✊🏽 Two crucial by-election battles against Reform UK Activists are taking on far right Reform UK in two key by‑elections this summer — for Clacton’s MP and for Greater Manchester’s mayor. buff.ly/LI0gYNq

‼️ How Congo state failed Ebola victims The latest Ebola outbreak is the fastest-growing outbreak on record. Socialist Worker journalists spoke to Seth, a community activist in the DRC, about the outbreak. buff.ly/oJ6wfea

🪧 Glasgow campaigners say far right doesn’t protect women and girls Anti-racists are organising to counter the fascists — and expose their lies about wanting to stop violence against women. Sisters Against Cuts campaigns to defend services and oppose the far right. buff.ly/DUTJnSp

🪧 Alex Callinicos: Burnham will need more than words Good riddance to the whining, lying Keir Starmer as prime minister. But will Andy Burnham be any better? buff.ly/1kY9Xk0

Time to get organised 🇵🇸 Free Palestine! ✊🏽 Smash capitalism! Join the Socialist Workers Party and be part of the fight back buff.ly/2nvbbe5

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⚠️ Ice wages campaign of terror on US streets As the US mainstream media focused on the World Cup, Ice went on a murder spree. But protesters took to the streets to demand justice for the victims. buff.ly/9X0KjjS

In Depth ✊🏽 Genoa 2001 — when cops rioted but we shook the rich On the streets of the Italian port city, hundreds of thousands of protesters defied police violence to oppose the global rich’s G8 summit. Their resistance inspired a new movement, writes Frankie Murden. buff.ly/3ls09qw

📣 Momentum grows in AQA exam board strike for pay justice Unison and Unite union members at AQA, Britain's biggest exam board, struck together in a show of strength in protest at years of falling pay. buff.ly/LcStFoB

In Depth ✊🏼 Spain 1936: Between fascism and revolution On the anniversary of far right General Franco’s 1936 coup, Pat Meusel looks at how Spanish workers fought back and created the possibility for a new way of running society. buff.ly/9v20T8Q

🚩 The SW View Strikes, abstention and arms: Debates over the Unite union leadership election As voting gets underway, Socialist Worker editor Tomáš Tengely-Evans responds to a debate over the Unite union leadership election. buff.ly/NVDNJRh

🇵🇸 Palestine demo demands Andy Burnham stops Labour support for Israel Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of London on Saturday for the 36th national Palestine demonstration. They demanded that new Labour leader Andy Burnham stops supporting Israel. buff.ly/BaDHikQ

✉️ Letters: Socialist Worker is wrong on Unite union leadership race: abstention is best Plus: debates on nuclear power and artificial intelligence buff.ly/YYqKFlq

Teach Yourself Marxism with Judy Cox 🚩 Do revolutionaries call for the abolition of the family? Depends what we mean by family. buff.ly/NUjQx52

🥀 Starmer broke one pledge after another Promising to end austerity, Starmer's government announced cuts to disability benefits and pensioners' winter fuel allowance, and kept the 2-child benefit cap. He capitulated to far right racism, scapegoating migrants and refugees. buff.ly/MRq1jcc

🤔 Burnham promises change, but can he deliver? Andy Burnham gave his first speech as Labour leader, promising to deliver the biggest change in 40 years. Labour supporters might find something in his speech to cheer them up. But there were also very worrying signs... buff.ly/7aZUswI

🗓️ On this day, 18 July: the general strike of 1842 Imagine a mass strike ­movement, based on ­working-class communities confronting the political elite during an enormous cost of living crisis and the violent repression of the right to protest. In 1842, such a movement began. buff.ly/UXCV8Bm

🗓️ On this day in history, 17 July, 2014, Eric Garner was killed by an NYPD cop "I can't breathe" were the last words of Eric Garner, arrested under suspicion of selling untaxed “loose” cigarettes, murdered with a chokehold by a racist New York City police officer. buff.ly/Z5fqg7X

✊🏼 Working class struggle changes people A year after the 1984-85 Great Miners' Strike, the police riot at Orgreave still fresh in their minds, workers in a south Yorkshire pit village watched the England v Argentina game and cheered as Argentina's goals went in. buff.ly/OfXEld7

👎🏼 Covid inquiry slams Tories for wasting public funds Boris Johnson’s Tory government wasted £10 billion of public money handing out contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE) to their mates during the Covid pandemic, the official inquiry has found. buff.ly/gDxFOpM

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⚠️ Austerity hurts children’s health UK kids from ethnic minority and poorer backgrounds are among the least healthy generations in decades — and among the unhealthiest in Europe. This is not inevitable but the result of political choices. buff.ly/xkLJeLR

🌡️ Is your workplace boiling? Here’s how to shut it down Simon Hester, a former Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector, gives his advice on how to deal with bosses if they make you work during the heatwave. buff.ly/oJJ8Gf0

🥀 Labour Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is shamelessly exploiting the deportation of Shabir Ahmed, leader of a child sexual exploitation (CSE) ring. She is playing into the far right lie that Asian or Muslim men pose a particular threat to women and girls. buff.ly/BdnFq9v

Alex Callinicos ⚠️ Trump’s manoeuvres risk restarting war He's ramping up his rhetoric again, calling the Iranian leadership 'scum', threatening devastation and withdrawing economic concessions. Donald Trump is trying to convert defeat into victory. buff.ly/WBpB8cM

🚩 This week's Socialist Worker is out! It reads - Don't roast at work – grill the bosses - Teachers take fight to union leaders - Oppose Labour's refugee camps - Humiliated Trump risks new Iran war 🗞️ Read it. Buy it. Sell it. buff.ly/ELmotDx

Alex Callinicos ‼️ Europe’s backing for Ukraine risks widening war It’s anyone’s guess whether Britain and the EU can count on US support. Why fuel a war that could take us close to the nuclear brink? buff.ly/lY2NBI3

✊🏽 Anti-racist majority fights far right Demonstrations and marches over the weekend show that anti-racists are in the majority. And that if we build, we can fight back against the far right. buff.ly/qDrBZHz

🪧 Educators at ‘breaking point’ must lead the fight for pay and funding Over 100 NEU union members joined an "Educators Say" meeting on Monday night. Educators are determined to fight over pay and funding — and build a ballot for strikes. buff.ly/lE8rl2u

🗓️ On this day in history, 15 July, 1984: The first meeting of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) In 1984-85, miners were on all-out national strike against pit closures ordered by Thatcher’s Tory government. LGBT people formed LGSM and fundraised in gay pubs and clubs. buff.ly/oCP1uTf

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🗓️ On this day, 14 July, 1912, Woody Guthrie was born. One famous song is "This Land is Your Land", written as a riposte to the patriotic song "God Bless America". Ironically, it is often taken to be patriotic – sung without the three verses attacking private property and hunger. buff.ly/uQk7Dp9

‼️ Farage, fear and loathing on the Essex coast Pat Meusel spoke to residents of Clacton about life in the Essex town where Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has triggered a by-election. buff.ly/mKYM6cB

🚩 What is the true Marxist tradition? Marx & Engels’ Communist Manifesto offers a visionary world of equality, freedom and ­democracy. But it leaves readers with lots of questions – and a world of bad answers. Martin Empson provides a reliable guide. buff.ly/uKcQ2Cp

🪧 Oppose Labour’s plans to turn army barracks into refugee camps Labour plans to use more ex-military barracks as camps for asylum seekers. Rather than creating magnets for far right racism, why not use the solution pioneered for Ukrainian refugees: in-community accommodation? buff.ly/2KBM86G

On this day, 13 July, 1932: Notting Hill civil rights activist Frank Crichlow was born Crichlow was one of the Black activists known as the Mangrove Nine, victimised in repeated police raids by racist Metropolitan Police, arrested in 1970, and all acquitted. buff.ly/TqKkgH7

🎨 Reviews & Culture The work of art: creativity and labour under capitalism Why is art seen as a necessity, a luxury or a waste of time? Visual artist Olive Whigham asks why art is a multi-billion pound industry while most artists struggle to get by. buff.ly/WnR4GTN

🚩 Teach Yourself Marxism with Judy Cox Some people argue that workers must be desperate before they will rise up. They oppose struggles for reforms in case they reconcile workers to the system, killing the revolutionary impulse. Should revolutionaries fight for reforms? buff.ly/yiN0qkG

📣 Australian teachers are taking the fight to union leaders Education workers in the state of Victoria, Australia, recently voted to reject the Labor government’s proposed pay deal, in a member-led fightback against pay cuts, excessive workloads and their own union leadership. buff.ly/8t6nQtg

Ann Widdecombe: don’t let the media make us mourn a bigot We can all agree that murder is bad. But nothing justifies a period of state-like mourning and the deluge of sycophantic eulogies to a homophobic, sexist and racist bigot. buff.ly/6O2KBRu

🤔 Anticipation, hope and scepticism about Burnham at Durham Miners’ Gala Tens of thousands people attended this years Gala. Socialist Worker asked them what they think of Andy Burnham – the so-called 'King of the North'. buff.ly/7IsUuBV

🇵🇸 Health workers ‘sounding the alarm’ over abuse of Gazan doctor Health workers across Britain are rallying support for Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, held without trial in an Israeli torture centre for 18 months. His life is in imminent danger. buff.ly/DiSCXnO #freeDrHussamAbuSafiya

📣 Oxford Living Wage paying companies hits 200 The number of companies paying the voluntary Oxford (real) Living Wage has hit 200, according to the Oxford Clarion. The Oxford Living Wage is £14.06 per hour, compared to the national rate of £12.71, an extra £2,600 pa. buff.ly/738yS4R

🏳️‍⚧️ Activists prepare to fight government-backed transphobia Trans+ rights activists rallied across Britain on Thursday against the government's new code of practice, which attempts to deny trans+ people access to single-sex spaces. We say: mass resistance to oppression. buff.ly/f9ZK8gw

Politicians and the press have been painting Muslims as an “enemy within” for over two decades. But the majority of people in Britain think Muslims “make a positive contribution to British society”. buff.ly/MHKToTo

⚠️ Institute of Cancer Research bosses’ scabbing operation tears up health and safety Pay strikes by Unite members at the Institute of Cancer Research in London are reaching a crunch point. In apparent desperation, bosses are tearing up health and safety rules with untrained scabs. buff.ly/7tp2Q6N

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⚠️ Rising ocean temperatures pose ‘mass’ threat of climate crisis With water temperatures rising by up to 5 degrees, scientists are warning of "mass mortality events" for marine life. The waters around Britain are already experiencing “extreme” heatwaves, according to the Met. buff.ly/hYXrLmn

‼️ Renewed attacks on Iran as US imperial power bombs The road to peace in the region lies neither through Washington nor Jerusalem nor Tehran but in the hands of the mass of the people – to rise up and overthrow their authoritarian regimes. buff.ly/CKD5zWY

✊🏽 ‘Mass, militant movement’ needed to fight French far right Anti-fascists in France are organising to take on Marine Le Pen, who despite an ongoing conviction for embezzlement of £2.4 million, has launched her campaign for the presidential elections in April 2027. buff.ly/u8c6SXL