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3 June 2020
Football in the time of coronavirus - reclaim our game!
Football played a part in spreading the pandemic. Northern Italy was the ground zero for coronavirus in Europe, and then Spain became the second most infected country after Italy.
3 June 2020
Tories knocked back on schools opening
The government has faced parental distrust and organised trade union opposition
23 May 2020
It is with great sadness and regret that the Socialist Party has lost a dedicated comrade and friend of many members
6 May 2020
Test and trace: workers need a real plan
Only a national plan and workers' control can guarantee a safe exit from lockdown: There is a growing scientific consensus that successful management of the coronavirus crisis requires a comprehensive plan - combining mass testing, contact tracing and supported isolation of potentially infected individuals, writes Martin Powell-Davies, Socialist Party national committee.
29 April 2020
Workers' safety before bosses' profits
In the space of one week, the trade union movement is marking two of its most important annual days - International Workers' Memorial Day on 28 April, and May Day on 1 May
28 April 2020
Workers fighting to defend safety and livelihoods - NSSN national meeting a huge success
Over 200 members and reps from many different trade unions came together on Zoom on Sunday 26 April to discuss the impact of the coronavirus crisis on workers
27 April 2020
On 7 April Mark Serwotka wrote to Hannah Sell, general secretary of the Socialist Party, asking for an assurance that the Socialist would not be sold outside PCS-organised workplaces during the coronavirus emergency
21 April 2020
Councils must demand control of supplies and reversal of austerity
Despite their claims of "partnership" between central and local government, it's clear the Tories have not involved councils in their Covid-19 planning at all, writes Hugo Pierre, Unison union national executive committee member (personal capacity).
8 April 2020
Anger as London local authorities bulldoze through powers to discipline workers
Unite the Union has expressed serious concerns over plans which will give local authority employers in London new powers to redeploy workers, under the threat of disciplinary action
18 March 2020
New pamphlet: constituent assemblies and the revolutionary programme
In the recent mass movements against austerity and the capitalist establishment in Chile, the demand for a constituent assembly has arisen
11 March 2020
Socialist Party executive committee positions
Following a very successful Socialist Party national congress the newly elected Socialist Party executive committee has unanimously agreed that Peter Taaffe will become political secretary, while Hannah Sell will become general secretary
4 March 2020
Anti-academy strikes kick off in Redbridge
The snow didn't stop staff, parents, children and supporters turning out on the picket line. St Bede's in Redbridge took their first day of strike action against the school becoming a privatised academy.
4 March 2020
As Addaction charity workers in Wigan resumed strike action on 27 February, they expressed their anger that this national charity had spent £140,000 on a relaunch, ironically renaming the organisation "We Are With You" - presumably in an attempt to distance the organisation from the strike!
26 February 2020
We gathered outside Peabody Head Office on the evening of 19 February to make the point that cuts to the community and neighbourhood services cost lives, and are counter-productive.
12 February 2020
Hackney: We don't want homes and retail units working-class people can't afford
Angry residents, from Hackney east London, packed into a meeting at the Dan West Trelawney estate community hall. Labour mayor Philip Glanville tried to justify the council's decision to ask a private developer to revamp the site of the local Tesco.
29 January 2020
Unite union nominates Long-Bailey and Burgon
The Unite union executive council overwhelmingly agreed to nominate Rebecca Long-Bailey and Richard Burgon as Labour Party leader and deputy leader respectively at its special meeting on Friday 24 January.
8 January 2020
Build union resistance to Tory attacks
Almost the first act of Boris Johnson's new government was to use the Queen's Speech to prepare new anti-trade union legislation. So much for Boris trying to portray himself as pro-worker. This will be a government of and for the rich, against the working class.
French workers demonstrating in Paris on Thursday 16 January 2020; now over 40 days of strike action have been taking place against the governments attacks on pensions.
19 December 2019
27 November 2019
Help fund the fightback: sponsor my marathon
In 2015 I had a major heart attack. It is fair to say that the NHS and their dedicated staff saved my life.
13 November 2019
Strike, Protest, Vote - to Kick the Tories out
As MPs move onto the general election campaign trail, increasing numbers of workers are moving onto the picket lines.
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