Oxford & Thames Valley SWP
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We are a branch of the Socialist Workers Party and the home of revolutionary socialists across Oxford and the Thames Valley.
✊🏽 Essex university rallies to build for strike against sweeping cuts
University of Essex bosses announced devastating cuts of 400 jobs last year, but workers at the university are determined to fight back. UCU members plan to strike for seven days from Thursday of next week.
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University of Essex bosses announced devastating cuts of 400 jobs last year, but workers at the university are determined to fight back. UCU members plan to strike for seven days from Thursday of next week.
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February 7, 2026 at 10:30 AM
✊🏽 Essex university rallies to build for strike against sweeping cuts
University of Essex bosses announced devastating cuts of 400 jobs last year, but workers at the university are determined to fight back. UCU members plan to strike for seven days from Thursday of next week.
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University of Essex bosses announced devastating cuts of 400 jobs last year, but workers at the university are determined to fight back. UCU members plan to strike for seven days from Thursday of next week.
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🆘 How the British government let refugees drown in the Channel
The British state has blood on its hands. The deaths of at least 33 people in November 2021 were avoidable. Neither the British nor French coastguards made a serious attempt to save the people on the boat.
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The British state has blood on its hands. The deaths of at least 33 people in November 2021 were avoidable. Neither the British nor French coastguards made a serious attempt to save the people on the boat.
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February 7, 2026 at 9:30 AM
🆘 How the British government let refugees drown in the Channel
The British state has blood on its hands. The deaths of at least 33 people in November 2021 were avoidable. Neither the British nor French coastguards made a serious attempt to save the people on the boat.
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The British state has blood on its hands. The deaths of at least 33 people in November 2021 were avoidable. Neither the British nor French coastguards made a serious attempt to save the people on the boat.
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🚨 Reform UK’s dirty tricks in Gorton and Denton by-election exposed
The far right party seems to have breached electoral law in the Greater Manchester by-election, sending out to voters a letter claiming to be from “a concerned neighbour" without mentioning it is from Reform UK.
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The far right party seems to have breached electoral law in the Greater Manchester by-election, sending out to voters a letter claiming to be from “a concerned neighbour" without mentioning it is from Reform UK.
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February 7, 2026 at 8:30 AM
🚨 Reform UK’s dirty tricks in Gorton and Denton by-election exposed
The far right party seems to have breached electoral law in the Greater Manchester by-election, sending out to voters a letter claiming to be from “a concerned neighbour" without mentioning it is from Reform UK.
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The far right party seems to have breached electoral law in the Greater Manchester by-election, sending out to voters a letter claiming to be from “a concerned neighbour" without mentioning it is from Reform UK.
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✉️ Letters: What can trade unions do to protect trans+ people? 🏳️⚧️
Readers write in on fighting transphobia, a tenants' victory in Nottingham, the Gorton and Denton by-election and cyclones in Sicily.
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Readers write in on fighting transphobia, a tenants' victory in Nottingham, the Gorton and Denton by-election and cyclones in Sicily.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
✉️ Letters: What can trade unions do to protect trans+ people? 🏳️⚧️
Readers write in on fighting transphobia, a tenants' victory in Nottingham, the Gorton and Denton by-election and cyclones in Sicily.
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Readers write in on fighting transphobia, a tenants' victory in Nottingham, the Gorton and Denton by-election and cyclones in Sicily.
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🚩 The SW View: Hang Nigel Farage with his links to Donald Trump
Donald Trump today, Nigel Farage tomorrow — unless we fight. That is the message anti-racists have to take into every workplace, trade union, university campus and community.
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Donald Trump today, Nigel Farage tomorrow — unless we fight. That is the message anti-racists have to take into every workplace, trade union, university campus and community.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
🚩 The SW View: Hang Nigel Farage with his links to Donald Trump
Donald Trump today, Nigel Farage tomorrow — unless we fight. That is the message anti-racists have to take into every workplace, trade union, university campus and community.
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Donald Trump today, Nigel Farage tomorrow — unless we fight. That is the message anti-racists have to take into every workplace, trade union, university campus and community.
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Reviews & Culture
🇵🇸 The Voice of Hind Rajab, a new docudrama, follows workers at the Palestine Red Crescent Emergency Call Centre in the West Bank as they work to rescue a 5 year-old girl trapped in a car riddled with 335 IDF bullets and six murdered family members.
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🇵🇸 The Voice of Hind Rajab, a new docudrama, follows workers at the Palestine Red Crescent Emergency Call Centre in the West Bank as they work to rescue a 5 year-old girl trapped in a car riddled with 335 IDF bullets and six murdered family members.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Reviews & Culture
🇵🇸 The Voice of Hind Rajab, a new docudrama, follows workers at the Palestine Red Crescent Emergency Call Centre in the West Bank as they work to rescue a 5 year-old girl trapped in a car riddled with 335 IDF bullets and six murdered family members.
Read more
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🇵🇸 The Voice of Hind Rajab, a new docudrama, follows workers at the Palestine Red Crescent Emergency Call Centre in the West Bank as they work to rescue a 5 year-old girl trapped in a car riddled with 335 IDF bullets and six murdered family members.
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📣 London Met university workers rally against cuts
Workers and students at London Metropolitan University are ramping up their campaign against cuts and job losses. Bosses want to slash 120 jobs and devastate a wide range of departments.
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Workers and students at London Metropolitan University are ramping up their campaign against cuts and job losses. Bosses want to slash 120 jobs and devastate a wide range of departments.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
📣 London Met university workers rally against cuts
Workers and students at London Metropolitan University are ramping up their campaign against cuts and job losses. Bosses want to slash 120 jobs and devastate a wide range of departments.
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Workers and students at London Metropolitan University are ramping up their campaign against cuts and job losses. Bosses want to slash 120 jobs and devastate a wide range of departments.
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🤔 Alex Callinicos: How can the protests in Minnesota win?
The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul in Minnesota have been experiencing something approximating the violent assaults that town after town in Italy suffered from fascist squads in 1920-22.
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The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul in Minnesota have been experiencing something approximating the violent assaults that town after town in Italy suffered from fascist squads in 1920-22.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
🤔 Alex Callinicos: How can the protests in Minnesota win?
The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul in Minnesota have been experiencing something approximating the violent assaults that town after town in Italy suffered from fascist squads in 1920-22.
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The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul in Minnesota have been experiencing something approximating the violent assaults that town after town in Italy suffered from fascist squads in 1920-22.
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🪧 School workers forced back to work by lack of proper maternity pay
Shock survey of NEU union members in West London show lack of proper maternity pay is forcing school workers to leave very young babies in childcare, pump breast milk in school toilets and car parks.
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Shock survey of NEU union members in West London show lack of proper maternity pay is forcing school workers to leave very young babies in childcare, pump breast milk in school toilets and car parks.
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February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🪧 School workers forced back to work by lack of proper maternity pay
Shock survey of NEU union members in West London show lack of proper maternity pay is forcing school workers to leave very young babies in childcare, pump breast milk in school toilets and car parks.
Read on
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Shock survey of NEU union members in West London show lack of proper maternity pay is forcing school workers to leave very young babies in childcare, pump breast milk in school toilets and car parks.
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📣🇵🇸 British state on back foot, six activists cleared in Israeli arms factory trial
The Palestine movement has scored a “monumental victory” against the British state. A jury acquitted or refused to convict six people, part of the Filton 24 group of activists, on Wednesday.
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The Palestine movement has scored a “monumental victory” against the British state. A jury acquitted or refused to convict six people, part of the Filton 24 group of activists, on Wednesday.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
📣🇵🇸 British state on back foot, six activists cleared in Israeli arms factory trial
The Palestine movement has scored a “monumental victory” against the British state. A jury acquitted or refused to convict six people, part of the Filton 24 group of activists, on Wednesday.
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The Palestine movement has scored a “monumental victory” against the British state. A jury acquitted or refused to convict six people, part of the Filton 24 group of activists, on Wednesday.
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🥀 Starmer’s zombie government in freefall over Mandelson-Epstein scandal
Forced to admit he knew about Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Starmer’s days in Number 10 are numbered. It is no longer a question of if he is sent packing — it’s a question of when.
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Forced to admit he knew about Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Starmer’s days in Number 10 are numbered. It is no longer a question of if he is sent packing — it’s a question of when.
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February 6, 2026 at 1:01 PM
🥀 Starmer’s zombie government in freefall over Mandelson-Epstein scandal
Forced to admit he knew about Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Starmer’s days in Number 10 are numbered. It is no longer a question of if he is sent packing — it’s a question of when.
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Forced to admit he knew about Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Starmer’s days in Number 10 are numbered. It is no longer a question of if he is sent packing — it’s a question of when.
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‼️ Reform UK migration plan would make us all worse off
New research has blown a hole through the right wing lies that migrants are a drain on resources. In fact, you would be worse off without immigration.
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New research has blown a hole through the right wing lies that migrants are a drain on resources. In fact, you would be worse off without immigration.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
‼️ Reform UK migration plan would make us all worse off
New research has blown a hole through the right wing lies that migrants are a drain on resources. In fact, you would be worse off without immigration.
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New research has blown a hole through the right wing lies that migrants are a drain on resources. In fact, you would be worse off without immigration.
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🇵🇸 Teledyne Four Palestine activists face retrial ✊🏼
A British state at odds with its people
In 2024, a jury failed to reach a verdict and they were released on bail. But the British state is determined to convict the Teledyne Four, and their retrial is set to begin on Monday.
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A British state at odds with its people
In 2024, a jury failed to reach a verdict and they were released on bail. But the British state is determined to convict the Teledyne Four, and their retrial is set to begin on Monday.
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February 6, 2026 at 11:00 AM
🇵🇸 Teledyne Four Palestine activists face retrial ✊🏼
A British state at odds with its people
In 2024, a jury failed to reach a verdict and they were released on bail. But the British state is determined to convict the Teledyne Four, and their retrial is set to begin on Monday.
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A British state at odds with its people
In 2024, a jury failed to reach a verdict and they were released on bail. But the British state is determined to convict the Teledyne Four, and their retrial is set to begin on Monday.
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🪧 London’s DLR cleaners strike for sick pay
Cleaners on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in London are keeping up their fight for sick pay. Outsourcing allows private firms to make astronomical profits at the expense of workers’ health and wellbeing.
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Cleaners on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in London are keeping up their fight for sick pay. Outsourcing allows private firms to make astronomical profits at the expense of workers’ health and wellbeing.
Read on
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February 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🪧 London’s DLR cleaners strike for sick pay
Cleaners on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in London are keeping up their fight for sick pay. Outsourcing allows private firms to make astronomical profits at the expense of workers’ health and wellbeing.
Read on
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Cleaners on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in London are keeping up their fight for sick pay. Outsourcing allows private firms to make astronomical profits at the expense of workers’ health and wellbeing.
Read on
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🗞️ The new Socialist Worker is out!
Epstein files reveal an empire of abuse
RICH SEXIST SCUM
... float at the top of a rotten system
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#IceOut #FromTheRiverToTheSea
Epstein files reveal an empire of abuse
RICH SEXIST SCUM
... float at the top of a rotten system
Read more: buff.ly/P8YPoKV
#IceOut #FromTheRiverToTheSea
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February 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🗞️ The new Socialist Worker is out!
Epstein files reveal an empire of abuse
RICH SEXIST SCUM
... float at the top of a rotten system
Read more: buff.ly/P8YPoKV
#IceOut #FromTheRiverToTheSea
Epstein files reveal an empire of abuse
RICH SEXIST SCUM
... float at the top of a rotten system
Read more: buff.ly/P8YPoKV
#IceOut #FromTheRiverToTheSea
🚩 Teach Yourself Marxism
Is it sectarian to build our party?
Sectarians put the interests of their party before the interests of the movement and class.
But is it sectarian to sell Socialist Worker at demonstrations, to insist on trans+ rights, to oppose migration controls?
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Is it sectarian to build our party?
Sectarians put the interests of their party before the interests of the movement and class.
But is it sectarian to sell Socialist Worker at demonstrations, to insist on trans+ rights, to oppose migration controls?
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February 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🚩 Teach Yourself Marxism
Is it sectarian to build our party?
Sectarians put the interests of their party before the interests of the movement and class.
But is it sectarian to sell Socialist Worker at demonstrations, to insist on trans+ rights, to oppose migration controls?
buff.ly/qMwd4gV
Is it sectarian to build our party?
Sectarians put the interests of their party before the interests of the movement and class.
But is it sectarian to sell Socialist Worker at demonstrations, to insist on trans+ rights, to oppose migration controls?
buff.ly/qMwd4gV
In Depth
🇺🇸 Why is Trump bringing the war back home?
As Trump builds the ICE militia in the US, Judy Cox asks if it shows how the chains of colonial violence boomerang from the imperialist heartlands and back again.
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🇺🇸 Why is Trump bringing the war back home?
As Trump builds the ICE militia in the US, Judy Cox asks if it shows how the chains of colonial violence boomerang from the imperialist heartlands and back again.
Read on
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February 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
In Depth
🇺🇸 Why is Trump bringing the war back home?
As Trump builds the ICE militia in the US, Judy Cox asks if it shows how the chains of colonial violence boomerang from the imperialist heartlands and back again.
Read on
buff.ly/A58vK3e
🇺🇸 Why is Trump bringing the war back home?
As Trump builds the ICE militia in the US, Judy Cox asks if it shows how the chains of colonial violence boomerang from the imperialist heartlands and back again.
Read on
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Public meeting
ICE: Racism and Resistance. Can Trump be stopped?
Wednesday 4 February, 7:15pm
Michael Young Building, Manzil Way, Oxford OX4 1YH
What3words: sleeps.visits.spun Online via Zoom: pre-register at buff.ly/3AfLb7d
Hosted by Oxford & Thames Valley Socialist Workers Party
ICE: Racism and Resistance. Can Trump be stopped?
Wednesday 4 February, 7:15pm
Michael Young Building, Manzil Way, Oxford OX4 1YH
What3words: sleeps.visits.spun Online via Zoom: pre-register at buff.ly/3AfLb7d
Hosted by Oxford & Thames Valley Socialist Workers Party
February 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Public meeting
ICE: Racism and Resistance. Can Trump be stopped?
Wednesday 4 February, 7:15pm
Michael Young Building, Manzil Way, Oxford OX4 1YH
What3words: sleeps.visits.spun Online via Zoom: pre-register at buff.ly/3AfLb7d
Hosted by Oxford & Thames Valley Socialist Workers Party
ICE: Racism and Resistance. Can Trump be stopped?
Wednesday 4 February, 7:15pm
Michael Young Building, Manzil Way, Oxford OX4 1YH
What3words: sleeps.visits.spun Online via Zoom: pre-register at buff.ly/3AfLb7d
Hosted by Oxford & Thames Valley Socialist Workers Party
⚖️ ‘Nordic Model’ would make sex work more dangerous
Proposals to prosecute men who buy sex in Scotland won’t keep women safe. Diana Rotten from the Scotland for Decrim campaign spoke to Jude Mckechnie.
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Proposals to prosecute men who buy sex in Scotland won’t keep women safe. Diana Rotten from the Scotland for Decrim campaign spoke to Jude Mckechnie.
Read on
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February 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM
⚖️ ‘Nordic Model’ would make sex work more dangerous
Proposals to prosecute men who buy sex in Scotland won’t keep women safe. Diana Rotten from the Scotland for Decrim campaign spoke to Jude Mckechnie.
Read on
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Proposals to prosecute men who buy sex in Scotland won’t keep women safe. Diana Rotten from the Scotland for Decrim campaign spoke to Jude Mckechnie.
Read on
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📣 Bus drivers in east London are fighting back against union busting
Hundreds of bus drivers at Lea Interchange Bus Garage in east London are fighting back against union busting. These Unite the union members are beginning to break through.
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Hundreds of bus drivers at Lea Interchange Bus Garage in east London are fighting back against union busting. These Unite the union members are beginning to break through.
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February 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM
📣 Bus drivers in east London are fighting back against union busting
Hundreds of bus drivers at Lea Interchange Bus Garage in east London are fighting back against union busting. These Unite the union members are beginning to break through.
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Hundreds of bus drivers at Lea Interchange Bus Garage in east London are fighting back against union busting. These Unite the union members are beginning to break through.
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✊🏽 ‘People are fighting in any way they know how’: Minneapolis university student
Leo, a university student in Minneapolis, spoke to Socialist Worker about resistance to Ice and Trump.
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Leo, a university student in Minneapolis, spoke to Socialist Worker about resistance to Ice and Trump.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
✊🏽 ‘People are fighting in any way they know how’: Minneapolis university student
Leo, a university student in Minneapolis, spoke to Socialist Worker about resistance to Ice and Trump.
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Leo, a university student in Minneapolis, spoke to Socialist Worker about resistance to Ice and Trump.
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📣 Together alliance gains traction with more union and left backing
As Unison leader Andrea Egan and Labour MP Diane Abbott back the initiative to fight the far right, it’s up to anti-racists to turn the support for a 28 March unity rally in London into mass action.
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As Unison leader Andrea Egan and Labour MP Diane Abbott back the initiative to fight the far right, it’s up to anti-racists to turn the support for a 28 March unity rally in London into mass action.
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February 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
📣 Together alliance gains traction with more union and left backing
As Unison leader Andrea Egan and Labour MP Diane Abbott back the initiative to fight the far right, it’s up to anti-racists to turn the support for a 28 March unity rally in London into mass action.
Read more
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As Unison leader Andrea Egan and Labour MP Diane Abbott back the initiative to fight the far right, it’s up to anti-racists to turn the support for a 28 March unity rally in London into mass action.
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In Depth: Jeffrey Epstein: Abuse, empire and capitalism
Epstein’s sexual abuse scandal shook the halls of power. For decades, the elite had used the abuser’s networks. It’s no conspiracy — it’s all the same system, argues Judy Cox.
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Epstein’s sexual abuse scandal shook the halls of power. For decades, the elite had used the abuser’s networks. It’s no conspiracy — it’s all the same system, argues Judy Cox.
Read on
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February 3, 2026 at 8:05 AM
In Depth: Jeffrey Epstein: Abuse, empire and capitalism
Epstein’s sexual abuse scandal shook the halls of power. For decades, the elite had used the abuser’s networks. It’s no conspiracy — it’s all the same system, argues Judy Cox.
Read on
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Epstein’s sexual abuse scandal shook the halls of power. For decades, the elite had used the abuser’s networks. It’s no conspiracy — it’s all the same system, argues Judy Cox.
Read on
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Public meeting
ICE: Racism and Resistance. Can Trump be stopped?
Wednesday 4 February, 7:15pm
Michael Young Building, Manzil Way, Oxford OX4 1YH
What3words: sleeps.visits.spun Online via Zoom: pre-register at buff.ly/3AfLb7d
Hosted by Oxford & Thames Valley Socialist Workers Party
ICE: Racism and Resistance. Can Trump be stopped?
Wednesday 4 February, 7:15pm
Michael Young Building, Manzil Way, Oxford OX4 1YH
What3words: sleeps.visits.spun Online via Zoom: pre-register at buff.ly/3AfLb7d
Hosted by Oxford & Thames Valley Socialist Workers Party
February 1, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Public meeting
ICE: Racism and Resistance. Can Trump be stopped?
Wednesday 4 February, 7:15pm
Michael Young Building, Manzil Way, Oxford OX4 1YH
What3words: sleeps.visits.spun Online via Zoom: pre-register at buff.ly/3AfLb7d
Hosted by Oxford & Thames Valley Socialist Workers Party
ICE: Racism and Resistance. Can Trump be stopped?
Wednesday 4 February, 7:15pm
Michael Young Building, Manzil Way, Oxford OX4 1YH
What3words: sleeps.visits.spun Online via Zoom: pre-register at buff.ly/3AfLb7d
Hosted by Oxford & Thames Valley Socialist Workers Party
✊🏽 ‘ICE Out of Everywhere’ protests erupt as resistance to Trump regime deepens
Over 300 protests took place across the USA, with tens of thousands of students, educators and other workers taking to the streets in rage against Ice and Trump.
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Over 300 protests took place across the USA, with tens of thousands of students, educators and other workers taking to the streets in rage against Ice and Trump.
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February 1, 2026 at 10:30 AM
✊🏽 ‘ICE Out of Everywhere’ protests erupt as resistance to Trump regime deepens
Over 300 protests took place across the USA, with tens of thousands of students, educators and other workers taking to the streets in rage against Ice and Trump.
Read more
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Over 300 protests took place across the USA, with tens of thousands of students, educators and other workers taking to the streets in rage against Ice and Trump.
Read more
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