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What We Stand For

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Issue 1350, 8-14 January 2026

No to Trump's Venezuela oil plunder

Analysis and editorials

Decline, decay, and anger – Starmer’s Britain in 2026

Venezuela: No to Trump’s oil plunder

What is the Greens record in office?

News

No to Trump’s Venezuela oil plunder

Housing crisis: fight for council homes and rent control

Youth unemployment: fight for jobs, apprenticeships and education

Mental health: Overdiagnosis, underfunding, or capitalist race to the bottom?

Defend our NHS from Labour cuts and privatisation

View / download as PDF

Workplace and trade union

Solidarity with UCU strikes fighting to save further education

Birmingham bin dispute: trade union unity needed more than ever

Lea Interchange bus strike: ‘Without strong reps, no one is safe’

Richard Cobden School strike against ‘clueless’ management

West Yorks Combined Authority workers fight for decent pay

Launch of ‘Democratising Prospect’

Leeds NHS workers strike for rebanding

Victory for left in Unison general secretary election

Campaigns

Trade unionists discuss how unions can lead fight against the far right

Stop Reform closing Lancashire care homes

End rip-off student laundry fees – No to Circuit Go at UAL

International

Germany: 55,000 protest against military conscription law

Iran: Inflation ignites nationwide protests

Obituaries

Obituary – Peter Redfarn

Obituary – John McGarry

Readers opinions and reviews

TV review – The War Between the Land and the Sea