Coronavirus
Tory government has lied over free school meals for poor children
05 May 2020Many parents across England have been unable to access vouchers or meals to support children while schools are closed due to the crisis.
Mass protest returns to the streets of Lebanon
04 May 2020Protests have exploded back onto the streets of Lebanon, as people battled cops and soldiers and set fire to banks over poverty and hardship.
‘Why did Scotland follow Johnson?’ asks new report
04 May 2020Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish National Party Scottish government are coming under increased attention
Don’t open schools too early, teachers warn
04 May 2020Tory plans to get parents back to work are unsafe—and totally dishonest
Day of action called for no return to unsafe workplaces
03 May 2020On 7 May the government will have to decide its next phase of lockdown plans
VE Day—did workers win the peace?
03 May 2020As we mark 75 years since Victory in Europe Day, Donny Gluckstein looks at the class forces behind the frontline that helped to shape the post-war world
Workers thrown on the scrapheap at Taco Bell store
03 May 2020A millionaire fast food boss sacked all his workers at a site in Great Yarmouth just as the lockdown began
Homeless people abandoned in a system ‘designed to fail’
02 May 2020Despite Tory promises to house homeless people, the most vulnerable are left struggling with a situation that’s only getting worse
Virus in prison system puts inmates' lives at risk
01 May 2020Coronavirus is ripping through prisons, as cruel conditions put tens of thousands of people at risk.
Letters : We made silence political
01 May 2020In Oxfordshire we wanted to make sure that last week’s Workers’ Memorial Day action to remember health and care staff was more than a silent protest.
People forced to food banks as they are ‘swept into destitution’
01 May 2020Huge numbers of people are being driven to food banks as the coronavirus crisis deepens
Greek workers take to streets to protect lives and jobs from coronavirus crisis
29 April 2020Hospitality workers in Greece stopped work and protested on Tuesday demanding bosses protect their lives—and their jobs—from the coronavirus outbreak.
Weekly claps for carers can become big protests over coronavirus
28 April 2020Health workers and campaigners have been raising slogans against the Tories during the weekly Clap for the NHS on Thursdays.
Workplace action must be central to fight
28 April 2020Worker's Memorial Day on Tuesday showed there is bitterness and anger among the working class about how people have been treated during this crisis.
Action on Workers’ Memorial Day
28 April 2020Workers took action on Tuesday to save lives as the Tories’ deadly lies and inaction over coronavirus continue
Support for refugee activists in Australia
28 April 2020Activists in Australia are resisting attacks on their right to protest
Deaths in custody in France as police target black people
28 April 2020Five people died after contact with French police imposing lockdown restrictions.
Trump wants speedy and deadly return to work
28 April 2020Donald Trump is pushing for the US to get back to work as soon as possible
The things they say
28 April 2020‘There are more important things than living’
Rich learn how to clean their own homes as virus crisis hits
28 April 2020While some headlines focus on lack of safety kit at work or the rising benefit claims, there’s a hidden group of coronavirus victims—the rich.
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