3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (738+ words) You could hear them long before you could see them. Scores of striking low paid NHS workers were shouting their defiance on megaphones outside Guy’s hospital in central London on Thursday. “Band two, no way… we want decent pay,” they…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (645+ words) Labour boasts of an increase in immigration raids (Pic: Andy Thornley on flickr) As diners were tucking into their food at a restaurant, immigration officers swooped in and began racially profiling workers. The officers were tooled up with batons, handcuffs…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (629+ words) Drowning out the bigots on the Abortion Rights protest (Picture: Guy Smallman) Hundreds of people of all genders and generations protested in London’s parliament square on Saturday against the anti-abortion bigots’ annual “March for Life”. The Stand Up For Choice…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1219+ words) Workers at Kimpton Clocktower Hotel are taking action over union recognition (Pic: Wikimedia commons) Workers at the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel in Manchester walked out on Saturday during the city’s annual Pride event. This is historically the most lucrative day of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (465+ words) Andy Burnham’s government is planning to tell us to stock up on tinned food and bottled water to prepare for extreme weather or cyber-attacks. The Cabinet Office wants to boost “national resilience” in the wake of both threats from Russia…...

3+ week, 19+ hour ago   (1564+ words) Hundreds of residents at nine blocks of flats in the Devons Road estate in east London have been left without regular ­running water since late last year. In one of the blocks, Shillingford House, Rahana told Socialist Worker that it…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (563+ words) Hossam launching his book at Bookmarks bookshop in London (Pic: Abdelrahman.fares81 on facebook) Hossam el-Hamalawy, the Egyptian journalist and revolutionary socialist, has been barred from entering Canada. “The whole situation is nothing short of Kafka-esque,” Hossam told Socialist Worker. Hossam…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (540+ words) The pamphlet talks about equality, domestic abuse and sexual violence The home office has issued a pamphlet that feeds the far right’s racist lies. The pamphlet is aimed at those seeking asylum in Britain. It talks about how in Britain…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (660+ words) Most people think crime is going up, but it’s been falling for decades. And many overestimate how many foreign nationals commit crime, a new report has revealed. Far right parties and their cheerleaders in the media constantly link offending to…...