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Trade union campaign wins victory against victimisation
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (329+ words) Victimised rep Ameen Hadi spekaking on a panel about stopping the far right The Defend Ameen Hadi and Salford City Unison campaign has made a significant breakthrough in the fight against trade union victimisation. Bosses at Salford City Council in…...
Resident doctors fought hard'but they were left to fight alone
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (627+ words) Why did resident doctors in England this week end their long-running pay and jobs dispute for a poor government offer? The BMA union members voted by a small margin to accept a deal that ministers admit will increase pay by…...
'Fighting back gives me strength'Scots respond to rise in hate crimes
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (857+ words) Hate crimes in Scotland are at their highest point in 20 years, a damning new report has revealed." Racist hate crime is 17 percent higher compared to 2024-25. It is the most common kind of hate crime reported, said the report from the…...
Crisis in Venezuela stems from sanctions, corruption and poor government policies
2+ hour, 54+ min ago (965+ words) Venezuelans have protested against acting president Delcy Rodr'guez and the regime around her (pic: Wikimedia commons) People in Venezuela are angry at acting president Delcy Rodr'guez and the regime in the wake of two devastating earthquakes last week. Venezuela has…...
Iran - War, Resistance and Revolution
23+ hour, 44+ min ago (248+ words) Trump and Netenyahu's humiliation has been celebrated by many around the world horrified by the genocide in Palestine. The expansion of war to Syria and Lebanon underlines the threat posed by Israel to tens of millions across the region. This…...
Devon residents fight Big Tech's giant AI data centre plans
21+ hour, 37+ min ago (502+ words) In Great Torrington, north Devon, locals are trying to stop a proposal for one of Europe's biggest data centres. A public meeting about the plans last Thursday drew so many people that there was standing room only in the town…...
Cancer workers hit back at bosses for better pay
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (536+ words) Striking workers at the Institute of Cancer Research Workers at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) began two weeks of continuous strike this week. The Unite union members are demanding a better pay deal. Bosses removed their "incremental pay scales…...
Education report on "white working class" grades is class act in racist dog whistles
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (533+ words) For the first time in a long time white working class children have a government that will fight for them." If you had to guess, you might think those words had come out of the mouth of Reform UK's Nigel…...
Letters: Churchill's murderous legacy cannot be forgotten
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (762+ words) The controversy over Winston Churchill's role in the 1943 Bengal famine that killed more than 3 million people resurfaced last week. Award winning artist Helen Cammock had an installation withdrawn from the National Portrait Gallery in London. This came after 59 lords signed…...
What I did after becoming a revolutionary socialist: voices from Marxism Festival
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (1700+ words) Historian Ilan Papp" drew big crowds at Marxism festival 2025 I was at Marxism 2025 for two days. I remember the speech Andrew Feinstein gave when he announced Your Party'it was so exciting. The festival made me aware of the interconnected nature…...