By Ian Spark Introduction On Saturday 21st February 2026, the fascist group Britain First (BF) marched through the city of Manchester explicitly calling for the mass forced deportation of all people who live in Britain but were not born here. There were two counter-demos, one led by the national group Stand Up To Racism (SUTR), […]
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By Marcel Salay Caterers, porters, cleaners and patient transport workers at Epsom and St Helier’s hospitals in Surrey have struck a deal after a successful strike ballot in early November. Represented by UVW, the workers had previously been denied proper pensions, sick pay from day one, unsociable hours enhancements and other benefits that NHS workers […]
Read MoreAs the Labour Party continues its unrelenting shift to the right—often echoing the rhetoric and policies of the far right—a growing number of voices are calling for the formation of a new party rooted in the interests of the working class. We think that to build a force against the Labour Party and capitalism it […]
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International Socialist League On 4 July 2025 the British parliament, in a unprecedented step, proscribed non-violent Palestine Action with just 26 MP’s voting against, Jeremy Corbyn (independent left MP) asked, unsuccessfully, for the proscription vote to be taken in three parts because the bill included two proposed proscriptions – a violent neo-Nazi group ‘Maniacs Murder […]
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International Socialist League As the Labour Party continues its unrelenting shift to the right—often echoing the rhetoric and policies of the far right—a growing number of voices are calling for the formation of a new party rooted in the interests of the working class. We think that to build a force against the Labour Party […]
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“The UK Supreme Court’s April 2025 ruling excludes trans people from sex-based protections under the Equality Act, erasing their rights. With Labour backing the decision, urgent collective action is needed to fight this regressive judgment.”
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I didn’t get elected but am still proud that I fought a good campaign and did what I set out to do – use the election to raise a series of important issues. I am very grateful that 193 people in the Stockport constituency were willing to put their trust in me to be their […]
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Build a new workers party Keir Starmer became the British prime minister on 6 July after the Labour party won a landslide election with 411 seats that decisively swept the Conservatives out of power, as their vote fragmented. Labour only won 33.7% of the vote, John Curtice, a prominent polling expert, said the result was […]
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Ashley Walker ISL At a time when climate change places additional pressure on water usage and threatens to create water scarcity, 20% of water pumped through Britain’s water infrastructure is lost to leaks [1]. According to the Environment Agency, in 2023 there were 3.6 million hours of spills, compared to 1.75 million hours in 2022, […]
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Margaret McAdam and Ashley Walker Based on data from 2023, around 12 million people, 18% of the population, live in absolute poverty, with a housing and homelessness emergency escalating as families struggle to bear the costs of permanently high prices including energy costs. An estimated 13% of households in England are in fuel poverty, and […]
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