Coronavirus
11 November 2020
A TUC report, published this week, looked at the impact of forcing new Universal Credit claimants to wait five weeks for their first payment.
10 November 2020
Eviction bans and a government scheme claiming to house homeless people during the pandemic are failing ordinary people.
10 November 2020
Covid-19 isn’t over, but news of a seemingly successful vaccine trial has prompted a flurry of hope that an end may be in sight. But control by private firms will be disastrous.
09 November 2020
The Tories are risking lives by keeping schools and colleges open—and are undermining the latest coronavirus lockdown.
09 November 2020
Routine NHS care is being delayed in an attempt to cope with the devastating second Covid-19 spike.
09 November 2020
After weeks of insisting that the meals would only be provided in term time, the government has said it will provide them during holidays too.
06 November 2020
One of my young family members was in prison a while ago. During our visit we were treated like prisoners ourselves—made to wait endlessly in the shabby, dirty facilities.
06 November 2020
Students say they have been treated with contempt by the authorities during the pandemic
05 November 2020
Tory chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that the furlough scheme will be extended across Britain until the end of March.
03 November 2020
As millions of people submit their votes in the US presidential election, Socialist Worker spoke to activists about the election and how to win real change
03 November 2020
Thousands of teachers struck across France on Monday and Tuesday in protest at the lack of coronavirus safety in schools.
01 November 2020
The Tory plan leaves schools, colleges and universities – major sources of virus transmission – open
31 October 2020
Hundreds of people joined an online rally and physical protests against the “job loss nightmare” on Halloween.
31 October 2020
The Tories announced a month-long national lockdown across England on Saturday as their coronavirus policies degenerated further into fatal chaos
30 October 2020
The occupation of the Gardner’s factory 40 years ago was an inspiration to many workplaces.
30 October 2020
The economic impact of the pandemic has devastated millions of workers’ lives across Britain.
27 October 2020
Older people were excluded from receiving lifesaving care at the height of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring, the Sunday Times newspaper has claimed.
27 October 2020
The Tories’ refusal to give free school meals to children in the holidays has seen an outpouring of support for poor children from ordinary people.
27 October 2020
Coronavirus has “thrived on” systematic racism—and more black people will “unnecessarily die” unless there’s urgent action.
26 October 2020
It was one of Bill Clinton’s advisers who coined the slogan, “It’s the Economy Stupid!” But this has been Donald Trump’s recipe for getting re-elected.