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Nationalise to save jobs threatened by Covid-19 and downturn

The impact of Covid-19 accelerated the collapse of Flybe

Coronavirus: Full NHS funding now

Britain has almost the fewest intensive care beds per person, and hospital beds overall per person, of any country in Europe. How is our NHS going to cope with an influx from Covid-19?

News in brief

Hundreds of injuries have taken place at Amazon warehouses in Britain in the past three years. The GMB union says that one worker at a London site was left unconscious after a head injury and stopped breathing

Domestic Violence bill: We still need to fight to save our services

The new domestic violence bill, first introduced by Theresa May, has supposedly been improved under Johnson's leadership, writes Amy Cousens, Bradford Socialist Party.

Coronavirus infects the world economy

The biggest one-day fall in stock markets since the financial crisis; an oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, and the fastest drop in the cost of oil for 30 years

Coronavirus: international cooperation needed, not capitalist competition

Nine weeks after the first Covid-19 coronavirus patient was identified in Wuhan it had spread to 98 countries, writes Jon Dale, secretary, Unite union Nottinghamshire NHS branch (personal capacity).

Supermarkets are ruled by profit - unions should control supply limits

Many shop and supermarket shelves are being stripped of hand wash, toilet rolls and some food lines such as dry pasta, as people panic buy and stockpile because of coronavirus, writes Scott Jones, Usdaw union member (personal capacity).

For full pay during isolation: for public health as well as workers' wallets

Government forecasts say up to 20% of workers could be off sick or in self-isolation in the UK when coronavirus reaches its peak, writes Josh Asker, Southampton Socialist Party.

Self-isolation patients speak: NHS facilities and advice not up to it

The outbreak of Covid-19 in northern Italy took place during our short holiday in Rome. On arrival in Italy, all the passengers on our flight from London were individually screened in front of a video

Coronavirus news in brief

Amazon reports it is trying to remove listings for face masks and hand sanitiser marked up by up to 2,000%

International Women's Day: Fighting sexism and austerity

International Women's Day feature, including young women, Women's Lives Matter, trade unions, and a programme to fight oppression

A socialist response to the Coronavirus crisis

As new coronavirus infections gather pace - in Britain and around the world - Boris Johnson claims the country is "well-prepared with a fantastic NHS." Who's he kidding?

This is the BBC: fight the cuts - and the capitalist media

The BBC plans to scrap over 500 news jobs.Targets include reductions at Newsnight and 5 Live, but cutbacks will hit the whole division.

Austerity kills

Thieving cuts to incomes and services mean workers are dying younger and suffering sickness for longer. Austerity is killing us.
Meanwhile, since the world financial crash, the wealth of the super-rich has expanded like a monstrous tumour.

Weinstein found guilty

A jury in New York City found Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape and sexual assault on 24 February. More trials are ahead for the multimillionaire film producer.

Bezos gives $10bn for climate - nationalise the rest!

A $10 billion 'Bezos Earth Fund' is the biggest 'giveaway' yet by owner of Amazon and world's richest man Jeff Bezos.

Average wages recover to pre-crisis levels - but we're still over a decade behind

Average wage levels in the UK have, for the first time, recovered to the level they were at before the financial crisis.

Immigration: For a system that meets the needs of the majority, not a rich elite

There has been a lot of controversy in the capitalist media about the Tory government's proposed 'points based' immigration system

Preparing for the post-Corbyn era

Just two months after the general election the simmering divisions within the Tory party bubbled back to the surface

Couldn't pay, wouldn't pay, didn't pay: the battle to defeat the poll tax

30 years ago the historic struggle against the hated poll tax was reaching its peak.