March to save our NHS
by Dara Fitzgerald, West London Socialist Party The NHS is at breaking point. Years of Tory underfunding and cuts have led to longer waiting times, […]
Socialist ideas at the ‘Defend Israeli Democracy’ protest
by Ellen Kenyon Peers, Waltham Forest Socialist Party ‘Democracy for ALL’, read a chorus of banners at the ‘Defend Israeli Democracy’ demo on 12 March. […]
Defend Brian Debus and Hackney trade unionists
On 15 March, Hackney council workers protested both in solidarity with the masses of public sector workers on strike, and also, importantly, against redundancies in […]
London Underground RMT: faced with no choice but to strike
by an RMT tube driver I am a worker on the railway who drives a train in London. I work in the east end of […]
Birkbeck and UEA propose dramatic staff cuts due to ‘deficits’
by Quinn Gray, Essex Socialist Party Birkbeck, University of London and the University of East Anglia (UEA) are proposing dramatic job and budget cuts to […]
Hundreds protest against Croydon council cuts and tax rise
by Alex Forbes, South West London Socialist Party Outside Croydon Town Hall on 2 March, fury was vented from about 200 demonstrators at a proposed […]
Outsourced workers in Hounslow appeal to Labour council
by Unite members in le/1111 housing workers branch Hestia’s striking housing support workers, together with Hounslow parking attendants, held a loud and enthusiastic lobby outside […]
Starmer bans Corbyn from standing as Labour
Socialist Party Editorial Food bank demand in January 2023 up on 2022 — a year in which millions of people in the sixth richest country […]
Trades councils: building coordination and solidarity in the strike wave
by Linda Taaffe, Waltham Forest Socialist Party, former secretary of Waltham Forest Trades Council After several decades of workers facing cutbacks and wage squeezes while […]
11 March — Join ‘save our NHS’ national demo in London
by Mick Suter, Sheffield Save Our NHS, chair The enthusiastic mood to support all NHS workers was graphically shown during the last strike. 100 RCN […]