NHS workers in action
26 August 2026
Strikes by health workers over pay have been taking place all over the country. Those involved include health visitors, operating theatre staff and pathology staff.
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Dollars and debt
26 August 2026
Worried about its own currency, the US has been forced to provide an emergency loan to Japan – to stop it selling dollars to prop up the yen.
Consultants prepare for action
8 July 2026
NHS consultants in England have voted for strike action over pay and conditions. The vote comes shortly after resident doctors settled their own dispute after three years of action.
Menwith Hill call for independence
7 July 2026
On 4 July, US Independence Day, protesters gathered at RAF Menwith Hill to highlight and object to the presence of US bases in Britain. Echoing the Declaration of Independence, they called for freedom from outside interference.
Skilled rail jobs threatened
1 July 2026
Balfour Beatty rail engineers are threatened with redundancy, which will deprive the industry of their essential skills. Their union says publicly owned Network Rail should mitigate this by allocating alternative work.
Ask who wants this war, and why
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Britain needs socialism
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War in the Middle East: a working class response
A recent CPBML meeting discussed how workers here can respond to foreign wars. One conclusion: removing Britain from the crumbling NATO alliance would be a good start…
Counting the cost of inflation measures
How to measure the rate of inflation may seem a technical, dry subject. And much of it is. But its implications matter for workers, not least because of its role as a reference point for pay bargaining…
Accounting for energy
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Doomsday? No way
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has just published the next generation of climate scenarios.
For British independence, for peace
We live in dangerous times – often said, but it’s true. The world is getting steadily more dangerous. But there is a way forward: independence…