Working class in UK bear the brunt of rising energy costs
In the UK, more than 14.5 million people live in poverty, including 4.3 million children and the soaring energy costs are expected to affect them the most.
‘If a unionized workforce can be tossed away like this, it can happen to anyone’
British ferry operator P&O fired 800 workers without notice. The workers were informed they had been laid off through a Zoom video call.
British ferry operator P&O fires 800 workers without notice
Private security officers reportedly try to board ferries with handcuffs as workers, backed by Nautilus International and RMT, refused to disembark
Strident opposition builds up to Tory government’s Health and Care Bill
The Conservative government’ Health and Care Bill 2021-22 is currently undergoing deliberations at the committee stage in the House of Lords. Critics say it will lead to greater private control over the National Health Service
Conservatives concede defeat as center, left forces advance in Norwegian parliamentary elections
The ruling conservative coalition in Norway led by Erna Solberg lost the parliamentary elections and coalition of the social democratic Labour Party, Centre Party, and the left-wing Socialist Left party is likely to form the new government
Leftists in UK outraged as Labour Party suspends Ken Loach
Veteran socialist and popular filmmaker Ken Loach was expelled from the Labour Party as part of the ongoing purge of leftists and supporters of Jeremy Corbyn within the party
Protests in UK against Labour Party’s internal purge of the leftists
The Labour party leadership has forbidden its members from associating with groups including Socialist Appeal, Resist, Labour Against the Witchhunt, Labour in Exile Network
Leftists criticize Labour Party leadership over local council results in the UK
In the local council elections held last week in the UK, the Labour Party lost several councillors and control of multiple councils. The party also faced a historic defeat in the by-elections in the working class-majority parliamentary constituency of Hartlepool
Anti-war groups and opposition demand the UK government suspend arms sale to Saudi Arabia
The demand to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia has gained widespread support in the UK and across party lines in the parliament following Joe Biden’s announcement for the same last week
Progressives slam Tory government over disparities in COVID-19 relief
Research conducted by the Labour Party shows that richer areas in the UK are seeing bigger falls in COVID-19 infection rates following vaccine distribution compared to poorer, working-class areas
Corbyn suspended from Labour Party, calls for a British left-wing alternative grows
The suspension came after Jeremy Corbyn challenged the EHRC report on anti-semitism in the Labour Party under his leadership
Rights groups, opposition parties in the UK oppose bill claiming it provides amnesty to war crimes
The controversial Overseas Operations Bill will provide partial amnesty to soldiers if the case is filed after five years from the date of the crime or if the investigation is not completed within five years
- First commercial flight in last six years takes off from Yemen’s Sanaa airport
- Cuba describes easing of US sanctions as “a limited step in the right direction”
- Communists demand ouster of US military and NATO from Turkey
- Women in Croatia say enough to conservative obstruction of right to abortion
- Belgian workers demand scrapping of Wage Margin Act of 1996
