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A revolutionary socialist newspaper in Britain.

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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...

28.02.2026 12:33 — 👍 7    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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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/...

28.02.2026 12:32 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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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-...

27.02.2026 10:42 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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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...

27.02.2026 08:07 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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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...

26.02.2026 10:11 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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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

25.02.2026 14:14 — 👍 20    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 1
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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
socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

25.02.2026 09:14 — 👍 7    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Don’t let racists win in Gorton and Denton Anti-racists have campaigned tirelessly to try to stop racist Reform UK from winning the by-election—but the result will be the key test.

Don’t let racists win in Gorton and Denton
✅Anti-racists have campaigned tirelessly to try to stop racist Reform UK from winning the by-election—but the result will be the key test
socialistworker.co.uk/sw-view/dont...

25.02.2026 08:56 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Reform UK wants to bring Ice to British streets Reform UK's Zia Yusuf promises that Reform UK will rapidly expand Britain's detention capacity in a sweeping Ice-like immigration crackdown.

Reform UK wants to bring Ice to British streets
✊Zia Yusuf has promised that Reform UK will rapidly expand Britain's detention capacity in a sweeping Ice-like immigration crackdown
socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...

24.02.2026 09:01 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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A warning for anti-fascists as ‘brown plague’ spreads in France The far right is on the offensive in France. Fascist mobs have ­rampaged through the streets, sometimes in groups hundreds-strong.  And the fascist National Rally (RN), led by Marine Le Pen, is toppin...

A warning for anti-fascists as ‘brown plague’ spreads in France
⭐Anti-racist organiser Denis Godard spoke to Thomas Foster about the wave of fascist violence on the streets, how the political centre has enabled it—and what the left should do
socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/a-w...

23.02.2026 10:12 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Trade union leaders back Together alliance march against the far right Trade unionists are calling for a show of force against the far right on 28 March in central London.

On Saturday, Stand Up To Racism held its Workers Against The Far Right conference that was attended by hundreds and featured speakers from across the union movement.

On the same day, anti-racists outnumbered the fascists of Britain First in Manchester socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...

22.02.2026 08:28 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Trump’s Board of Peace plans to prise Gaza open for plunder The inaugural meeting of the Gaza “Board of Peace” this week revelled in its own success at erasing Palestinians and creating a dystopian nightmare. Donald Trump, chair of the Board, declared it will ...

Trump’s Board of Peace plans to prise Gaza open for plunder
👉The plan for casinos and concentration camps in Gaza is underway, as the inaugural meeting sees the pledging of money and troops

socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...

21.02.2026 08:58 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Labour betraying young workers by delaying minimum wage changes Labour promised to remove discriminatory age bands around minimum wage—but under pressure from bosses, it's stalling.

Labour betraying young workers by delaying minimum wage changes
⭐Labour promised to remove discriminatory age bands around the minimum wage—but under pressure from bosses and false arguments around unemployment, it's stalling
socialistworker.co.uk/news/labour-...

20.02.2026 09:01 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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The Royals should be arrested for protecting Andrew Mountbatten Windsor Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the paedophile prince, has been arrested. The Royal Family protected the abuser for years

The Royals should be arrested for protecting Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
⭐Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been arrested—but not for trafficking and abusing young women and girls.
socialistworker.co.uk/news/the-roy...

19.02.2026 15:58 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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What do the changes in the Employment Rights Act mean? Large parts of Labour’s Employment Rights Act 2026 (ERA) came into form on Wednesday. What does it mean for workers and the unions?

What do the changes in the Employment Rights Act mean?
⭐There are important changes that can make it easier to strike, writes Alan Kenny, the Socialist Workers Party's workplace and trade union organiser socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions...

19.02.2026 10:13 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Fascists go on attack in French streets Far right activist Quentin Deranque died following injuries sustained in a fascist attack on an LFI meeting, sparking smear campaigns.

Fascists go on attack in French streets
⭐Fascist mobs are on the rampage in France. They have attacked left wing and union offices, marauding through neighbourhoods in groups ranging from dozens to hundreds. socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...

19.02.2026 08:28 — 👍 12    🔁 12    💬 3    📌 2
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Resistance must spread as Ice violence kills teacher - Socialist Worker Trump has withdrew some of federal forces from Minnesota, but Ice continues to terrorise people across the United States

Resistance must spread as Ice violence kills teacher
✊Trump has withdrew some of federal forces from Minnesota, but Ice continues to terrorise people across the United States
socialistworker.co.uk/us-elections...

18.02.2026 09:02 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Jury finds climate activist health workers not guilty - Socialist Worker The medics say they were responding to a mass-casualty emergency

Jury finds climate activist health workers not guilty
⭐The medics say they were responding to a mass-casualty emergency
⭐Six medics were acquitted on Monday after breaking glass to raise the alarm about climate breakdown.
socialistworker.co.uk/environment/...

17.02.2026 15:02 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Alex Callinicos: Marco Rubio’s Munich speech is far from reassuring Any doubt that European capitalism prefers to remain the junior partner of the United States was removed by the standing ovation for Marco Rubio.

Alex Callinicos: Marco Rubio’s Munich speech is far from reassuring
⭐Rubio repeated the Trump administration’s regular complaints about neoliberal globalisation, mass migration and ‘a climate cult’ threatening ‘Western civilisation’.
socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

17.02.2026 08:42 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The rot that goes to the top of the Labour Party The Jeffrey Epstein files have exposed a ­sickening system of abuse.­ Men treated ­everything as a commodity to be bought and sold.

The rot that goes to the top of the Labour Party
⭐As Labour is rocked by the scandal of Peter Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein, Frankie Murden looks at his role at the centre of the New Labour project socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/the...

16.02.2026 11:06 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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A lesson in class(room) struggle Two major strike victories in education show the potential for working class people to fight back

A lesson in class(room) struggle
✊Two major strike victories in education show the potential for working class people to fight back. Thomas Foster spoke to Chris Denson and Jon Reddiford, two NEU union national executive members involved in the disputes
socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions...

16.02.2026 09:45 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Anti-racists unite against the far right across Britain - Socialist Worker "We’re making clear that we are proud of being a multicultural, multilingual country"

Anti-racists unite against the far right across Britain
✊Anti-racists took to the streets across Britain on Saturday as part of a day of action against the far right. socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...

15.02.2026 11:27 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Where next after Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful? Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori celebrated the ruling as a victory both for our fundamental freedoms and the struggle for Palestinian freedom

Where next after Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful?⭐Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori celebrated the ruling as a victory both for our fundamental freedoms and the struggle for Palestinian freedom
socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...

14.02.2026 19:31 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 3    📌 0
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Bad Bunny shows Latin Americans are integral to US culture Whether or not Trump likes it, the last year has seen Puerto Rican musician Bad Bunny catapulted into the spotlight.

Bad Bunny shows Latin Americans are integral to US culture
🎵He became the first artist to win album of the year for a record entirely in Spanish. And last weekend he was the much debated and unsuccessfully boycotted performer at the Super Bowl halftime show. socialistworker.co.uk/reviews-and-...

14.02.2026 09:52 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump forced to retreat from Minneapolis. Resistance works Donald Trump has been forced to withdraw Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents from Minnesota after mass resistance. Border tsar Tim Homan on Thursday said that Operation Metro Surge is end...

Trump forced to retreat from Minneapolis. Resistance works
⭐The shutdown in Minneapolis on 23 January gave a glimpse of workers' power to beat Trump socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...

13.02.2026 10:32 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Billionaire Jim Ratcliffe who moved to tax haven claims immigration is problem Ratcliffe claimed that "huge levels of immigrants”

Billionaire Jim Ratcliffe who moved to tax haven claims immigration is problem.
⭐The Manchester United Muslim Supporters’ Club says, "Such rhetoric has real-world consequences" socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...

13.02.2026 09:09 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Can we find homes for everyone? - Socialist Worker Housing in Britain is at crisis point. Workers are pushed to the edges of the cities they service but can’t afford to live in. In the ­countryside, local people are priced out. Landlords drive up rent...

Housing in Britain is at crisis point. Workers are pushed to the edges of the cities they service but can’t afford to live in. In the ­countryside, local people are priced out. Landlords drive up rents or leave properties empty ­knowing they will rise in value. socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourse...

12.02.2026 18:55 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Leytonstone School strikers fight against ‘autocratic’ bosses NEU union members at Leytonstone School in east London have walked out to beat bosses ramping up workloads.

Education workers at a school in east London are battling against an autocratic management that doesn’t listen.
✊NEU union members at Leytonstone School struck this Wednesday and were set to strike on Thursday and Friday this week. socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions...

12.02.2026 09:44 — 👍 13    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0
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New West Bank annexation aims to erase the idea of a Palestinian state Israel's security cabinet has pushed through new measures to rapidly settle parts of the West Bank under Palestinian control.

Israel has unveiled new plans to “bury the idea of a Palestinian state” by annexing the West Bank. With new policies, Israel has usurped the power of Palestinian governorates and violently expanded its power to settle on Palestinian land. socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...

12.02.2026 08:57 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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☠️Downing Street resignations, calls for Starmer to go, by-election disaster looms … He’s toast.
Starmer fuels Reform UK, lets drive him out
🗞️read more on Socialist Worker socialistworker.co.uk

11.02.2026 08:32 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0