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Be wise to the spies’ lies

spy, David Hagan, cops, Stephen Lawrence New revelations this week have underlined the extent of the British state’s spying operation in socialist organisations.

Build a mass movement to beat the far right

anti-racism, anti-fascism, DFLA, SUTR, London, protest, demonstration the Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) international conference this Saturday takes place against the background of the growing threat of the far right.

Clash between Turkey and Saudi Arabia gives Donald Trump a headache

Trump, US, Middle East, trade wars, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Donald Trump, imperialism We’ve seen again how hard it has become to manage the Middle East in the interests of Western imperialism. The players this time are the US, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

Hancock's half-cocked response to crisis in mental health

Hancocks half-cocked response to crisis in mental health Tory health secretary Matt Hancock offered warm words in the run-up to World Mental Health Day on Wednesday.

We need system change to save the planet

We need system change to save the planet If the disaster that climate scientists warned of this week is to be avoided, there needs to be radical action.

Will the rich flee before a Corbyn government?

Will the rich flee before a Corbyn government? While Brexit obsesses politicians and commentators, the super-rich apparently are more worried about Jeremy Corbyn.

Don’t fall for right wing lies over abuse perpetrators


The left should give no ground to argument that Asian men are more likely to be child abusers, argues Sadie Robinson

The rich are the real looters in Indonesia


People in flood-hit towns and cities in Indonesia have resorted to taking supplies from shops without paying.

Don’t give in to myths about asylum seekers


A Tory deal has banned asylum seekers from being housed in the north east of England following far right protests.

The truth about food that makes us sick


Pret A Manger killed a teenage girl.

Andrew Murray is right - the spooks and the state are trying to undermine Corbyn


Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson tried to belittle claims that the spooks were out to undermine Jeremy Corbyn as a “bit John le Carre”.

After John McDonnell’s pledges - how do we get real workers’ democracy?


Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has enraged the Tories and the right wing press by announcing plans to nationalise the water industry, rail and other utilities.

Go beyond the false ‘choices’ over Brexit


The Daily Express newspaper declared it was Theresa May’s “finest hour” as she defended her Chequers deal on Brexit last weekend.

Brexit didn’t drive Jaguar cuts


One thousand Jaguar car workers in the West Midlands are to be put on a three-day week

Liberals do not have any answers to crisis


Ten years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, it’s a matter of controversy whether the global economic crisis it helped to precipitate is over.

Survey shows we have to fight for our anti-racist ideas


Despite the racist onslaught from the politicians and the press, a majority of people think immigration has had an overall positive impact on Britain

Bold strikes mean cleaners are winning big


Cleaners across London have got bosses running scared.

Why battles over working hours are key to capitalism


Bosses won’t let us benefit from advances in technology unless we fight them, argues Tomáš Tengely-Evans

Union leaders aren’t doing enough to unite workers in action


If the ambitions of the trade union movement are going to be realised then we need to go beyond sectional battles

Health is a class issue


Women in Britain die earlier than women living in most other European countries, according to Public Health England (PHE).
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