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Unite general secretary campaign: Statement from Sharon Graham

The nomination stage of the Unite the Union general secretary election campaign ends on 7 June. The Socialist Party invited the two left candidates, Sharon Graham and Howard Beckett, to outline why they are standing

Save our NHS from the Tories

The day of protest on 3 July - the anniversary of the foundation of the NHS - should be the launch of a fight on pay and to save our NHS. Let's build the protests around the country and demand a real fight from trade union leaders.

University funding reform: Fight for free, fully funded education for all

Tories plan to attack university arts funding: University students and staff across the country have been left outraged at the Office for Students' proposed cuts to university teaching grants as part of the government's 'reprioritisation' strategy for universities.

Where now for the Scottish independence movement?

A majority of MSPs in the Scottish parliament are committed to a second referendum

Great British Railways shake-up offers no end to profiteering

Nationalise the whole railway system!

Our lives, our jobs, our future - Not safe in Tory hands

One law for them and one law for us. Nothing summed that up better than Dominic Cummings' trip to Barnard Castle during the first Covid lockdown.
Now the thieves have fallen out.

Fight for the right to protest

The government intends the biggest curtailment of the right to protest in a generation.

Organise for 3 July pay protests

Saturday 3 July will be an opportunity to voice opposition to the 1% NHS pay offer

Palestinians need a new socialist intifada

The Israeli bombardment of Gaza lasted for eleven days, with terrible loss of life and devastation on the ground

News in brief

News in brief: Sasha Johnson, a London-based black activist, was shot in the head in the early hours of 23 May. Sasha was a prominent figure during the Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020, and is now a

Lancaster Greens do deal with Tories

Last week brought more reminders that stopping global heating is incompatible with the capitalist profit motive

NHS: Scottish vote shows unions must fight for 15%

Thursday 1 April should have seen a significant pay rise for all NHS staff. Instead, we have seen further delays and no announcement from the Pay Review Body.

Johnson's Tories and Starmer's Labour have nothing to offer workers

Where was the content to Boris Johnson's vacuous rhetoric of 'levelling up' and 'building back better' in the Queen's Speech?

Unison: Elect reps who will back strike action

Ballot papers are being sent out to the 1.3 million members of public sector union Unison to elect the new national executive council (NEC), the highest elected body of the union

New voter ID laws: Electoral fraud - Tory style

According to the Queen's Speech, people in the UK will need 'valid' photo ID to be able to vote in person in future elections

What's needed to stop more Covid outbreaks?

Full pay, nationalisation and more: Meeting friends in a pub... a family restaurant meal... going to the match - is life about to return to normal? Covid-19 infection rates have fallen to their lowest since last summer.

News in brief

US president Joe Biden has told Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu that he 'favours' a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas - which is actually a step forward compared to Donald Trump's previous position on the Palestinian/Israeli conflict

Stop the Israeli state terror

For a socialist solution to poverty and repression of Palestinians:
The Israeli military bombardment of Gaza has been relentless for over a week, with terrible loss of life and devastation on the ground.

Starmer moves against Unite - No to the attack on Beckett

Howard Beckett, Unite assistant general secretary and Labour Party NEC member has - like Jeremy Corbyn and hundreds of others before him - been suspended from Labour

Welsh Labour holds on to government but new crises loom

Welsh Labour has won the Welsh parliament election with increased votes and seats. Mark Drakeford's government benefited from the 'incumbency factor' and actually increased the party's seats in the