Oxford & Thames Valley SWP
banner
oxswp.bsky.social
Oxford & Thames Valley SWP
@oxswp.bsky.social
We are a branch of the Socialist Workers Party and the home of revolutionary socialists across Oxford and the Thames Valley.
Teach Yourself Marxism with Judy Cox
🚩 Why Marxists support national liberation

Karl Marx famously declared, “Workers of the world unite — you have nothing to lose but your chains.”

But can workers unite in a world dominated by imperialism?
buff.ly/JevmLoM
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🥀 Labour plans to keep Tory ‘stealth tax’ on workers’ incomes

The Labour government is flailing around ahead of the budget next week, as it tries to keep big business on side without haemorrhaging more votes.

Plus: Five ways to raise billions of pounds by taxing the rich
buff.ly/LXkxGvS
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In Depth
🇺🇸 Why Trump is building a ‘new backyard’ in Latin America

The United States is turning its attention towards Latin America. The shift has echoes the centuries-old ‘Monroe Doctrine’, writes Jude Mckechnie.

Read on
buff.ly/5w3eaGb
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In Depth
🚨 How can we stop violence against women?

Domestic violence workers, researchers and campaigners spoke to Judy Cox about violence against women and girls, what’s driving it — and what we can do about it.

Read on
buff.ly/xEeBtwX
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🚗 #Marxism in a Day is on the road… next up Leeds, London, Bristol and Cardiff

Check out the timetable and get tickets for your local event:
London - bit.ly/LDNMarx

Speakers include:
• Alex Callinicos
• Joseph Choonara
• Anne Alexander
• Samira Ali
• Lewis Nielsen
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📣 Donate to Socialist Worker, a socialist voice against Starmer: buff.ly/Hqp7A72

Help #SocialistWorker amplify our struggle against the billionaire class, for striking workers, for a free Palestine, for refugees, trans+ & non-binary people, disabled people, women's rights, anti-fascists and more.
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🇵🇸 There is no “peace plan”. To stop the genocide in Palestine, we must demolish the Zionist-Western death machine!

Let’s relaunch the international movement to support the resistance of the Palestinian people! Let’s stop the race to war, the war economy, and the police state!
buff.ly/aztovr1
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
✍🏻 What would Orwell say about Donald Trump suing the BBC?

As Donald Trump tries to sue BBC Panorama, historian John Newsinger asks why the right hate a broadcaster that serves the British establishment.

Read on
buff.ly/ZX67aVB
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
⚖️ Trial of Filton 24 Palestine Action activists begins

As the trial of six Palestine Action supporters began on Monday, people rallied outside Woolwich Crown Court, south London, in solidarity.

Read on
buff.ly/URM2Gk3
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
✊🏽 Unoffical action leads to big win in Bristol schools strike

Hundreds of teachers took unofficial action, refusing to cross picket lines in an act of solidarity that was crucial to winning the dispute.

Read on
buff.ly/QtdTzlD
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📣 More than 350 people join 'March Against Racism' in Oxford

More than 350 people joined a 'heartening' anti-racism march in Oxford at the weekend. The march began in Cowley and continued to the city centre on Sunday (November 16).

Read more
buff.ly/6ww36tj
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
What should left say over Your Party ‘social conservatism’ row?

What will it take to turn it around for Your Party?
buff.ly/KqNGRdz
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Refugee speaks out: ‘Labour’s reforms do not create fairness, they create fear’

Sadia Sikandar, a refugee living in Scotland, spoke about the realities of Labour's racist system and how Shabana Mahmood is set to make life even tougher.

Read on
buff.ly/QY8mTBq
November 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Teach Yourself Marxism with Judy Cox
🚩 Why Marxists support national liberation

Karl Marx famously declared, “Workers of the world unite — you have nothing to lose but your chains.”

But can workers unite in a world dominated by imperialism?
buff.ly/JevmLoM
November 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
☕️ Breakfast in Red

Our daily email newsletter "Breakfast in Red": served up by Socialist Worker journalists and delivered to your inbox every morning.

Sign up for our daily email update ‘Breakfast in Red’
buff.ly/4hWGtN3
November 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Send education at ‘breaking point’ new report finds

🥀 Children with special educational needs and disabilities are completely failed by issues that Labour refuses to fix.

Read on
buff.ly/IFKyyqZ
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
‼️ Don’t let racists exploit Sara Sharif’s death

A new report into Sara Sharif's death has been released. But all the right want to do is exploit the horrors of child abuse to push racist lies.

Read on
buff.ly/PXGTeRd
November 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Time to get organised.

Capitalism means war, genocide, climate disaster, racism, poverty and oppression.

🚩 Join the revolutionary socialists to build the resistance and fight for a different world. Join the Socialist Workers Party.
buff.ly/7Ln3eYz
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🪧 Resident doctors tell Labour ‘to do better’ from first day’s picket lines

Despite coming under fire from Labour, tens of thousands of resident doctors have walked out over pay, recruitment issues and a failing NHS.

Read on
buff.ly/fHGq5vT
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
✊🏽 Bank of England security guards strike against poverty pay

After being strung along for almost a year, security workers at the Bank of England are taking the fight to bosses.

Read on
buff.ly/OgFwb7v
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
📺 SWP TV
Take your pick:

Black Lives Matter
Climate Change & Ecology
Palestine
Anti-Racism
LGBT+ Liberation
Imperialism
Women's Liberation
Marxist Theory
Class & Economics
Labour & Reformism
Anti-Fascism
Ireland
The State
Revolution
Marxism 2025 and more
buff.ly/NxhbINx
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🚗💨 Marxism in a Day is on the road… next up Leeds, London, Bristol and Cardiff

Check out the timetable and get tickets for your local event:
London - bit.ly/LDNMarx

Speakers include:
• Alex Callinicos
• Joseph Choonara
• Anne Alexander
• Samira Ali
• Lewis Nielsen
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🚩 Teach Yourself Marxism with Judy Cox

Many are attracted to socialism wanting a world without war, without imperialism, without brutal attacks on the oppressed.

Marxists reject abstract morality, seeing instead its class character.

Should we condemn violence or embrace it?
buff.ly/WWii8js
November 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
In Depth
🚨 How can we stop violence against women?

Domestic violence workers, researchers and campaigners spoke to Judy Cox about violence against women and girls, what’s driving it — and what we can do about it.

Read on
buff.ly/xEeBtwX
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🌍 Rally against rich on global day of climate action

“There will be no preservation of life on a planet in flames,” an activist from Brazil Matters told the 200-strong crowd outside of Downing Street on Saturday.

Activists rallied in London to demand real action.
buff.ly/tS3M0Rg
November 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM