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What we think
Corbyn: stand firm for a general election
Tory government in extremis – workers’ action needed to kick them out! It is urgent that Corbyn and the unions call a mass campaign for a general election
Socialist Party news and analysis
Nationalise big pharma: end this profit-driven NHS crisis
NHS faces drug price hikes: Instead of subsidising their profits with tax breaks, they should be nationalised under democratic workers’ control and management
Duke’s car crash: one law for them and another for us
While it’s unlikely one of us would be allowed on the road at 97 after such recklessness, the Duke of Edinburgh needn’t worry about the consequences
Racist jobs discrimination same for 50 years – unions must fight for jobs for all
Black and Asian workers in Britain have to send almost twice as many job applications before we get a positive response
Wales is Europe’s prisoner capital: capitalist cutters’ crimes to blame
A socialist justice system would have rehabilitation and protection, not profit, as its goal
Davos special! The World Economic Forum will see the planet’s billionaires gather again
Socialist history
Cuban revolution at 60: defend the gains and fight for workers’ democracy
Sixty years ago in January 1959, the Cuban capital Havana erupted in celebration
Workplace news and analysis
Birmingham: hostile Labour council attacks striking workers
Councillor resigns from cabinet: Labour councillors should be accountable to the labour movement
Mass strike wins historic step towards victory in Glasgow equal pay battle
Unions and representing 13,000 Glasgow council workers have an “agreement in principle” to end low-paid women’s equal pay injustice
John Lewis workers count the cost of the retail crisis
As a John Lewis worker I was gutted to hear that for the first time in 66 years management might suspend our annual bonus
Unison union higher education conference: a missed opportunity to develop a fighting strategy
What’s necessary is a fighting and democratic leadership to develop a clear strategy for the pay battle
Bristol Deliveroo workers walk out
Bristol Deliveroo workers took strike action on the evening of Friday 18 January
PCS union: re-elect Chris Baugh for assistant general secretary
For those who can’t attend their meeting, they can vote by post. All votes have to be in by 5pm on Friday 25 January
Socialist Party reports and campaigns
Enfield North CLP backs no-cuts budget – now councillors must act
Other Labour parties and unions should contact Enfield North to express solidarity for the stand
Help us strengthen ties between the Socialist and workers, and gain valuable income for the working-class press
Leeds: don’t let the far right divide us
About 100 right-wing ‘yellow vest’ protesters gathered in Leeds city centre on 19 January
International socialist news and analysis
Europe: school students strike against climate change
School students in Germany and Belgium have walked out against climate catastrophe
Poland: thousands mourn death of murdered mayor
Poland has been rocked by the murder of Gdansk’s mayor, Pawel Adamowicz
Reports from strikes and struggle in the USA, Nigeria, Russia, France, Tunisia, Zimbabwe and the Spanish state
Opinion
Theatre: Rouse, Ye Women to tell story of 1910 chainmakers’ strike
Interview: breaking the chains of oppression
On 15 January 1919, two key leaders of the German working class and the Communist Party were murdered
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