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The Tories have been forced to drop plans to get all primary school children back into school before the summer term ends.

‘No. The prime minister would not agree that this is a racist country,” said Boris Johnson’s spokesperson on Monday.

When politicians start fretting about “mob rule” and “law and order” it’s often a racist dog whistle. But it’s also about fear of the power of ordinary people.

Coronavirus has ripped through adult social care.

Cleaners at Ark Globe Academy in south London walked out on a wildcat strike on Thursday last week.

Postal workers in Bridgwater, Somerset, walked out unofficially on Thursday of last week and voted to stay out on Friday.

Transport workers are gearing up for huge battles across the network, as the Tories try to fill buses and trains to reopen the economy.

Across protests in the US a furious call is going out to “defund the police”. 

The power is in the streets. It’s not enough to write to your congressman or circulate a petition anymore

The Black Lives Matter ­movement has sparked a wave of mass protests in countries across the world.

The magnificent uprising taking place across the US is historic. Mass demonstrations following the police murder of George Floyd have now continued for more than two weeks. The rebellion is the most significant in decades.

Many of the international solidarity protests took aim at police racism and violence in their own countries—and many defied state repression and bans.