008
Poland: Biggest workers' demo since the 1990s
WARSAW CAME to a standstill for many hours as over 50,000 workers demonstrated in torrential rain last Friday (29 August), writes Paul Newbery, GPR (CWI, Poland).
2 July 2008
Poland: Thousands join 'hands off the Labour Code' demo
TWO THOUSAND trade unionists took to the streets of Warsaw, on 20 June, to protest against the government's proposed changes to the Labour Code. Paul Newbery and Florian Nowicki, GPR (CWI, Poland) write from Poland...
13 February 2008
Polish miners gain strike victory due to iron determination
AFTER 46 days on strike the miners of Budryk have won a victory. They have won a 10% wage rise and an equalisation payment for last year. By Florian Nowicki and Wojciech Orowieck, Group for a Workers' Party (GPR - CWI Poland)
6 February 2008
Inspiring victory for Polish workers
FIVE HUNDRED miners who had been occupying the Budryk mine in Poland have reached an agreement with management after spending 46 days 1,000 metres underground (see The Socialist, Issue 516)....
17 January 2008
Biggest miners' underground occupation in Polish history
Solidarity action needed: FIVE HUNDRED coal miners are taking part in an occupation strike 1,000 metres underground in the Polish mine Budryk... By Paul Newberry, GPR (CWI, Poland)
1 November 2007
Poland: Right-wing populist government defeated
'Terrible twins' suffer election defeat: POLAND'S RIGHT-wing populist government headed by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, twin brother of the Polish President, has been ousted following last Sunday's snap parliamentary elections... By Paul Newbery, CWI Poland
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