Guest article: a working-class revolt
In the summer, South Yorkshire teacher and union activist Andy Searson wrote a hard-hitting, two-part article on the working-class Brexit vote, New Labour’s estrangement of the working class and what […]
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Excl video: “They squirmed back into the station” – Liverpool sees off fascist march – again
On Saturday, a coalition of the left once again joined forces in Liverpool to see off a planned march by neofascists. The city has a proud record of thwarting the […]
Video: reaction of MPs to WASPI women protest shows why Establishment is afraid
1950s-born women have suffered insult on top of injury in the course of their WASPI (Women Against State Pensions Age Increase) campaign to restore pensions stolen from them by Tory […]
Labour’s 10 Universal Credit demands ahead of Hammond’s #Budget2018
A statement by the Labour Party has outlined ten ’emergency demands’ the party is making of the Tories on Universal Credit (UC) ahead of Chancellor Philip Hammond’s budget speech this afternoon. […]
Rattled Establishment going after maker of Labour’s groundbreaking broadcast
A few days ago, just after Labour’s annual conference closed in Liverpool, the party put out a groundbreaking and hugely powerful ‘PPB’ (party political broadcast) that shook the whole ‘Westminster […]
RCN no-confidence victory is inspiration to left members of right-leaning unions
Nursing activists have achieved an outstanding result in a crucial vote in the Royal College of Nurses (RCN), with 78% of those who voted expressing no confidence in the leadership of […]
Video: Labour’s powerful new broadcast speaks human – and it’s no wonder
The steep change in the quality and accessibility of Labour’s ‘party political broadcasts’ (PPBs) since the election of Jeremy Corbyn as party leader has been unmissable. And it’s no wonder, […]
Tories respond to own Brexit failure with worker and environment bonfire plan
Almost unmentioned in the media – apart from a tweet by the Manchester Evening News’ Jennifer Williams pointing to “the second half of a downpage story in the times [sic], […]
Reading Festival – more silent disco revellers break out in ‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn’
Two weeks ago, the SKWAWKBOX covered the world’s largest silent disco – at the Boardmasters festival in Cornwall – where a crowd of some 18,000 young people broke out spontaneously […]
Breaking: Corbyn plans huge media shake-up when in power. #ChangeTheMedia
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn set a cat among mainstream media pigeons earlier this year when he responded to their laughable ‘Czech spy’ smears by warning them that “change is coming”. […]