Scottish council workers have received a fifth pay offer for 2022/23 from the employers. This follows strike action across a majority of Scotland’s councils involving waste workers which brought bin services to a halt across […]
Once again, Finland’s government receives worldwide attention for the thinnest of reasons. Prime Minister Sanna Marin is at the center of a “scandal” where, essentially, she is accused of having a good time at a […]
Beshay steelworkers in Sadat City came out on strike on 29th August, after staging a three-day sit-in. Inflation has sharply cut their living standards. They are also paid less than other steelworkers. They are demanding […]
Never before has a prime minister taken office with as little support as Liz Truss. Her only achievement is being less unpopular than Rishi Sunak with the tiny electorate of the Tory party membership. For […]
The devastating floods that have hit Pakistan have had catastrophic consequences for people in the Sind. The floods have resulted in most people becoming homeless and their houses have collapsed. Most of the members of […]
Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died at the age of 91, was the last president of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and was also general secretary of the 20 million-strong ruling Communist Party. Extensive […]
European capitalism is marked by intense crises: economic, social, political, environmental and military. Due to the reckless policies of capitalist governments across Europe, the human and economic fallout from Covid continues. On top of that, […]
In an inspiring show of strength, just under 2,000 dockers at Felixstowe port, in Suffolk, brought 48% of UK freight imports to a standstill in their eight-day strike. The strike, called by their union Unite, […]
In the past few months the pages of the Socialist have been packed with reports of strikes throughout Britain. Significantly, hundreds of thousands of railway, telecoms and postal workers are taking nationwide action. These strikes […]
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