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Fight For Free education!
The Socialist

Fight For Free education!

Kick Out the Tories 

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Issue 962, 14-20 September 2017
NHS Boost To Chatsworth Campaign
The Socialist

NHS Boost To Chatsworth Campaign

Campaigners fighting to save Chatsworth neuro-rehabilitation ward in Mansfield have been encouraged by two recent developments.

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Issue 962, 14-20 September 2017
Retail Sector Crunch: Nationalise To Save Jobs
The Socialist

Retail Sector Crunch: Nationalise To Save Jobs

Retail Sector Crunch: Nationalise To Save Jobs

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Issue 975, 14 December 2017 - 3 January 2018
Two In Five 'Right To Buy' Homes Now For Let
The Socialist

Two In Five 'Right To Buy' Homes Now For Let

- Scrap Thatcher’s right to buy- Build council homes now

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Issue 975, 14 December 2017 - 3 January 2018
Trump Reignites Israel-palestine Conflict
The Socialist

Trump Reignites Israel-palestine Conflict

Capitalism incapable of solving the national question

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Issue 975, 14 December 2017 - 3 January 2018
Strikers Rally In Liverpool
The Socialist

Strikers Rally In Liverpool

Strikers Rally In Liverpool

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Issue 975, 14 December 2017 - 3 January 2018
Fight Like Poplar's Women Councillors To Change The Lives Of Family Carers
The Socialist

Fight Like Poplar's Women Councillors To Change The Lives Of Family Carers

Looking at the history of the Poplar councillors, imprisoned in 1921 for fighting the Tory government’s appalling conditions, it struck me that I have only come across two real-life “Minnies”.

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Issue 938, 2-8 March 2017
Debates On Building The Anti-trump Movement
The Socialist

Debates On Building The Anti-trump Movement

Protest has been a major feature of the first months of 2017. On 21 January, the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, a five million-strong surge of resistance exploded on to the streets of 673 cities and towns worldwide. And thousands have marched and protested since.

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Issue 938, 2-8 March 2017
‘Anti-union Law' Charges Against Sheffield Trees Protesters Dropped
The Socialist

‘Anti-union Law' Charges Against Sheffield Trees Protesters Dropped

Labour-run  Sheffield  coun-cil is almost five years into a 25-year, £2.2 billion, Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract with a multinational company called Amey, to maintain our streets and pavements. 

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Issue 939, 9-15 March 2017
Struggling to Care Against a Backcloth of Cuts
The Socialist

Struggling to Care Against a Backcloth of Cuts

The following is an account of years of struggle by parents of a disabled child to secure the proper resources to meet their daughter’s needs. A situation made more difficult by draconian cuts in funding local services.

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Issue 939, 9-15 March 2017
Historic Demonstration in Barcelona in Support of Refugees
The Socialist

Historic Demonstration in Barcelona in Support of Refugees

On 18 February, Barcelona held the biggest demonstration in Europe in support of refugees under the slogan “Volem acollir” (we want to welcome them). 

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Issue 939, 9-15 March 2017
No More Excuses: Fit Sprinklers Now!
The Socialist

No More Excuses: Fit Sprinklers Now!

BILL THE GOVERNMENT, NOT THE RESIDENTSPUBLISH ALL BLOCK SAFETY ASSESSMENTS

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Issue 971, 16-22 November 2017
Gentrification On The Terraces: Fans Say Twenty's Plenty
The Socialist

Gentrification On The Terraces: Fans Say Twenty's Plenty

Football ticket prices still remain prohibitive, especially for young fans, according to the BBC’s annual Price of Football report.

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Issue 972, 23-29 November 2017
BIFAB Workers' Occupation And March Secures Jobs And Pay Guarantee
The Socialist

BIFAB Workers' Occupation And March Secures Jobs And Pay Guarantee

Workers at the three threatened Burntisland Fabrications - BiFab - yards in Fife have won a guarantee that their jobs and wages will be secured, at least until April 2018. Action by workers and the GMB and Unite trade unions has delivered this important breakthrough.

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Issue 972, 23-29 November 2017
After The Budget - Unions Must Launch Pay Fight
The Socialist

After The Budget - Unions Must Launch Pay Fight

After The Budget - Unions Must Launch Pay Fight

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Issue 973, 30 November - 6 December 2017
Tory Housing Policy: Build Zilch, Hike Prices
The Socialist

Tory Housing Policy: Build Zilch, Hike Prices

Tory Housing Policy: Build Zilch, Hike Prices

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Issue 973, 30 November - 6 December 2017
North West: Drivers' And Housing Workers' Strike Wave Escalates
The Socialist

North West: Drivers' And Housing Workers' Strike Wave Escalates

North West: Drivers' And Housing Workers' Strike Wave Escalates

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Issue 973, 30 November - 6 December 2017
Failing Academy Chain Strips School Assets End Academisation!
The Socialist

Failing Academy Chain Strips School Assets End Academisation!

In businesses when cuts are made, they sell off their facilities and equipment in the interest of maintaining profits. Now that’s what’s happening with our schools.

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Issue 980, 1-7 February 2018
Royal Mail Forced Back Under Threat Of Action But Keep The Pressure On
The Socialist

Royal Mail Forced Back Under Threat Of Action But Keep The Pressure On

Secretary CWU Scotland No.2 branch

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Issue 981, 8-14 February 2018
Mcdonnell Says Labour Would Put Services 'Irreversibly' In Workers' Hands
The Socialist

Mcdonnell Says Labour Would Put Services 'Irreversibly' In Workers' Hands

Ted Mooney Liverpool Socialist Party

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Issue 982, 15-21 February 2018
Corbyn's Positive Measures Blanked By Labour's Right
The Socialist

Corbyn's Positive Measures Blanked By Labour's Right

A standing ovation greeted Jeremy Corbin’s pledges on housing at Labour’s conference: to stop ‘social cleansing’ regeneration schemes and give residents a vote on regeneration proposals; to build more council homes and to control rents.

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Issue 966, 12-18 October 2017
Robber Bosses Own $6TRN
The Socialist

Robber Bosses Own $6TRN

Salford Socialist Party

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Issue 969, 2-8 November 2017
300,000 A Year Forced To Leave Work
The Socialist

300,000 A Year Forced To Leave Work

Unions must fight workplace mental health crisis

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Issue 969, 2-8 November 2017
Theatre: The Cherry Orchard Welsh Update Of Chekhov An Engrossing Tale Of 1980s Class Conflict
The Socialist

Theatre: The Cherry Orchard Welsh Update Of Chekhov An Engrossing Tale Of 1980s Class Conflict

The Cherry Orchard is set in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in 1982. Yes, that’s right. It’s a modern retelling of the original written by Anton Chekhov just before the first Russian revolution in 1905. And it’s brilliant.

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Issue 970, 9-15 November 2017
Resist Trump and His Rotten Policies
The Socialist

Resist Trump and His Rotten Policies

Why I’m walking out on ‘Day X’

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Issue 936, 16-22 February 2017
Council Cuts Can Be Fought and They Must Be
The Socialist

Council Cuts Can Be Fought and They Must Be

Councils set budgets amid 40% cut.

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Issue 936, 16-22 February 2017
Non-fiction Review: Lenin On The Train
The Socialist

Non-fiction Review: Lenin On The Train

Tense, lively prologue to events which changed the world.

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Issue 935, 9-15 February 2017
Syria: Is An End To The War In Sight?
The Socialist

Syria: Is An End To The War In Sight?

The military victory in Aleppo by Assad’s regime and its foreign backers was a turning point in the war in Syria. It has put the Syrian government once more in formal control of the country’s main urban centres. Serge Jordan of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) examines if this is the prelude to a broader peace settlement that could end the horrors inflicted on the Syrian people.

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Issue 935, 9-15 February 2017
GIG Economy Exploiter Uber Loses London Licence
The Socialist

GIG Economy Exploiter Uber Loses London Licence

GIG Economy Exploiter Uber Loses London Licence

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Issue 964, 28 September - 4 October 2017
Usdaw Elections Announced
The Socialist

Usdaw Elections Announced

Fight For A Left LeadershipVote For Amy Murphy

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Issue 964, 28 September - 4 October 2017