Socialist Worker

Socialist Worker

@socialistworker.bsky.social

A revolutionary socialist newspaper in Britain.

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US-Israeli war spreads in a vicious assault on Lebanon The US has promised that the barrage will continue and Starmer has upped Britain's participation, but support for Trump's war is waning.

US-Israeli war spreads in a vicious assault on Lebanon
⭐The US has promised that the barrage will continue and Starmer has upped Britain's participation, but support for Trump's war is waning
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Where next after Your Party failure? Keir Starmer has run out of steam in less than two years in Downing Street—and he could be gone in less than two months. Labour faces humiliation in the English local council and Scottish and Welsh pa...

Where next after Your Party failure?
⭐To build the stronger left that we need, the key battles will not be inside Your Party or over who controls its structures
socialistworker.co.uk/your-party/w...

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Workers unite for Together demo in a 'refusal to accept division' - Socialist Worker When people are booking time off work to join a march, you know it’s going to be big.  That’s what people are saying about the Together alliance’s demonstration against the far right in London on 28 M...

Workers unite for Together demo in a ‘refusal to accept division’
⭐'The far right won’t be stopped by a silent majority hoping it will go away and making it someone else’s problem. We need to step up and have our day.'
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Mandelson files show up Starmer's lies The government's vetting documents reference a report that revealed Epstein's "close relationship" with Peter Mandelson

Mandelson files show up Starmer’s lies
⭐The government's vetting documents reference a report that revealed Epstein's 'close relationship' with Peter Mandelson
socialistworker.co.uk/labour/mande...

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Why you should oppose Labour’s ban on Al-Quds Day march The British state is intensifying its crackdown on the Palestine movement by banning the Al-Quds Day demonstration on Sunday.

Why you should oppose Labour’s ban on Al-Quds Day march
⭐The British state is intensifying its crackdown on the Palestine movement by banning the Al-Quds Day demonstration on Sunday.
socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...

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Front page of Socialsit Worker newspaper. 
Headline reads: Starmer helps US destroy Iran: Shut all Trump's British Air Bases
Other headlines "Demand Justice for Kwabena, The limits to American power, Why we're joining the Together demo".
Plus advert for March Together Against the Far Right and Racism on 28 March in London

🗞️New Socialist Worker is OUT! Read about the ongoing crisis enveloping Iran and Middle East. We demand a closure to all British air bases used to do the USA and Israel’s dirty work.

🔗 read more at www.socialistworker.co.uk

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National Housing Demo will unite the fightback Over 50 housing organisations and grassroots campaigns have rallied together to unite a national fightback against Britain's housing crisis.

National Housing Demo will unite the fightback
🏠Over 50 housing organisations and grassroots campaigns have rallied together to unite a national fightback against Britain's housing emergency
socialistworker.co.uk/news/nationa...

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Education workers mobilising against the far right Education workers are backing the Together alliance against the far right demonstration on 28 March. The alliance brings together over 300 organisations.

Education workers mobilising against the far right
⭐Education workers are backing the Together alliance against the far right demonstration.
⭐Daniel Kebede, NEU general secretary, told Socialist Worker, “we need to make the 28 March demonstration massive”.
socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...

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Alex Callinicos: Will Trump chicken out of Iran invasion? Is the US-Israeli war on Iran set to fail? US military officials have conceded that Iran is more prepared than expected

Will Trump chicken out of Iran invasion?
⭐Is the US-Israeli war on Iran set to fail? US military officials have conceded that Iran is more prepared than expected writes @alexcallinicos.bsky.social
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Iran ablaze as US-Israeli bombs bring chaos and bloodshed The United States and Israeli bombardment of Iran had killed over 1,350 people as Socialist Worker went to press on Tuesday.

Iran ablaze as US-Israeli bombs bring chaos and bloodshed
🛢️The war has triggered shockwaves across the global economy, especially oil prices which jumped over 20% last Sunday
⭐The US & Israeli bombardment of Iran had killed over 1,350 people in its first week.
socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...

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MPs have their snouts in the trough while we can’t pay the bills MPs will get an inflation-busting 5 percent pay rise next month. This takes their annual salary up to £98,5999.

MPs will get an inflation-busting 5 percent pay rise next month. 💰This takes their annual salary up to £98,5999. And it’s expected to hit £110,000 by the end of this parliament. This is all while workers are getting below inflation pay offers every year.
socialistworker.co.uk/news/mps-hav...

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International Women's Day: Women and Revolution Women have never laid down and accepted oppressive and sexist ideas. In the fight for liberation revolutionary ideas have proliferated.

International Women’s Day: Women and Revolution
✊️Women have never laid down and accepted oppressive and sexist ideas, and in the fight for liberation revolutionary ideas have proliferated
socialistworker.co.uk/womens-liber...

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Iran demonstration rages against Donald Trump’s attack and Britain’s complicity Tens of thousands of marchers raged through London on Saturday to oppose the murderous assault on Iran by the United States and Israel.

Tens of thousands marched through London yesterday to oppose the murderous assault on Iran by the United States & Israel.

⭐️They raged against the British state’s complicity in the attacks as American B1 bombers arrived for use against Iran. socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...

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American power: Has it got a limit? The imperial monster of the United States feels unstoppable. But the history of US imperialism is not simply straightforward victories

American power: Has it got a limit?
⭐️The imperial monster of the United States feels unstoppable. But the history of US imperialism is not simply straightforward victories.
socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/ame...

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‘Perpetrators of genocide are not going to bring democracy’: Iranian refugee speaks out Somaye, an activist with Iranians for Palestine UK, spoke to Socialist Worker

War always makes things worse for Iranians
⭐️Somaye, an activist with Iranians for Palestine UK, said, “I’m not supportive of the Iranian regime. But I don’t believe that the perpetrators of genocide in Gaza are going to bring peace or democracy to Iran. socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...

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New report reveals brazen racism of Reform UK members 54 percent think that non-white British citizens born abroad should be forcibly removed

New report reveals brazen racism of Reform UK members
⭐54 percent think that non-white British citizens born abroad should be forcibly removed
socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...

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The history behind Ali Khamenei and the current Iranian state Iran’s religious leaders have already started choosing Ali Khamenei's successor after the 86 year old’s death

The history behind Ali Khamenei and the current Iranian state
⭐Iran’s religious leaders have already started choosing Khamenei's successor after the 86 year old’s death
socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...

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Cover of Socialist Worker (UK) issue 2995
Headline is Serial Killers over a pictures of (left to right) Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump and Keir Starmer. Subheadline reads, "They Murdered Thousands in Gaza - Now they want Iranian Blood". Other articles include ones on New Send Education Reforms, International Women's Day and Starmer's Labour Crisis.

New Socialist Worker is OUT! Read all about the illegal war on Iran and the chaos engulfing the region
⭐️The West has blood on its hands. Join the protests happening this week and weekend.
read more➡️www.socialistworker.co.uk

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Attacks on Iran: Imperalism, repression and resistance Author Anne Alexander argues we should look towards the social power of the working class in the Middle East as the force to win real change

Attacks on Iran: Imperalism, repression and resistance
✊Anne Alexander argues we should look towards the social power of the working class in the Middle East as the force to win real change
socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...

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Alex Callinicos: Is Trump a yes-man for Israel’s new war? Trump and Netanyahu say they want regime change. But they dare not invade Iran, a country three times the size of France.

Is Trump a yes-man for Israel’s new war?
⭐The mightiest imperial power in history is being led by the nose into a very dangerous war by its clients, Saudi Arabia as well as Israel writes @alexcallinicos.bsky.social socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

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US-Israeli aggression in Iran plunges the region into chaos The US-Israeli attacks had killed over 555 Iranians by Monday—already nearly equal to the death toll of the Israel-US attacks on Iran last June.

US-Israeli aggression in Iran plunges the region into chaos
⭐A nightmare is unfolding in Iran, Lebanon and the Gulf states as the US-Israeli murderous assault continues
⭐The US-Israeli attacks had killed over 555 Iranians by Monday
socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...

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‘Let us decide our own future’—Iranians speak out Socialist Worker spoke to Monday, Hossein and Amir, three Iranian activists in the diaspora, about the reactions to the US attacks on Iran, and what it could mean for the regime.

‘Let us decide our own future’—Iranians speak out
⭐Socialist Worker spoke to Iranian activists in the diaspora, about the reactions to the US attacks on Iran, and what it could mean for the regime
socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...

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Glasgow Your Party alternative budget shows ‘different kind of politics’ Leòdhas Massie, a Your Party councillor in Glasgow, and Niall Christie, the recently elected central executive committee (CEC) representative for Scotland, spoke to Socialist Worker about what was pro...

Glasgow Your Party alternative budget shows ‘different kind of politics’
⭐Leòdhas Massie, a Your Party councillor in Glasgow & Niall Christie, recently elected central executive committee representative for Scotland, spoke to Socialist Worker about the proposal socialistworker.co.uk/your-party/g...

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United States and Israel launch murderous assault on Iran Israel and the United States have launched major strikes on Iran early on Saturday morning in a move that will see more death and destruction.

United States and Israel launch murderous assault on Iran
⭐Missile strikes in several Iranian cities as Israel and the US launch unprovoked assault
⭐Go to stopwar.org.uk for details of protest and meetings against Trump’s war
socialistworker.co.uk/news/iran-as...

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Gorton and Denton campaigners: We're ‘buzzing’ after by-election Anti-racists are celebrating the defeat of far right Reform UK and the victory of the Greens in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

Gorton and Denton campaigners: We’re ‘buzzing’ after by-election
👉‘There are pockets of people who are worrying about Reform UK and wondering about what to do about this’
socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...

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Access Creative College workers standing up for education There is a fight at Access Creative College, east London, over pay, workload and health and safety.

Access Creative College workers standing up for education
⭐Plus: strikes planned in Bristol over racist bullying and opposition to restructure in London specialist school
socialistworker.co.uk/news/access-...

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The Green Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election The Greens came in first with just over 40 percent of the vote, then Reform UK had the second most votes, followed by Labour in third

The Green Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election
⭐The Greens came in first with just over 40 percent of the vote, then Reform UK had the second most votes, followed by Labour in third
socialistworker.co.uk/labour/green...

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Labour’s new Send policy is ‘austerity disguised as reform’ Labour has announced a package of reforms to special educational needs and disabilities (Send) provision—but are they just managed decline?

Labour’s new Send policy is ‘austerity disguised as reform’
⭐The government announced a package of reforms to special educational needs and disabilities (Send) provision. The reforms are about masking austerity under the language of inclusion
socialistworker.co.uk/news/labours...

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🔥The new edition of Socialist Worker is out!
It includes coverage of:
🛑Farage’s plan to bring ICE to Britain
🚨Trump’s plan for Gaza
✅Antiracists campaigning to stop Reform in Gorton and Denton
🔗Read more at www.socialistworker.co.uk

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Alex Callinicos: Andrew, Mandelson and the Labour right sink together - Socialist Worker It's not a few rotten apples, it's the whole system

Andrew, Mandelson and the Labour right sink together
⭐Keir Starmer’s government is grappling with more scandals writes @alexcallinicos.bsky.social
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