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Solidarity 763, 18 March 2026. Articles include: “100% academisation” - Johnson and Zahawi walk again in the form of Bridget Phillipson, but what is the NEU saying? End the US-Israeli bombing! For a secular republic in Iran, for workers’ power! Far-right threat still large in France Tube drivers to strike for controls over work hours Bans on protests at best double-edged Sanders denounces Iran war Building a third choice Neither bombs nor authoritarian rule! The death of Ali Khamenei Back anti-war people in Israel Unite should campaign, not cut affiliation Netanyahu hits Lebanon, West Bank, Gaza Labour Women United Co-resistance can create hope Spy scares displace the real horror We must resist this war The lessons and the erosion of “Red Vienna” Coup at first YP CEC meeting Changing terrain in council cuts fight Lords push against decriminalisation of abortion Anthropocene and Capitalocene Workers’ protests emerge in Venezuela New guidance is poor but gives space Reform’s poisonous false answers Young Labour elections re-run Active united fronts against far right A victory on the visa rules The stranger's case Make unions fight for migrant rights The forgotten General Strike when workers won Capitalism is not an "Epstein conspiracy" Organise the unorganised! Against TUC expulsion! How to wreck a Labour Party Letter: Be sharper against Trump and Israel 28 March as a step for 1 May? Letter: Still need to fight in the labour movement Living amidst constant war Obituary: Country Joe McDonald (1942 – 7 March 2026) “All The Rage” in Manchester A preview of the Greens’ conference Vote for Graham slate, but critically Noon to noon strikes should work better Kino Eye: Bertolucci's Novecento Non-striker sacked after pro-strike protest Huge cuts at Hallam New strikes at Northumbria First round of France's municipal elections More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-763-18-march-2026

Solidarity 762, 4 March 2026. Articles: Iran: Against US-Israeli bombing. For a secular republic and a workers’ government Rest In Power, Yanar Mohammed Iran: responses from the left and labour movement Netanyahu goes for “endless war” Plan together, resist together What to do after Gorton and Denton On the ground in Gorton and Denton Tactical voting for… anyone but Labour? “The Many” claims a false mandate A staging post on a bigger shift Divestment edges forward, but to where? Inclusive words, but ineffective actions Making the “others” count Private landownership comes from conquest Now an anti-fascist united front for Manchester, 18 April Letter: Racism on the rise Trump tries to hold MAGA together Silence from museum bosses Stories from the doorstep Northumbria strikes again from 2 March University cuts battles: Leicester, Sheffield, Hallam Put free education back on agenda NEU votes to organise support staff These iPads aren’t real help NEU ballots from 28 February “It is the time of monsters”: films about Gramsci Background notes on Gramsci For a real shorter work week! After setback, rebuild density! It’s not really rowdy students Hundreds out against Newham cuts Free Yaser Ahmadinejad More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-762-4-march-2026

Solidarity 761, 18 February 2026. Articles: Support the Northfields fleet strike! Back Ukraine against Putin Four years of Russia’s war Restore Labour democracy, mobilise, unite in action Ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful Fascists attack left benefit gig Stop demolitions in Silwan! Our bodies, our choices Corbyn faction ups stakes in YP What made the 1945 government different? To win democracy, organise Vote Labour in Gorton and Denton, fight Starmer's policies One cheer for Starmer in Beijing 50% turnout threshold to stay until August or later Against the forever war! Sinn Fein’s austerity in Northern Ireland Little progress for green hydrogen Reform surges, Labour flounders in Scotland "Plans" without social housing won't work Trump steps up threats to November polls Loopholes on "fire and rehire" For a free Ukraine! “Epstein files”shows us how the rich rule Against far right, for a workers’ united front The great council house giveaway High Court mostly backs EHRC The alternatives in Cuba: a different view How Iran became a despotism Beating Reform and beating racism How the Islamists crushed the workers Turn for the worse since July Revolution in Bangladesh Strong pickets at Northumbria “Good for them!” And now coordination? A landmark documentary on housing MHCLG to re-ballot from 2 March Battles over university cuts and student loans Strike against zero pay offer Mining museum bosses still stubborn More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-761-18-february-2026

Solidarity 760, 4 February 2026. Articles: Against Starmer, for socialism! All out 28 March! For a workers' united front! Minneapolis general strike against Trump Follow Spain’s example Throw Mandelson’s project out with him Reform’s promises shown empty Kurdish forces defeated by Syria's government Trump keeps a grip on Venezuela Israel is still bombing Gaza Palestinian strike against social neglect For national rights, against nationalism Trump? “No problem”? Or fascist? Open letter to Corbyn from an Iranian leftist Trump’s spite turns sourer Councils need better funding Spring conference and a by-election Greens should steer away from antisemitism Time for “Time For Real Change” to change “Saving” the USA from immigrants? “Biscuit of socialism” has crumbled A socialist plan without taking the banks? North-West Labour votes for asylum rights For a workers’ alternative to Khamenei, not Trump’s A united Europe? 1929 and now "More revolutionary, not susceptible to bourgeois bribery" In Retrospect: Racism, Housing and Winifred Atwell Waiting for politics? Vote Ruth Cashman for CEC, transfer to GL Unite the Union: Back to... union democracy Book review. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism Uptick planned at Birmingham bins Leicester scales up its cuts Sheffield University gives ultimatum Northumbria university strikes from 12 February Left groups agree PCS slate Blow Up and the Sixties A poor sort of 4-day week Egan pledges help to NCMM strike Tetrosyl dispute needs workers’ control More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-760-4-february-2026

Solidarity 759, 21 January 2026. Articles: Trotsky on Latin America, oil ownership, and US imperialism Reflections on the Iranian resistance For Venezuela’s workers, against both Trump and Maduristas The left and Venezuela Workers’ unity across borders Now drop Palestine Action ban! After the U-turns Anti-Trump day in USA Against YP exclusions! Flickering green light for exclusion New settler drive in West Bank What are the alternatives in Cuba? They’re all CIA/Mossad/Daesh agents in Iran? Palestinians in Israel fight back Why Labour needs a housing sector plan Impasse in Gaza Swap accusations? Or clean up yourself? Use these briefings in your union Rail plan leaves issues unanswered Your Party? Whose elections? For class, women’s, and trans rights! For Trump the main enemy remains at home A labour movement without political weight No, we don’t endorse this top cop "Friends of Israel" should not be banned Where is the Mamdani movement going? 50% turnout threshold may go on 6 April Béla Tarr, 1955–2026 Homerton phlebotomists set a marker Museum workers win reballot Strike against “fire and rehire” More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-759-21-january-2026

Solidarity 758, 7 January 2026. Articles: La nouvelle « guerre contre les Palestiniens » de Netanyahu Les États-Unis hors du Venezuela ! US out of Venezuela! Build for 28 March, and for a stronger workers' united front Nottinghamshire trade unionists against Reform Reverse Brexit wholesale! New Birmingham megapicket 30 January 2026 Iran’s new surge of protest “For Venezuela”? For the people and the workers! Hunger strikers at risk of death Trump puts “multipolarity” into practice Netanyahu’s new “war on Palestinians” Antisemitism after the Bondi massacre Simone de Beauvoir on Brigitte Bardot Greens in power after May 2026? 2026: prepare for crises! Iran: the working class is key HK government stamps on dissent after fire Deadly stalemate in Ukraine NHS needs funds and worker control YP members organise for committee elections How can councils defeat the cuts? The SWP dumps Alex Callinicos Not a home but an asset New report exposes MI5 role in "dirty war" The Greens and ecology An emergency plan on climate change A new mode of capitalism Grenfell shows need for class politics Letter from Italy: EU backs Meloni's "Albania Plan" China's engine of eco-collapse Debate: Is gender oppression real? Or just biological disadvantage? Some wins for trans rights, but setbacks too Will Starmer go? Resident doctors reballot to strike Museum strikers ready to go for months more Turning point in MHCLG 50% turnout threshold to go soon Tube Diary: No time for Maduro, but... Dr Zhivago, 60 years on Ollie Maurer, 1948-2025 Andrea Egan wins Unison general secretary GFM workers win 15% pay rises More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-758-7-january-2026

Solidarity 757, 3 December 2025. Articles: Seize the bankers’ and bosses’ wealth! Make unions challenge on "day one" rights! Lively debate at Ideas for Freedom 2025 NHS needs real resources, not PFI scams Israel’s anti-war social movement in conference Violence in the West Bank Stitch ups, pushbacks and Your Party No to Trump attack on Venezuela! Stop Mahmood’s closed-doors policy! Lift ban on Palestine Action! Still murderous in Gaza No to removal of juries! End the war? By giving Putin what he wants? Georgia: One year in the streets Student anti-cuts links needed Budget: a "cheap paint job" Irish Labour goes “Connollyite”? COP30’s failure must spur us to action Council house building is urgent Why the Meloni government is prevailing Hong Kongers demand truth on Wang Fuk fire "Bathroom ban" has increased harassment in UK How the far right has grown in France Back Ukraine against Trump’s plans! From Second to Third International When socialism was proposed as the alternative to class struggle Was Menshevik Georgia a model? The pioneers of women’s liberation Argentina: Milei and the opposition On the Greens: a response Understanding capitalism: Marx’s Capital vol.1 Unison young members demand branch-based conference 50 years since Franco; István Szabó Call to settle bins dispute Doctors out again from 17 December GFM workers consider new offer Masked men harass museum pickets More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-757-3-december-2025

Solidarity 756, 19 November 2025. Articles: Save the planet, fight capitalism! Israel out of the West Bank! George Galloway endorses Tucker Carlson Tax top wealth, rebuild the NHS! Trump swerves but stays on right-wing track “Settlers shot at us in the West Bank” No to a "Danish" asylum and immigration policy! “Two states” vs regional imperialism Don't let Trump strangle the BBC What can the left build from the Mamdani surge? Mamdani, AOC, Sanders, NYC DSA, and Speak Out Now on 4 November 2025 Neutral between Trump and BBC? Pawel and Lesbia, sacked for their activism YP conference must take control ADHD: remove the barriers Adult ADHD services being closed and restricted Australia assesses eco-risks CPB votes for backlash Gender divisions and capitalist history Doubts growing on EHRC guidance Trans people and sport: who’s being pushed out? Is China really driving decarbonisation? Letter: Off-beam on anti-Hamas groups Between Bernstein and Lenin Letter: Space for opinion columns Who will push Starmer out? The everyday and politics in Russia “Pro-Palestine” activists vs Palestinian voices What Renters’ Rights Act means Asylum threat to Syrians Birmingham bin workers renew action New atrocities in Sudan Trade favours? Ask for nothing? A film from New Zealand Sheffield students fight the cuts Doctors begin five-day strike Stop fake casual contracts Northumbria UCU in dispute on pensions "Bathroom ban" has increased harassment in UK UKIP in Sheffield, 8 November: tell the sober truth French unions call action 2 December 2025 More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-756-19-november-2025

Solidarity 755, 5 November 2025. Articles include: Bristol School Support Staff On Strike Tube Jobs and Agreements fight must mobilise all grades Far from peace in Gaza Caerffili, the unions, and us Gaza needs a real ceasefire Trump, Mamdani, Supreme Court No king, no prince, no palaces! Jobs, homes, and benefits for asylum seekers New wave of ban-defiance Government backs off, for now, on disability cuts Stop Putin grinding down Ukraine! How a revolution turned into a coup Retaining “business” vs freeing research “The Fraud” and antisemitism denial Serbia air traffic controllers: Echoes of Ronald Reagan YP members still want democracy Protest for net zero on 15 November An eco-manifesto and a critique A divine mandate for Nigel Farage? Will AI take our jobs? Magnus Hirschfeld, LGBT pioneer The First and Second Internationals Marx on debt and finance This part of curbing aviation’s eco-impact should be easy Why a 6.8% pay rise is only modest Letter: Eric Lee is wrong about Tommy Robinson Three bubbles show risk of recession Letter: Biden and traditional values 200 years of rail — and workers’ battles The story of the Cultural Revolution French government staggers on: will the unions act? British Library strikes over pay GFM strikes step up from 17 November Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1922-1975 How to make a shrug received wisdom Unite ballots agency workers in bins dispute Sheffield students back UCU strikes More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-755-5-november-2025

Solidarity 754, 22 October 2025. Articles: Workers’ answers to far right Green shoots in autumn Our new fortnightly formula Complete the ceasefire! Warning from Caerphilly No King in Britain! Peace: two states, equal rights! Free Marwan Barghouti! A path to peace and equality Ofer Cassif and campaigning inside Israel Who are Israel’s new best friends? The fiascos of green capitalism Who will shape “Your Party”? Trans people and consent Democracy a long way off under Sharaa Prison violence and trans people The French left and the political crisis The real politics of Yuri Levchenko Debate: A spiteful polemic, not a postscript What AI can do, and what it can’t Debate: Seven million on the street, but Trump still holds power Ideas for Freedom sets its agenda Defeat the far right? Theory matters Leaflet yes, disrupt no GFM workers wait on new offer Tube pay: bosses budge, but we can win more Letter: France Insoumise is one thing, NFP another Buses: time to level up! New push to restore Birmingham bins deal How not to deal with signal failure A film centred on a library Myanmar's 2025 sham election: a turning point? Sheffield University prepares for strikes Museum workers out for nine weeks MHCLG dispute wins talks More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-754-22-october-2025 Recordings of our weekly newspaper, Solidarity; archived. Hear other publications: soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond . Read the latest Solidarity: workersliberty.org/solidarity back issues: workersliberty.org/solidarity-all or subscribe to receive paper versions: workersliberty.org/sub

Solidarity 753, 8 October 2025. Articles: “Peace is the only way forward” Tube: an "improved" offer? Trump’s world or ours? Protests multiply inside Israel Israel out of Gaza and West Bank! Rally against antisemitism in all its forms! Restore the right to protest! Rotten apples or rotten barrel? Digital ID is a snare “Your Party” plans remain opaque Zarah Sultana and her political mix Our case for backing Ukraine Do they get paid for this? School libraries: Labour’s plan is not enough Labour: some shifts, but still uphill Tories say they will scrap net-zero The “Rockwell paradox” and fatherhood Sudan: horror continues despite ceasefire talk Don’t boycott Israel’s Standing Together movement United front and popular front today Trotsky’s theses on United Front Maoism with Italian Characteristics A postscript on Foster and Monthly Review Fight the prejudices which feed the horrors France’s crisis and far-right threat Labour goes for mini-grants Sheffield UCU votes for strikes Birmingham bins: bring back the offer! Leaf-fall: let’s talk about it Portraying a world of anger A Sicilian detective thriller Buses strike again from 10 October Standing firm against PFI profiteers More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-753-8-october-2025

Women's Fightback 35, Autumn 2025. This summer has seen the return of far-right marches through our streets and town centres. Under the false pretence of protecting women, far-right mobs have targeted hotels housing asylum seekers and mosques. Their racist nationalism is increasingly normalised by a Labour government that stretches further to the right to accommodate the demands of Reform. In this issue, we expose where the roots of women's oppression really lie: the system of capitalism. We explore what we mean by class struggle feminism; cover the fight for bodily autonomy – from trans rights to abortion access at home, abroad and across time; the relationship between women and the far right, and how socialists, feminists and trade unionists are fighting back. We cover revolutionary art from poetry to surrealism, and discuss how the way we talk about films, wellness and health sometimes echo broader trends towards social conservatism. Articles: A hot autumn in HE? Students and workers - unite and fight No complacency on access to abortion Class struggle feminism Conscientious objection and the fight for abortion access in Italy How the EHRC is failing trans people Jean 'Binta' Breeze: close to the heart Materialists - separating the feminists from the classists The Online Safety Act Pink-pilled: reflections from summer camp Reproductive rights through class and race: Margaret Sanger and Marie Stopes Massive far right mobilisation: sound the alarm Our perspective on Stand Up to Racism The myth of the black rapist revisted Unison GS election: elect Andrea Egan, fight for union democracy! Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore: surrealism in rebellion The fight for 52 Israel out of Gaza and the West Bank! More online: https://workersliberty.org/wf Women's Fightback is a socialist feminist magazine by Workers' Liberty. We stand for trans-inclusive, sex-positive, class struggle feminism. We organise in our workplaces and trade unions, and in the student movement and Labour Party for socialist feminist politics. Get your copy now!