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Issue - 2987
Dated - 06 Jan 2026
PCS national ballot over ‘disgraceful’ pay offer

'We’ve had examples of big wins'

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PCS demonstration during previous national strike (Picture: Guy Smallman)
News

PCS national ballot over ‘disgraceful’ pay offer

'We’ve had examples of big wins'
12 January 2026
ucu and NEU union members on the picket line in north London (Photo: Guy Smallman)
Trade Unions

Colleges strike fighting for pay and education

Plus university workers fighting for pay and pensions
12 January 2026
Women holding home made placards protesting for abortion rights in London in 2023
Reviews & Culture

Tracing the long history of abortion and criminalisation

Reviewing In Abortion—A History by Mary Fissell
07 January 2026
On the campaign to save Richards House
Labour

Lack of funding devastates end of life care

'It’s a disaster for all the families that use it'
07 January 2026
There is a mood that socialists can capitalise on (Photo: @NYCMayor on X)
The SW View

Glimmers of hope on the edge of disaster

There is a mood that socialists can capitalise on
06 January 2026
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, following Operation Absolute Resolve in Venezuela leading to the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro
International

The imperialist dynamics behind Trump’s invasion of Venezuela

What lies behind the US's imperial plunder?
06 January 2026
Maduro’s seizure is intended to intimidate every Latin American government
Alex Callinicos

Alex Callinicos: US raid on Venezuela exposes brutal lesson

Trump wants to intimidate Latin America
06 January 2026
Trade unionists and supporters from across the country got organised to join the mass picket
Trade Unions

Unions round up: Birmingham bins—organise to shut down the sites

Join the mega picket on 30 January
06 January 2026
News

Protests across Britain against Trump’s attack on Venezuela

Anger at Trump and Starmer on the streets
06 January 2026
Resident doctors in England struck last month to defend the NHS (Photo: Guy Smallman)
News

Labour blames cold for NHS crisis, but refuses to give cash injection

Force Labour to cough up
05 January 2026
Anti-racism

Campaigners slam racist calls for Alaa Abd El-Fattah to lose British citizenship

The Egyptian activist is facing threats to deport him
05 January 2026
A protest in solidarity with Iran, in Germany 2022
International

Protests in Iran tap into widespread ‘discontent’

'People have nothing to lose'
05 January 2026