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Issue - 2991
Dated - 03 Feb 2026
Unions round up: East London college strikers fight private equity vultures

Plus: School workers walk out in Essex

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On the picket at Access Creative College (Photo: @ApsanaBegumMP on X)
Trade Unions

Unions round up: East London college strikers fight private equity vultures

Plus: School workers walk out in Essex
09 February 2026
NHS workers on the picket line in Manchester
Trade Unions

Industrial round-up: Re-banding battles in the NHS

Strikes against systemic poor pay
09 February 2026
Workers outside the university hold up signs that say UCU official dispute
Trade Unions

Universities round-up: Preparing for strikes against cuts

Join the rallies and picket lines near you
09 February 2026
Nick Stone
Obituaries

Nick Stone, 1960-2026

A determined and steadfast comrade
09 February 2026
Peter Mandelson
News

Starmer’s zombie government in freefall over Mandelson-Epstein scandal

His days are numbered
04 February 2026
Trade Unions

Architects fighting mass redundancies say ‘there’s more pressure to come’

80 workers risk losing their job
03 February 2026
Thousands march through downtown Minneapolis on January 23, 2026 (Picture: Chad Davis/Flickr)
Alex Callinicos

Alex Callinicos: How can the protests in Minnesota win?

Ice is acting like a fascist militia
03 February 2026
A rally of Camden Unison, Camden NEU and strikers from Great Ormond St and UCLH hospitals after the picket
Trade Unions

Camden teaching assistants are determined to win re-grading

"Unless we start investing in schools, and Send specifically, I think the future is quite bleak"
03 February 2026
Nigel Farage and Donald Trump pose for a photo together. Both are laughing
The SW View

Hang Nigel Farage with his links to Donald Trump

Donald Trump today, Nigel Farage tomorrow—unless we fight
03 February 2026
Nothing can quite capture the tragedy of Hind’s death
Reviews & Culture

‘Reality of genocide in a way that escapes words’: The Voice of Hind Rajab

It speaks for itself and allows Hind to do so too
03 February 2026
Employers must not be allowed to discriminate against trans+ workers (Photo: Guy Smallman)
Letters

Letters: What can trade unions do to protect trans+ people?

Organising in the workplace against transphobia
03 February 2026
Building the Together alliance in Manchester
Anti-racism

Together alliance gains traction with more union and left backing

Diane Abbott and Andrea Egan have called for action
02 February 2026