Book review: The Carnation Revolution
A review of The Carnation Revolution: The Day Portugal's Dictatorship Fell by Alex Fernandes, Oneworld, 2024, 400 pages, £22.
UCU: 70,000 join university strikes
The UCU took action in 150 universities in November.
Colleges to strike as UCU re-ballots in HE
UCU members at 33 further education (FE) colleges are taking part in a ballot for industrial action.
War in Ukraine triggers food crisis in the Middle East and North Africa
About 80% of the wheat Lebanon imported in 2020 came from Ukraine.
Nato: the bloody record of the imperialists’ ‘defensive’ alliance
Nato, despite its huge military superiority, presents itself as a defensive alliance, as ‘the good guys’.
UCU strikes: escalate to win
THE UNIVERSITY and College Union (UCU) has confirmed a new wave of strike action at 68 universities in February and March. This follows the three-day strike last December in defence of their USS pension scheme and for better pay and working conditions. Since then, twelve further branches have beaten the anti-union legal threshold of 50% […]
Rank and file must keep UCU strike on track
The University and College Union (UCU) has confirmed a new wave of strike action at 68 universities in February and March.
All out for the UCU strike
Students and staff unite - for decent conditions on campus
Bobby Sands: Irish freedom fighter 1954-1981
Forty years ago, the death of Bobby Sands reverberated throughout the world in a way that no other event has done in recent Irish history.
The war on disabled people
Dara O'Cogaidhin reviews The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe by Ellen Clifford
Imperialism in the classroom: decolonise the curriculum
Tories ban anti-capitalist materials from the classroom.
The Sinn Fein Surge: voters revolt against austerity
A socialist analysis of Sinn Fein's electoral upset
Vietnamese migrant deaths: free movement is the only solution
Thurrock Labour's parliamentary candidate has disgracefully remained silent.
NHS primed for privatisation, but Labour councils can block it
SECRET COST-CUTTING plans could force hospitals, Accident & Emergency departments and wards to close, as stretched health workers struggle to cope. The Guardian and campaign group 38 Degrees reveal that NHS Trusts face a shortfall of £22 billion by 2020-21. Each of NHS England’s 44 “footprint” areas have been asked to submit a “sustainability and […]
