Theatre: Rouse, Ye Women!
Interview: breaking the chains of oppression In 1910, women chainmakers in Cradley Heath, West Midlands went on strike. These heroic forerunners of today’s gig economy workers forced the bosses to raise their pay. Cast and creatives from socialist theatre...
30% of English secondaries in deficit: set no-cuts budgets!
Almost one in three council-maintained English secondary schools were in budget deficit in 2017-18, according to damning new figures from the Education Policy Institute (EPI). It is urgent that unions and councils mount a fightbackagainst Tory vandalism of state...
Ferry workers protest against £2.45 an hour pay
The scandal of low pay by profiteering shipping lines is being fought by a sustained campaign of the RMT transport union. Protests have taken place recently at Portsmouth International Port to build support for a living wage and decent working conditions on Condor...
Protests continue to rage in Sudan
Sudan has been rocked by extensive anti-government protests since 19 December. People in the diaspora have come out in large numbers outside Sudanese embassies to show their solidarity. In contrast, most media outlets in neighbouring countries have been silent. Serge...Socialist Party Southern Region Twitter
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