London
12 June 2018
Thursday 14 June marks one year since a fire ripped through Grenfell Tower in west London, killing at least 72 people.
12 June 2018
Antonio Roncalato escaped from Grenfell Tower on 14 June last year. He spoke to Socialist Worker about how survivors have been failed in the aftermath of the fire
12 June 2018
The Grenfell Tower fire was a crime against the working class made possible by a system that puts profit before ordinary people’s lives.
12 June 2018
A fire safety professional spoke to Socialist Worker about how the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower put people at risk—and the experiences of firefighters who fought the blaze
12 June 2018
Justice4Grenfell was set up in the days following the fire in the absence of a response from the authorities.
12 June 2018
The fire at Grenfell Tower is a symbol of decades of attacks on working class people.
10 June 2018
As the government has given the go ahead for a third runway at Heathrow airport, Sarah Bates examines the dangerous environmental and social cost
06 June 2018
The inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire has heard how a smoke ventilation system failed eight days before the fire. It would have cost £1,800 to fix. It wasn’t fixed.
It's one of the scores of examples of the contempt for ordinary people that led to the tragedy.
08 May 2018
The public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire could last well into 2020.
01 May 2018
A new study has exposed part of the decades of deregulation that allowed the Grenfell Tower fire to happen.
01 May 2018
An inspiring battle in east London has breathed new life into the fight to stop academies. Two socialist activists, Carolyn McGrath and Miriam Scharf, spoke to Socialist Worker about how the campaign was built – and how others can take up the struggle elsewhere
01 May 2018
Workers and parents at Avenue school in east London scored a victory this week after school bosses retreated on an academy plan.
20 April 2018
Around 800 people joined an angry rally in Windrush Square in Brixton, south London, on Friday night.
17 April 2018
A shocking report into the immediate causes of the Grenfell Tower fire was leaked on Monday.
06 April 2018
After several recent killings of young people in London, media and politicians have blamed “gangs” and to call for more resources for police. But, as Sarah Bates finds, the roots of the violence lie in deep social problems
13 February 2018
Workers at the Picturehouse cinema chain were set to strike continuously for one week from 5am on Saturday 17 February.
08 February 2018
Workers at Cumberland School in Newham struck today against a plan to turn their school into an academy. Upbeat strikers chanted, “Our school is not for sale,” and, “Whose school? Our school,” on the picket line.
06 February 2018
Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) supporters across Britain are building for national demonstrations in London, Glasgow and Cardiff on 17 March.
01 February 2018
A shiver of fear is running through the boardrooms of property developers—and the cabals of right wing Labour councillors.
30 January 2018
Defeat for the Labour right in Haringey could spur wider resistance, writes Alistair Farrow