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Dated - 23 Jul 2025
Letters: Capitalism shapes everything­—why ‘fat’ is a socialist issue

'I am not ashamed of calling myself fat'

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The politics of obesity is a politics of the interplay between capitalism, fashion, the internet and the body
Letters

Letters: Capitalism shapes everything­—why ‘fat’ is a socialist issue

'I am not ashamed of calling myself fat'
12 August 2025
The over 30,000-strong trans+ demo in April
LGBT+

Fight for rights on London Trans+ Pride

Join the protest this Saturday
12 August 2025
On the picket line during doctors' pay fight last year
News

Why you should support the resident doctors’ strike

Join the picket lines on Friday
24 July 2025
The Telegraph front page
Anti-racism

The Telegraph’s and Farage’s ‘big lie’ boosts fascist thugs in Epping

Don't buy their lies
23 July 2025
Israel’s genocidal regime is ­starving Palestinians to death, if they survive it’s bombs and massacres
Palestine & Middle East

Israeli state escalates barrage of massacres at aid points

Israel is determined to keep the GHF in control of “aid”—to use aid as a tool of control and murder
23 July 2025
Donald Trump
Alex Callinicos

Alex Callinicos: Could Epstein saga split Trump’s base?

Maga movement is embroiled in conspiracies
23 July 2025
The fascists rallying in Epping on Thursday
Anti-racism

Meet the fascists at the heart of Epping protests

Hardened fascists are leading the riots
22 July 2025
A man holds up a sign that reads 'Refugees Welcome'
The SW View

What’s driving the racist violence?

Epping is a focal point for the British far right
22 July 2025
May’s mega picket was a turning point in the dispute (Picture: Guy Smallman)
Trade Unions

Union round-up: Time for a mega fight on bin mega picket

Join the mass picket 25 July
22 July 2025
The reproduction sign mocks the state’s proscribing of the group Palestine Action while ignoring Israel’s bombing of civilians
Palestine & Middle East

Interview with Palestine protester arrested over Private Eye graphic

Police repression won't deter him
22 July 2025
Around ten people are standing in front of the University of Nottingham with a banner. One person is giving a speech to the surrounding crowd who are out of our vision.
Trade Unions

Full steam ahead for university workers fighting cuts

UCU members demand that Labour rethinks the broken funding model for higher education.
22 July 2025
Image shows a miner staring two police officers straight in the face during the Battle of Orgreave.
Miners’ Strike 1984-85

Orgreave inquiry finally set to begin

Socialist Worker spoke to one of the striking miners who was there the day police attacked
22 July 2025