Reactionary forces oppose the LGBTQIA+ community Ashley Walker As a Reform council withdraws funding to the local LGBTQIA+ community, and as others refuse to fly the flag symbolising LGBTQIA+ inclusion during Pride month, we are reminded about the importance of working-class solidarity. A Reform led council cut £2,500 funding to the Durham Pride event, out […]
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By Ian Spark On 29 and 30 November 2,500 were chosen by sortition to found a new party of struggle against capitalism, some pushing for an overtly socialist party. After the conference it is reported that membership rose to 66,000. However, those chosen found before the conference started that the main leadership around Jeremy Corbyn […]
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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 […]
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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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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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Ashley Walker, ISL First published June 2022 The liberation of transgender and gender non-binary people would help liberate us all, by challenging and helping to shatter the patriarchal and bigoted capitalist system we currently live in. The British government has recently launched two attacks on transgender and gender non-binary people, these being proposing to ban […]
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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 […]
Read MoreTransgender : Xenophobia : Debt recovery violence : Government snooping In this contribution to Life of the ISL Ashley shows how his recent work reminded him of the true oppressive face of capitalism, and that this view has been reinforced since, with many more oppressive developments by British capitalism. Stop Removing More Transgender Rights On […]
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