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Busting the “black hole” myth Editorial, issue 49 of Socialist Alternative (ISA in England, Wales & Scotland) newspaper (This article was first published on 25 September 2024) At the end of August, Keir Starmer took to the Rose Garden at Numbe...

The close connection between racism and British capitalism has been re-examined by many workers and young people in recent years, particularly following the international wave of Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. Daniel Hood and Paul Gerrard, Soc...

Unions must call a national demonstration! Matt Hirst, Socialist Alternative (ISA in England, Wales & Scotland) (This article was first published on 8 August 2024) Last night, after planned far-right riots had been circulating on social media,...

But Starmer’s Labour will disappoint — Build working class struggle and a new left party Socialist Alternative (ISA in England, Wales & Scotland) (This article was first published on 5 July 2024) The working class in England, Scotland and Wale...

Only mass resistance will bring change under a Labour government Socialist Alternative (ISA in England, Wales & Scotland) The Tories are gasping their last desperate breath before their 14 years in office comes to an end. After 14 years of ruth...

After 12 months of the largest strike movement in Britain for decades, the idea of the organised working class as a force capable of taking on the employers and government is back. This sense of how we can powerfully fight back is not going away.

Paul Gerrard, Socialist Alternative (ISA in England, Wales and Scotland) On Sunday 16 October a peaceful protest outside the Chinese Consulate in Manchester was attacked by consulate staff, some wearing motorcycle helmets and body armour. One of the...

Sunday, 30 January 1972 saw one of the bloodiest and most callous atrocities committed during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. In an event that would become known as Bloody Sunday, British paratroopers (paras) fired indiscriminate live rounds into a...

As government ministers and leading Tory figures abandon Boris Johnson’s government, he faces the most serious crisis of his time as Prime Minister. Socialist Alternative (ISA in England, Wales and Scotland) statement (This article was first publis...

Spoilt British ‘Royal’ Prince Andrew, who would scream and shout if his collection of teddy bears was disturbed, is now facing civil action in the US, after his friend, the socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, has been found guilty of soliciting and trafficking under-age girls.