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May Day greetings to workers worldwide

Capitalism means no stability for anyone and a life of toil and deprivation for the overwhelming majority. But around the world the existing order is being challenged.

How to save the planet? End capitalism; Socialist change

Editorial of the Socialist, issue 1039: Capitalism is a blind, unplanned system where the only driving force is the need to maximise profits. The change that is needed is socialist.

Socialist red lines needed for Brexit talks

Now '29 March' is to be "no later than 31 October", although a further extension at that point has not been ruled out. Absolutely nothing has been resolved.

Northern Ireland: killing of Lyra McKee

Trade union movement must act: A mass, trade union-led campaign must oppose both the repression and the dire social conditions which drive young people into armed groups

Labour looks to Bank of England to stall house prices

£400 billion worth of land - about 10% of the land mass - has been privatised since 1979, making it the biggest single privatisation, according to economist Brett Christophers.

£100 billion for bosses - cuts for us.

MPs get extension after extension on their Brexit crisis. But there are no extensions for workers and young people on our suffocating rent and bills.

20 years of the minimum wage: Fight for a real living wage for every worker

The minimum wage was one of the very few pro-worker steps taken by a right-wing Labour government

Tories facing electoral meltdown

But only a socialist alternative to austerity can finish them off!
With two weeks to go before local elections in 271 councils in England, the Tories are facing the loss of many council seats.

Labour needs socialist policies to solve "climate emergency"

October's UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report said there is only 12 years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5C to avoid devastating effects.

Cuts drive council tax debt

During the campaign against the Poll Tax, we used to say that the tax was unfair because a lord in his manor was expected to pay the same as a dustman down the road.

No-fault evictions ban, but cuts leave tenants vulnerable

You know that things have got bad for private renters when even the Tories realise they need to look like they're doing something to stop the chronic exploitation of tenants.

Assange arrest: US and allied governments seeking revenge for exposing dirty wars

After seven years of self-imposed exile in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was dragged from his place of asylum and arrested by the Metropolitan police.

Extinction Rebellion

Thousands of people took part in the bridge-blocking protests called by Extinction Rebellion over a series of weekends in November 2018

Gender pay gap widening

The Socialist Party demands that trade unions take a lead in fighting for public investment in well-paid jobs for all

Corbyn must demand election, defend workers' interests and fight for a socialist Brexit

May has been trying to get an extension to Article 50 until the end of June

Them & us

It's one world for the super-rich, and enotehr for the rest of us. Socialism worries, bills, uni art splurge, agency austerity

Stop Tory NHS destruction

Budget deficits, cancer service privatisation, vacant posts, 100,000 outsourced - and campaign victories!

Boot out the Tories - end austerity

Theresa May's 'Brexishambles' keeps rolling on. And we're sick of it!

Only socialism can stop capitalism's plastic problem

A democratic, socialist planned economy could produce sustainable and environmentally safe materials

Organise against climate change, austerity and capitalism

Build a socialist fightback