News and socialist analysis

Capitalism = racism: "You fight capitalism with socialism"

The current Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is the biggest wave of protests against racism since the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s

BAME coronavirus deaths - an indictment of capitalist inequality

Public Health England has recently published its long-awaited report into why death rates from Covid-19 are highest among BAME people

Test-and-trace fiasco - the ringing of the cash till

Serco has been awarded a lucrative £45.8 million (possibly up to £90 million) test-and-trace contract with the National Health Service (NHS).

Coronavirus pandemic news in brief

"There is no privatisation of the NHS on my watch", said serial bullshitter health secretary Matt Hancock in January

Battered Tories face divisions and growing anger

Just six months ago the Tories gained their biggest parliamentary majority since 1987

Council finance disaster: set emergency no-cuts budgets and fight for funds!

Local authorities in Britain are tasked with meeting local social needs arising from the coronavirus pandemic and its economic consequences. They have never been in a worse position to do so.

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.

Protect every job, nationalise don't subsidise

As the economic implications of Coronavirus emerge, Tory chancellor Rishi Sunak has proposed Project Birch

"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!

Tories knocked back on schools opening

The government has faced parental distrust and organised trade union opposition

Lessons from the Corbyn experience

What are the lessons of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party leadership for the ongoing struggle to achieve mass, working-class, socialist political representation?

Reckless, lying cheats

* One rule for Cummings, another for us
* More Tory lies over PPE and testing
* Dangerous return to school and work strategy

Not only Cummings but the whole Tory government must go!

United action can defeat Tories' dangerous school plan

The plans for primary schools to open more widely show complete disregard for public health.

Coronavirus pandemic news in brief

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is launching a bailout scheme called 'Project Birch' to prevent the collapse of key big businesses

More blunders and profiteering in Tory track-and-trace scheme

The Tories' 'track and trace' scheme fails on all counts

Care home workers suffer PPE shortage and job loss fears

My neighbour contacted me the other night. She is a care worker at a home for the elderly. She had seen the Socialist Party posters on my fence

Black and Asian Covid-19 deaths: an indictment of capitalist inequality

The Covid death figures broken down by ethnicity caused widespread shock and anger

Covid crisis boosts union membership but TUC leaders want to cosy up to the bosses!

The TUC calls for a Recovery Council

Johnson's reckless 'back to school' plans threaten everyone's safety

School workers are in the front line of the government's unsafe back-to-work strategy - but they and parents are organising a huge resistance

Confidence plummets in Tory strategy for Covid-19

Workers must build workplace and political resistance
Boris Johnson's speech on 10 May was a watershed moment in the Covid-19 crisis