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Since becoming active in the revolutionary movement in 1960, Peter made an indispensable contribution, both theoretically and practically in the hard graft necessary to build a revolutionary party and ...
After 14 years of Tory austerity, many hoped that a Labour government would pose a positive alternative and mark a shift in ...
Robbie Davidson, Manchester Socialist Students Manchester and Salford Socialist Students travelled to the office of Labour MP ...
One third of teachers are seeing physical underdevelopment in poorer pupils – this rising to more than half in deprived areas, the results of a recent National Education Union survey found. Many ...
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Peter Taaffe, who after a long illness died on 23 April 2025. The loss of Peter is a big blow to the working-class movement and Trotskyism ...
The Labour government’s latest plans to reduce NHS waiting lists and the huge pressures on hospital consultants are encouraging GPs not to send patients to hospital. GPs will receive £20 every time a ...
A climate catastrophe far worse than any yet seen is much closer now than when the first edition of Planning for the Planet was written in 2011. January 2025 was Earth’s hottest month ever, which ...
Bin workers in Birmingham continue their courageous strike, now into its seventh week of all-out action, against attacks which would slash the pay of a whole section of the workforce. The Labour-led ...
Jay Coward and James Ivens, Equity members Delayed trade union rights, renewed arts austerity, lack of political voice – London members of Equity have urged the performing arts union to step up these ...
Unite members at Gatwick Airport took strike action over the Easter weekend after their employer, Red Handling, routinely failed to make correct payments into their pensions, as well as implementing ...
National union conferences are important: they bring together reps and activists to discuss what needs to be done. They are made up of a range of people – from hard-working reps to officials defending ...