Youth climate protests are back
by Maurice Cooper On 24 September, hundreds of students walked out of their classes and gathered in Parliament Square to demand that the Tory government […]
Month: September 2021
Sabina Nessa Vigil — Enough is Enough
End Violence against Women by Helen Pattison, London Socialist Party Regional Secretary Six months and here we are again, remembering another woman murdered. That was […]
London tenants v greedy contractors
by Nancy Taaffe, Waltham Forest Socialist Party On 23 September, the Socialist Party and Waltham Forest Housing Action Network in east London responded to the […]
Returning to campus — Students need to stand up and fight
by Stanley Harris, UAL Socialist Students As we progress through the month of September, students and young people across the country will be preparing themselves […]
Life expectancy falls — A condemnation of capitalism
by Nancy Taaffe, Waltham Forest Socialist Party I often think when I hear that a member of the royal family has died at the ripe […]
Energy market chaos makes the case for nationalisation
by Simon Carter, East London Socialist Party Millions of gas consumers face price hikes and uncertainty in supplies as energy companies go bust. Yet again, […]
Exam results: grade gap widens — Fund our schools!
by Evita Nazari, sixth form student, West London Socialist Party After a tumultuous two years of studying during a pandemic, students across the country finally […]
TV review — Grenfell: The Untold Story
by Mike Cleverley, Waltham Forest Socialist Party Recently, my partner and I watched ‘Grenfell: The Untold Story’. We watched footage of tenants, ahead of the […]
Goodlord dispute: Labour’s leadership weasled out of backing strike action
In April this year, Scott Hunter, a member of the Socialist Party and a striker at Goodlord, in east London, wrote to his local Labour […]
Schools funding crisis fails vulnerable children
by Rachel Lyon, Waltham Forest Socialist Party and SEND worker Schools face a special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) funding crisis, a £1 billion shortfall […]