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4 December 2019 Selling the Socialist Since the general election was called, Swansea Branch has been organising at least three city centre and one campus campaign stalls a week, usually comprised of a main Socialist Party campaign stall and a separate Young Socialist stall nearby 4 December 2019 Hillsborough justice …

Post workers remain defiant – and have kept organising – following a court ruling banning their strike (Pic: @CWUnews/Twitter) Postal workers were waiting to find out the next steps in the battle to defend their jobs and working conditions, as Socialist Worker went to press on Tuesday. The workers’ CWU …

The general election is just the beginning of this fight Will a Labour government fulfil Jeremy Corbyn’s promises to “pull down a corrupt system and build a fairer country?” Its manifesto, due to be released after Socialist Worker went to press, will be a good indication. Labour has already said …

There were large protests against Narendra Modi in July (Pic: Guy Smallman) I was enraged to hear that the Labour Party had declared the question of Kashmir to be a “bilateral issue” between India and Pakistan in which Labour will not interfere. It has done this despite it being the site of …

Let’s transform the mood around the election (Pic: Neil Terry) This general election is an opportunity to kick out the Tories and break from a decade of austerity, scapegoating of Muslims and migrants, and inaction over climate change. If the Tories lose the election on 12 December, it will be a …

Jeremy Corbyn speaking at the Labour Party conference Jeremy Corbyn has promised Labour’s election programme will be “the most radical and exciting plan for real change ever put before the British electorate”. If the policies that Labour Party members have voted for make it into the manifesto, then that might …

Huge university strikes are set to sweep across Britain after workers voted for action in two ballots. UCU union members have voted in overwhelming numbers to stage walkouts to defend their working conditions, pay and pensions. Some 74 percent of workers across 147 universities voted to strike over pay and …

Postal worker voted overwhelmingly for strikes (Pic: @CWUnews on Twitter) Bosses at Royal Mail are recruiting a scab workforce of thousands to try and break a coming national strike. CWU union members have discovered adverts for more than 6,000 temporary Royal Mail jobs at workplaces right around the country. The …

Postal workers used gate meetings to build support for the dispute (Pic: Guy Smallman)   Postal workers are working to build support for a possible national strike in Royal Mail following an astonishing strike vote last week. The workers’ CWU union plans “a massive public engagement exercise” to get people …

Angry members of the Unite union London and Eastern construction branch blocked all the entrances to the main HS2 site in Euston, north London, on Friday last week. Employers Skanksa and Costain are accused by the union of failing to meet their agreed obligations negotiated some time ago. These include …