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3 June 2020
Going viral: Socialist comments and letters
The Covid-19 pandemic is a world social crisis which touches every aspect of life. The iniquities and failings of the capitalist system are being exposed
3 June 2020
USA - another cop killing of unarmed black man sparks widespread protests
On 25 May, police in Minneapolis choked George Floyd, an unarmed black man, who subsequently died. His death was disturbingly reminiscent of the NYPD killing of Eric Garner in 2014.
3 June 2020
Pandemic doesn't stop Socialist Party educating organisers: northern meeting
From campaigning to keep the schools closed until safety can be guaranteed, to battling job losses and demanding proper PPE for essential workers, Socialist Party members have been hard at work during this crisis in fighting for the working class!
2 June 2020
Furlough: We are not 'all in the same boat'
The hospitality industry has been downsized. For some, the furlough scheme came too late and workers were already cut, or businesses had shut their doors for good.
2 June 2020
"Test, trace, isolate, support" - the Tories' scheme fails on all counts
I checked my emails late on 27 May and was surprised to see one from the NHS. The new test and trace system was going 'live' - not 1 June as expected, but 8am the next day!
31 May 2020
Outrage spreads globally following US police murder of George Floyd
Protesters have taken to the streets across the US - and internationally - following the killing in Minneapolis of an unarmed black man
27 May 2020
Going viral - Socialist comments and letters
The Covid-19 pandemic is a world social crisis which touches every aspect of life. The iniquities and failings of the capitalist system are being exposed
27 May 2020
Chinese state's imposition of draconian law reignites Hong Kong protests
Tens of thousands of angry demonstrators poured onto the streets of Hong Kong last weekend, not only defying social-distancing regulations, but confronting police armed with tear gas, pepper spray and water cannon, writes Clare Doyle, Committee for a Workers' International.
20 May 2020
Trump, coronavirus, capitalism, and the presidential race
Trump's administration has still failed to mobilise an effective response to the pandemic
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.
6 May 2020
US: Trump's public health cuts have condemned thousands worldwide
More people in the US died from Covid-19 in three months than in nine years of the US armed forces' Vietnam War. The US private healthcare system has been shockingly exposed, writes Jon Dale, secretary, Unite union Nottinghamshire NHS Branch (personal capacity).
6 May 2020
The vice-president of Amazon has resigned over the sacking of workers who had organised against the company's unsafe working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic
22 April 2020
Going viral: Socialist comments and letters
The Covid-19 pandemic is a world social crisis which touches every aspect of life.
22 April 2020
US private healthcare system in meltdown
Like in the UK, the coronavirus pandemic in the USA has resulted in the postponement or cancellation of non-urgent surgery in hospitals
21 April 2020
More dispatches from the front: 'There are so many more patients dying'
The main concern with staff at the moment is it's week four in Covid ICU and no sign of anyone being tested yet, writes a NHS intensive care technician.
15 April 2020
Going viral: Socialist comments on the corona crisis
The Covid-19 pandemic is a world social crisis which touches every aspect of life. The iniquities and failings of the capitalist system are being exposed, and workers and communities are organising in
14 April 2020
Dispatches from the front: NHS staff say give us PPE, not medals!
"The situation in London hospitals is dire, much worse than comes across in the news"
8 April 2020
Amazon workers threaten revolution!
"And to Mr Bezos my message is simple. I don't give a damn about your power. You think you're powerful? We're the ones that have the power."
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