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18 November 2020
Croydon Council declares bankruptcy - no cuts in Croydon or any other council
With a £66 million gap between income and expenditure, Labour-controlled Croydon Council is effectively bankrupt - politically and financially
18 November 2020
Tories student 'evacuation' plan won't work
The government plans to allow students in England to travel for Christmas
11 November 2020
Spycops inquiry : why the capitalist state feared and continues to fear socialism
Of 1,000 organisations the SDS infiltrated, only three are thought to be right wing.
11 November 2020
Capitalists vs working class - not in it together
"We are really not all in this together. It is far worse for some than for others." It could be a quote from any of the millions of working-class people whose living standards have plummeted
11 November 2020
Tory U-turn: Free school meals
Less starvation for us, more humiliation for the government: In its latest U-turn, the government finally agreed a £170 million package to support children - children largely made vulnerable as a result of the Tories' capitalist system.
11 November 2020
Tory U-turn: Furlough extended - not enough to save jobs
Boris Johnson's recent U-turn, to extend furlough, will give a glimmer of hope to some workers, but will come too late for many already dumped by their employers.
11 November 2020
Covid law used against striking workers - for workers' control of safety measures
On the very first day of the new national lockdown, police issued dispersal orders to a picket line of striking workers, on the grounds of breaching the new rules.
11 November 2020
Covid and poverty rising - Welsh lockdown ends with little progress
Wales emerged from a two-week lockdown on 9 November. There is little evidence that the 'firebreak' introduced by the Welsh government had much impact on the spread of the virus.
6 November 2020
Socialists, including Labour MP, spied on by police and security services
Nearly six years after it was set up the Undercover Policing Inquiry has finally begun, albeit in an extremely limited and inadequate way
5 November 2020
Independent Socialist Group interim statement on 2020 US election
Vote counts are too close to call for the Presidential election. Anti-Trump protests began overnight.
4 November 2020
A lockdown that doesn't include education?
Since schools re-opened, virus levels are nine times higher among primary pupils and 50 times higher among secondary pupils
4 November 2020
Our lives, our jobs - not safe in Tory hands
The Tories did a massive U-turn, but are too split and rotten to make it effective in protecting our health and livelihoods.
4 November 2020
Testing is failing - it's a privatised mess
Covid-19 infections are spreading fast because England's 'test and trace' reached only 60% of the contacts of confirmed Covid cases in recent weeks
4 November 2020
Furloughed worker speaks out: Let down by insecure contracts
I was working when lockdown was announced. We turned up the volume on the telly, put the subtitles on and everyone went quiet.
3 November 2020
Corbyn suspended - Time to fight for a new mass workers' party
Keir Starmer is determined to annihilate the last vestiges of 'Corbynism'- as the Socialist Party warned would be the case
29 October 2020
Corbyn suspended:Workers' movement needs a fighting political voice
To win the Labour leadership Keir Starmer tried to dress up in some of Corbyn’s clothes, claiming to want ‘unity’ with all wings of the party. Six months later he's suspended his predecessor from party membership.
28 October 2020
We need union action, not platitudes!
There's a shortfall of over £1 billion in funding for the NHS in England, say officials
28 October 2020
BAME Covid deaths due to capitalist inequality, confirms government
Death rates are up to three times as high for BAME people.
28 October 2020
The coronavirus crisis is raging on. Thousands of children are suffering. And Boris Johnson and Co repulsively chose to snub the meals campaign led by Marcus Rashford.
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