A Socialist Equality Party team campaigned outside Westbourne Park bus garage in west London this week. There are 350 bus drivers, engineers and other staff at the garage employed by First Bus (part of the corporate transport giant FirstGroup plc). The SEP members distributed copies of the statements “Oppose Trump’s …
Read More »Trump, EU escalate tariff war as US-European conflict mounts over Greenland
Military vessel HDMS Knud Rasmussen of the Royal Danish Navy patrols near Nuuk, Greenland, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. [AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka] Major political crises inevitably produce turning points in which essential conflicts and issues, long hidden, emerge. The Trump administration’s conflict with the European imperialist powers over control of …
Read More »European postal services suspend shipment of packages to US over import tariffs
The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages coming into the United States is causing a wide array of postal services to pause shipping as they await for more clarity on the rule.The exemption, known as the “ de minimis ” exemption, allows packages worth less than …
Read More »European postal services suspend shipment of packages to US over import tariffs
The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages coming into the United States is causing a wide array of postal services to pause shipping as they await for more clarity on the rule.The exemption, known as the “ de minimis ” exemption, allows packages worth less than …
Read More »UK Starmer government joins US in attacks on Houthis, declares Washington “closest security ally”
On Tuesday evening Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) joined the US in attacking Houthi forces in Yemen. A Ministry of Defence (MoD) statement claimed, “Careful intelligence analysis identified a cluster of buildings, used by the Houthis to manufacture drones of the type used to attack ships in the Red Sea …
Read More »Starmer-Trump meeting resolves nothing for British imperialism
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced Britain will host a summit on Sunday, reportedly involving over a dozen European leaders including France, Germany and Italy, to report back on his Thursday White House meeting with United States President Donald Trump. The only message he can deliver is one Europe’s …
Read More »A letter from a northern California postal worker: “We need to flex our muscles as ‘essential workers’”
Build the USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee to defend the post office! To join, fill out the form at the bottom of this article. USPS mail carrier [Photo: United States Postal Service] At the end of January, US Postal Service city letter carriers rejected by a more than two-to-one margin a contract proposal …
Read More »Trump Unleashes Energy Dominance: A Return to Fossil Fuel Power
President Donald Trump has taken significant steps to cement his energy agenda by signing an executive order to establish the National Energy Dominance Council. This move aims to boost US oil and gas production, driving energy exports and reducing regulatory constraints. The administration has notably greenlit a large liquefied natural …
Read More »UK Labour government legislates Trump-style anti-migrant agenda
The Starmer Labour government’s flagship Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill 2025 deepens the criminalisation of any immigration not carried out through strict “official” channels, seeking to jail, deport, and tag as many migrants as possible. The Bill’s second reading in the House of Commons on Monday followed a campaign …
Read More »Private Eye In The Back: Open season
Open season Wimbledon expansion, Issue 1626 WITH Wimbledon looming, the All England Lawn Tennis Club is in full lobbying mode for its plan to build an 8,000-seat stadium, 38 courts, 10 buildings and nine kilometres of roads and paths in its neighbouring park in south-west London, to host its qualifying …
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