Growing divisions in the party have forced a change of tack.

The anti-vax movement took a new turn early this year with the launch of the freedom convoy.

By Reginald Banks Omicron is just the latest in a long list of variants to devastate the world and is by no means necessarily the last one. First discovered in South Africa, it became the dominant strain around the world with lightning speed. Daily cases in the UK reached a new peak of 160,000 a […]

Editorial December-January 2021-22, No. 389

By Dave Stockton Britain is experiencing yet another damaging outburst of coronavirus, this time the Omicron variant. Once again, leaving aside its apparent origin in South Africa, the UK is already leading the way in the speed of transmission. As a result France and Germany have imposed restrictions on travellers from the UK. Omicron cases […]

Omicron and vaccine mismanagement push pandemic into third year

By Tim Nailsea BRITAIN’S ECONOMIC growth has almost stalled because of shortages of labour in parts of industry and of material inputs, due to disruptions in the supply chain, coupled with the effects of Brexit. GDP grew by 0.4% in August but is still 0.8% below where it was in February 2020, before the country […]

By KD Tait ON SATURDAY 16 October tens of thousands attended an anti-fascist demonstration in Rome, called by the CGIL trade union, in response to a fascist attack on the union’s headquarters the previous week. On 9 October thousands of people had attended a protest against the Green Pass, a covid passport which provides proof […]

Editorial November 2021, No. 388

Mass unemployment and the scourge of long-term joblessness have returned.

Brexit and pandemic-induced shortages fuel demands for action on pay and conditions

Coronavirus cases are surging once again.

The world's largest vaccine manufacturer is in India.

3,000 deaths per day.

A brief respite is being eroded by the government's failure to adequately fund safe schools

We need a Zero Covid strategy

Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers have lost their jobs.

Israeli discrimination in vaccine distribution

Wealthiest countries hoarding vaccines.

The teachers' initiative is a model for workers to follow

Why do some people defy the public safety measures?

By KD Tait Following a mass online briefing attended by tens of thousands of education workers at the weekend, trade unionists are taking action to prevent the unsafe reopening of schools. This action is now essential because the government’s insistence on keeping schools open was a major contributory factor to the spread of a more […]

By Jeremy Dewar Novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-19 continues to test the world’s governments. None more than Boris Johnson’s Tory administration, it seems, with the recent discovery of a new strain, variant B117 in the south-east of Britain, which is proving to be 56% more infectious than previous iterations of the virus. Not only is this variant […]

By Peter Main The recent launch of the Zero Covid campaign brings a welcome breath of fresh air and sanity to the public debate on dealing with the pandemic. For all their talk of “following the science” and “balancing health and wealth”, Boris Johnson and his cabinet have ignored clear lessons from the rest of […]

Crisis and conspiracy.

Class, oppression and mental health under lockdown.

Deal or no deal, the working class loses.

More must be done for those needing to escape abuse.

Manchester students have occupied a university building.

We need to prepare to take action.