Socialist Worker (Britain)

31/08/2024

HMP Parc in South Wales shines a light on the systematic failures of Britain’s criminal justice system. Prisoners and campaigners spoke to Thomas Foster

Prisoners and campaigners speak out

31/08/2024

Israeli troops and settlers are on the rampage in the West Bank

30/08/2024

The systematic abuse behind prison bars is an integral part of the Zionist state to stop Palestinians from resisting its barbaric regime

29/08/2024

Labour is cracking down on Palestine protesters and locking up climate campaigners

Labour is cracking down on Palestine Action protesters, locking up climate campaigners and driving through the Tory anti-protest measures

29/08/2024

We should demand properly-funded, state-provided and high quality childcare

Parents are battling a convoluted and complicated childcare expansion scheme, which launches next week

28/08/2024

Sean Vernell is a UCU union national executive committee member and delegate to the TUC union federation's congress. He surveys some of the key debates this year

Sean Vernell, UCU union national executive committee member and delegate to the TUC congress, writes

28/08/2024

The left wing LFI party has announced protests ‘against Emmanuel Macron’s coup’ on Saturday

The left wing LFI party has announced protests against the ‘coup' by French president Emmanuel Macron on Saturday

27/08/2024

The new Socialist Worker is out now. Our front page reads "Starmer says things can only get worse"

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27/08/2024

Starmer is trying to make working class people pay for the mess that the Tories left behind

Starmer's speech on Tuesday laid out that Labour won't deliver speedy changes and that things can only get worse

27/08/2024

Police stop and search one child every 14 hours and that child is four times more likely to be black

There is two-tier policing in Britain. The police are four times more likely to stop and search a black child compared to other ethnicities

27/08/2024

Bosses profit from death and destruction in a classic tale of capitalism

Bosses profit from death and destruction as some Western governments hand out more contracts for arms production

27/08/2024

Plus Unison wrong to halt strikes amid talks and Unite members take on UCU union management

The EIS-Fela union is recommending college lecturers accept a new deal to end their long-running pay battle.

27/08/2024

Arguments about tourism, the drugs industry and more

27/08/2024

The anti-racist movement must hurl the far right off the streets and show that racism is not welcome here

Anti-racists must not rely on the cops or courts and continue to resist the far right across Britain on the streets

27/08/2024

United States and Britain continue to aid Israel's genocide

Key sticking points in the talks included Israel demanding that it would keep troops in the Philadelphi Corridor.

27/08/2024

There's unlikely to be a much-needed fightback against Labour's pro-boss policies

27/08/2024

Kneecap is set to be the most watched Irish language film ever, featuring hip-hop group Kneecap who rap in English and Irish

Kneecap is set to be the most watched Irish language film ever, featuring hip-hop group Kneecap who rap in English and Irish.

27/08/2024

Plus Refuse workers want union recognition. Jobcentre security guards keep striking, NHS workers vote on pay deal and more

Plus refuse workers want union recognition. Jobcentre security guards keep striking, NHS workers vote on pay deal and more

27/08/2024

Viraj took sanctuary from deportation services for years in a Church, but remained a committed socialist after settling in Germany

Viraj took sanctuary from deportation services for years in a Church, but remained a committed socialist after settling in Germany.

27/08/2024

The building was having cladding removed at the time of the blaze

Behind a fire in Dagenham, east London, is a major scandal linked to the Grenfell Tower blaze seven years ago.

26/08/2024

Trade unions are an essential tool of workers’ struggle under capitalism, but they must have a strong rank and file

26/08/2024

The Indian workers’ strike against sexism in the workplace has been an inspiration. Sarah Bates explains why such action is important, and how it can impact on wider society

Strike against sexism

26/08/2024

His speech, set for Tuesday, underlines that working class people cannot rely on the Labour government

Keir Starmer—the supposed bringer of “change”—made a speech on Tuesday that life in Britain “is going to get worse”.

25/08/2024

Looking into the reality behind Labour’s plan and what's really needed to fix the housing crisis

“Get Britain building again” promises 1.5 million new homes over the next five years, and changes to planning regulations to make it happen.

25/08/2024

People in Scotland are dying from drug use at a rate higher than in any other European country

Scotland is in a public health emergency as people are dying from drug use at a rate higher than in any other European country.

25/08/2024

The attack comes after Israel murdered Lebanese resistance commander Fuad Shukr last month

Israel launched a series of intense airstrikes on southern Lebanon early on Sunday in what it claimed was a “preemptive” attack.

24/08/2024

Only struggle—at all of the steel companies’ sites—will force the bosses to back off from a jobs massacre

Labour’s election promises to save steel jobs are falling apart. The union leaders were wrong to run away from strikes in July and rely on Keir Starmer—and should call walkouts now.

23/08/2024

As the far right attempt to grow it's vital we learn valuable lessons from past confrontations

The N**i National Front (NF) ran a “campaign of terror”—its skinhead troops rampaging through black and Asian areas.

23/08/2024

James Allen’s Girls’ School in Dulwich charges £24,000 a year per student

Workers who clean the private James Allen’s Girls’ School in Dulwich, south London, are set for a three-day strike.