Naomi Spencer, the Socialist Equality Party's candidate for West Virginia's House of Delegates, spoke at the November 5 conference Socialism vs Capitalism and War about the experiences of her campaign. Her powerful speech stressed that contrary to the slanderous portrayal in the media, the working class in Appalachia, one of the poorest areas in the country, is searching for political alternatives to capitalism.
Poet Tony Harrison: a classical voice
Harrison was always faithful to his vocation. “I hate being called poet/dramatist/translator/director,” he said. “Poet covers it all for me.”
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Eddie Dempsey’s “Improved Pay Offer” on London Underground prepares a sellout, as workers push back
What is now unravelling in closed-door talks between RMT officials and management is Dempsey’s hollow claim that a “compromise” can be reached which “works on both sides”.
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Protests against Gaza genocide continue internationally, Starmer government denounces UK campus demos
“If you see a genocide taking place and you’re seeing that your government is aiding and abetting it, what else should you do but disrupt that?”
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Behind Britain’s housing crisis—the financialisation of housing and the rise of the rentier class
Land is no longer just a factor of production; it’s a speculative store of wealth. It has fundamentally reshaped the UK economy, making housing—both rented and owner-occupied—unaffordable and fuelling wealth inequality.
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Tony Robson•
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Robert Stevens, Thomas Scripps•