Britain
Who really rules Britain?
30 May 2017We are told regularly that, unlike dictatorships, ‘the people’ govern Britain. But, says Dave Sewell, it’s the unelected rich and powerful that really have their hands on the wheel
The Troublemaker - Spooks fight to cover up Britain's role in torture
14 March 2017The Ministry of Defence and MI6 are insisting that claims made by people tortured must be heard behind closed doors.
How the Suez crisis sank an empire
25 October 2016Britain invaded Egypt sixty years ago—a brutal response to the resistance against its decaying empire. The result was humiliation. Historian John Newsinger tells the story
Airstrikes have killed hundreds of Syrians
26 July 2016Western bombs killed hundreds of Syrian civilians last week—and looming major offensives could see many more deaths.
Our fury matters - black activists speak out
19 July 2016Thousands of people protested across Britain in recent weeks to insist that “Black Lives Matter”. Called in response to a series of police killings in the US, the protests have struck a chord with many young people angry at racism in Britain too. Black activists in London told Socialist Worker about why they are marching—and how to win
The Independent Labour Party - prioritising parliament gave more power to the right
19 July 2016Charlie Kimber looks at the Independent Labour Party (ILP), one of the founding organisations of the Labour Party
Refugees rounded up into camps by EU’s brutal deal
22 March 2016Refugees arriving in Greece are being rounded up into detention centres under a new deal backed by Tory David Cameron.
‘Justice can make but one reply’ - how Sylvia Pankhurst helped expose the repression of the Easter Rising
22 March 2016Sylvia Pankhurst, the militant anti-war socialist and suffragette, was in Newcastle when she first heard news of the Easter Rising in Dublin in April 1916.
Government admits Loyalist killer was in British army
04 February 2016A terrorist convicted of killing of two men in Northern Ireland was a former member of the British army’s Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), the government has admitted.
1916 in Ireland - a rising against empire
02 February 2016At the height of the First World War a rebellion was staged in Britain’s oldest colony. Simon Basketter looks at how Irish rebels took over Dublin 100 years ago
Shankill bomb revelation blows the cover of British state terror
26 January 2016Extraordinary new revelations this week show that a notorious bombing by Irish Republicans was planned and overseen by a British agent.
Shaker Aamer - 'British state was complicit in my torture in Guantanamo Bay'
15 December 2015The last British resident to be freed from Guantanamo Bay, Shaker Aamer, has described his torture in the camp, writes Judith Orr
History of hypocrisy over refugees
15 September 2015David Cameron stands in a long tradition of British politicians turning away refugees. Sadie Robinson takes on their myths
No safe haven—how desperate refugees fleeing conflicts are turned away
11 August 2015A series of bloody conflicts right across the world lie at the roots of the current refugee crisis.
When we invited Malcolm X to Smethwick
17 February 2015Avtar Singh Jouhl invited Malcolm X to Smethwick days before his assassination fifty years ago. He spoke to Ken Olende about the visit’s impact on the fight against racism
Britain’s crimes in India - the truth behind the drama
10 February 2015As a new television drama looks at British rule in India, Nick Clark looks at the exploitation, famines and massacres that were the brutal reality of the Empire
From Greece to Britain—we can break austerity
06 January 2015A great battle is taking place in Greece between the forces of capital and those who want to hurl off the chains of austerity.
Britain and the US have always used torture
09 December 2014The problem wasn’t carrying out torture. It was that releasing a report into torture might increase the chance of terrorism.
Flag waving patriots want us to be divided
02 December 2014Our rulers love it if they can persuade us to join in with their shows of patriotism. And that’s exactly why we should reject them, says Sadie Robinson
The soldiers that Empire forgot
30 September 2014Troops from Europe’s empires who fought in the First World War were quickly erased from official histories. They are remembered by John Siblon
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