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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!

Solidarity 752, 24 September 2025. Articles: Tube: name more strike dates now! Dempsey: don't sidestep "Reform" Take back the wealth! Massive far-right mobilisation: sound the alarm Gaza: stop the horror! Israel's war party is on a land-grab Being a Palestinian activist in Israel “Now is the time to refuse” Branches, democracy, activity needed For democracy, against sortition Excusing Putin’s drone attack on Poland Why street protests matter Labour’s leaders batten down the hatches Russia's Ukraine war is also ecocide Justice for Agnes Wanjiru Trump threatens our light and air Maoists fall from power in Nepal Trans people and the toilet wars Monthly Review: a critique How can councils defeat the cuts? Myanmar military goes for "proxy" unions Immigration raids up under Labour Outsourced workers demand NHS rate for the job TUC calls for taxing top wealth Reinstating the idea of a “clean wage” Cuts fight rekindles at Sheffield University Battleship Potemkin is 100 years old March backs Birmingham bin workers Bus drivers strike in Burnham’s patch Against Farage, push for solidarity Italian unions strike for Gaza More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-752-24-september-2025

Solidarity 751, 10 September 2025. Articles: For free movement and workers’ solidarity! Tax the rich to bring services, jobs, and homes for all The Greens and Sultana-Corbyn project Getting the left heard within Labour Palestine Action: lift the ban! Israel out of Gaza and West Bank! Putin remains on the attack Sexism persists in medicine China turns to help Myanmar military Morning Star ums and ahs over Sultana The one person Starmer should have sacked Party, or support group for “independent” MPs? France in political crisis Trump or democracy: who dies first? Fragmenting the world market Biological and social materiality Against Popular Fronts, for United Fronts Unity is not a cure-all Committees of Action and People’s Front How to brake CO2 emissions from aviation Are France Insoumise and NFP models for us? Debate: Peggie is a victimised worker Debate: Peggie case could set dangerous precedent The Chartist workers’ fight for knowledge Tube strike solid but no concessions yet Another union protest on 17 September Fight clampdown on international students Back on the picket line My favourite Western Universities need new anti-cuts campaigns Birmingham bins vote 99.5% to stay out Nottingham University strikes 22-24 September More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-751-10-september-2025

Solidarity 750, 27 August 2025. Articles: All out on LU and DLR! Back anti-war revolt inside Israel! How war became Israel’s new normal, and how to change that Palestine Action: lift the ban! An idea, a promise... a cult? “Hotel” panic: solidarity with refugees! Putin, Trump, and World War Two nostalgia Welcome to Europe: the far right in UK Trade unions discuss challenge from EHRC Lessons of the Thistle anti-racist protest The SWP and the Corbyn–Sultana party Sultana-Corbyn: where is the project going? How not to build a new left party: lessons from France Russia's war on Ukraine gets worse What kickback at Labour conference? Trans rights and political polarisation Debate: the Peggie-Upton case and the demonisation of trans people. Workers’ Liberty policy on trans rights Myanmar military targets trade-unionists Maoism: the Stalinism of our epoch Trump’s police clampdown spreads from LA to DC Green parties across the world Tariffs and world-market regime-change How I became a socialist: A choice every day to organise PCS demands Rayner meet with union Birmingham bins dispute must be revitalised Sharifeh Mohammadi faces death sentence in Iran Fine words butter no vegetables Background notes on Animal Farm Win for Nottingham HCSWs Animal Farm on film Sheffield megapicket draws 150 BMA calls new ballot More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-750-27-august-2025

Solidarity 749, 6 August 2025. Articles: One year of Labour in power. Where next for the left? Back the anti-war protests in Israel Why recognising Palestine matters How to fight the far-right protests Who will shape the “new party”? “Mega picket” boost for bin strikers Court review granted on Palestine Action ban Suwayda: violence and autonomy Iran’s Islamists scapegoat Afghan refugees Not so keen after all… ? Lenin in Zurich, 1916-17 and 2025 Book review: A short history of trans misogyny New codes coming without full debate Rachel’s Rules: a cautionary tale Hundreds of millions have long Covid Extreme heat is workplace violence For a NHS where we can all thrive Resident doctors broaden dispute Stalinism vs Trotskyism: not with the pen but with the bullet or bludgeon Turmoil in the Unite union Trump, Epstein, and the crimes of the powerful Against tariffs, unite workers across borders Epping, SUTR, and the police Why I joined Workers' Fight Debate: the Peggie-Upton case Left prepares for Labour conference What we do when the air-con fails Jazz on Film New offer to Nottingham Health Care Support Workers Turbine-base workers vote to strike Jobs fight at University of Nottingham Sultana-Corbyn: what the left groups say More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-749-6-august-2025

Due to a technical error, the audio of Solidarity 748 was compiled and uploaded only as far as page 20. The final missing section is uploaded here. Apologies. Articles: Unite union votes for Ukraine solidarity Letter: Two queries Flurry of Ofsted-induced mania Football and women in Iran Labour: back the bin strikers! Why Rayner won't talk to her union reps Nottingham HCSWs talk of escalation More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-748-16-july-2025

Solidarity 748, 16 July 2025. Articles: Fight to roll back cuts How to tax the rich Support the resident doctor strikes! Rebuild the NHS! Tax top wealth! Gaza: stop the bombs! Push labour movement to campaign for migrant rights Is Murray flying a kite? “Anti-Israel” does not equal “left-wing” War, power, and sexual violence Putin looks to a long war Worker power can keep us cool LGBT+ Labour suspends its AGM New party "not an overnight process" Fund higher education, fee-free! Story of a long Covid battle Eye on the left: Behind the "new party" squabbles The tariff war and Chinese capitalism The Trotskyists at Vorkuta Dangers in the new NHS plan Serbian protests challenge Vučić The SWP and political Islam Anti-Trump protests on 17 July Union slams Trump’s record Bernie Sanders on the BBB and on the media Bureaucrats, bureaucratisation, and how to beat them Letter: The Supreme Court and extrapolations Letter: Trade unions must do more to fight welfare cuts Birmingham mass picket on 25 July More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-748-16-july-2025

Solidarity 747, 2 July 2025. Articles: Pay and funding: Winning strategy required Union-Labour rebels can beat cuts Setbacks at Unison conference Union win in Lambeth Israel out of Gaza and West Bank! Peace! EHRC “update” still in limbo “I am not the accused, I am the accuser” “No vote for Labour”… but does it matter? Zohran Mamdani wins the primary Why do “enemy feminisms” abound? Oppose the Palestine Action ban! Travelling without trashing the world Socialist Party equivocates on Israel-Iran A reply to Michael Chessum Hong Kong left forced into disbanding Marx on breaking the chains We still need to think about Stalinism Debate: USA: the unions can stop Trump Story of a long Covid battle Letter: The Supreme Court did think it through Letter: Reform UK is "Nationalist Authoritarian Right" Scarlett Letters bookshop goes into occupation RMT AGM debates policy Why not a mess room for all? M*A*S*H and Loretta Swit Doctors ballot over pay Nottingham strikers are stronger Sheffield mass picket on 9 July More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-747-2-july-2025

Solidarity 746, 18 June 2025. Articles: Schools: fight for pay and funding! Israel-Iran: Stop the War! Many fronts in Trump’s power grab Iranian left calls for peace Support opposition in Israel and in Iran! Billions in cuts still underway Lambeth set to strike China apologist’s accidental revelations The life and work of Dan Gallin, 1931-2025 Pushing back on EHRC guidance Abortion: end the 1861 law! Sheffield University win on trans rights Still on “local independent” line An underwhelming Labour victory Poor sick pay costs lives Labour after the Spending Review Gaps in Employment Rights Bill Workers’ Liberty at LO fête The legacy of Phyllis and Julius Jacobson Many millions out against Trump Sanders declares new “Fighting Oligarchy” drive How Putin rules in occupied Ukraine Woke but antiworker? Birmingham bin strike could last until December Sheffield injunction against strike Save Ealing’s children’s centres! The NPA-R and Lotta Comunista Breathless (À bout de souffle), 1960 Orgreave inquiry now! Nottm HCSWs are stronger than ever More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-746-18-june-2025

Women's Fightback #34, Summer 2025. 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! https://workersliberty.org/wf The blunt truth is that things aren't getting better. Austerity continues in the UK and women are at the sharp end of it. The Supreme Court ruling on the definition of sex, and more substantively its interpretation in the hands of state and corporate institutions, is a major setback for the ability of trans people to live with dignity. The police have been instructed to seize the phones and search the homes of women who have late-term miscarriages, so that they might be prosecuted under a law from 1861. The manosphere is turning young men into activist misogynists. But the future is yet to be written. In this issue, we bring you news of these developments but we also set out what must be done – and what feminists, socialists, trade unionists, and trans rights activists are already doing – to push back. The battle lines run through our culture as well as our politics. So we also bring you reviews of a new stage play looking at Section 28, recipes from an incarcerated Iranian feminist, and much more. Articles: Pathways to poverty, women and the welfare state Death by a thousand cuts. A short history of getting less and needing more On the slogan 'Welfare not Warfare' Saving our domestic violence services After the Supreme Court: the fight for trans rights Trans rights: the fight in the unions We fight again: a brief history of trans rights in Britain After the Act and the new Section 28 Why we marched Lost Boys Pink-pilled Sex wars: why we stand for sex positive feminism Workers for decrim The weight of words Miscarriage? Still birth? Now the police will search your phone The Evin Prison Bakers' Club Sudanese women and the crisis of indifference The cult of patriarchy (and how to resist it) Women without kids Ella Keidar released from prison

Solidarity 745, 4 June 2025. Articles: Tax the rich to fund social provision "Black flag" means an order you must disobey Academics in Israel oppose the war Anti-war movement in Israel stands firm Unions must move against Trump after 14 June Gaza: ceasefire now! Lambeth libraries vote for strikes Build on union-Labour revolt against benefit cuts! Denouncing Starmer for saying the same Islamists flex their muscles in Bangladesh The jewel in the “local independent” crown? How unions can defend trans people Letter: Everyone is male or female Khan challenges Starmer on cannabis Inflation in 2025? EHRC contradicts “free from harassment” Stormy days for Labour leadership “Not all Bengalis”: Bangladesh’s highlands The revolutionary left 34 years after 1991 PKK to disband, but Kurdish rights doubtful Quiet conference, tense year ahead? PCS leaders fold on pay When it all goes wrong at once Marcel Ophuls (1927-2025) Planning next steps against the closures Nottingham strike steps up 9-13 June Our 31 May day school More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-745-4-june-2025

Solidarity 744, 28 May 2025. Articles: Independent Labour Day in Singapore Care workers strike in Scotland Kneecap: drop the charges! After winter fuel u-turn: stop benefit cuts Birmingham bins need action to break deadlock Lambeth ballot closes 29 May Doctors ballot from 27 May Letter: Wrong on the Supreme Court Ignorant and cowardly: PCS leaders on trans rights Diary of a Tube driver: "£3k a month to look at the depot?" The origins of Militant and of the Socialist Party Great British National Strike: a flop, but a warning The Green Party: a home for socialists? This “anti-Zionism” is antisemitism MPs to debate decriminalising abortion We demand... what change? Condemned… for condemning Hamas Stop the war! Aid to Gaza! Recognise Palestine! Fight in the labour movement for trans rights Editorial: For Ukraine, and for Ukraine’s workers! Mass deportations and 14 June Another imperialist denial of Ukraine 2025 inflation at 8% or more The 1944 coup attempt against Hitler The fall of "orthodox" illusions Mass council house-building needed More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-744-28-may-2025

Solidarity 743, 14 May 2025. Articles: We need care workers, not Starmer's demagogy Trump’s road to economic chaos and autocracy Peace! Two states and equal rights! “Change is needed, and possible” The mask slips on Putin and Ukraine Turkish union’s whole leadership arrested Step up fight on benefit cuts! Iran: against war, against nuclear weapons Unions can push back for trans rights Open borders! Migrant and local workers’ unity Another version of Collective? Finland, the labour movement and women's rights Feminism, capitalism, and alienation The case for open borders International conference on 16-18 May Big vehicle-workers’ strike in China GMB takes Amazon to court Against war over Kashmir The cavalry at Lifford Lane Why is this the court’s problem? Setback in PCS election Disney’s Bambi and the original Letter: Who torched the Reichstag? Stop cuts in NHS! Vindictiveness at University of East Anglia Universities continue cuts More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-743-14-may-2025

Solidarity 742, 7 May 2025. Articles: NASUWT General Secretary: an appointment masquerading as an election Against tariff wars, workers’ unity "Scientifically illiterate ruling", say doctors The benefits of Brexit? Scrap the benefit cuts! Ukraine signs minerals deal with the US Students join university cuts fight Defy the EHRC non-guidance! Unions move to defend trans members Solidarity? No, you’re just a proxy The dogs that didn’t bark Unions are central to eco-policy Schools and the “guidance” documents Trump speeds power-grab Different roads to autocracy May Day in the USA Israel goes for “conquer” and “hold” Reform wins are a warning Workers’ Liberty debates the year ahead How we can learn from history Kneecap and the right to offend Link pay battles across public sector The debates due at PCS conference Do the trial, or lose the money Leni Riefenstahl: Hitler’s filmmaker MHCLG first wave is strong Support the bin workers! Yes, the HCSWs can win Uber drivers strike on 1 May More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-742-7-may-2025

Workers’ Fight newspaper ran during a time of great class battles in Britain, dramatic events internationally, and intense and fluid debate within the left. It was a time which made for vivid and weighty memories. Workers' Liberty volume 3, issue #77 looks back at it. https://workersliberty.org/publications/workers-liberty-magazine/latest-issue/workers-liberty-volume-3-september-2005/workers

Solidarity 741, 23 April 2025. Articles: Their globalisation may be crashing, but ours must not 20,000 protest for trans rights! Israel pushes people to the coast in Gaza NEU conference votes to back Ukraine The Morning Star’s Jewish problem What’s happening with We Demand Change Make Unison act against benefit cuts! Having to travel for abortion Students back Sheffield University strike USA: has the pushback started? “No Kings”, 1775 and 2025 The realities of climate migration “Neither London nor Birmingham, but the bostin’ Black Country!” How workers beat the Kapp putsch Li Dazhao, China’s first communist The Bolsheviks and the syndicalists Vote for a fighting democratic union in PCS MHCLG striking from 22 April Wide support for hospital workers FM strikes pause for reballots G4S striker says: no two-tier system! How can he get away with it? Agnès Varda: a life in images Birmingham bin strikers reject new offer Nationalise steel! A workers' plan for green transition! Lambeth libraries to ballot from 30 April More online: https://www.workersliberty.org/index.php/publications/solidarity/solidarity-741-23-april-2025

Solidarity 740, 9 April 2025. Articles: Use referendum vote as launchpad for a fight for a four-day week on our terms The most drastic shift ever in capitalist world economics Unite to stop the cuts! Starvation and murder in Gaza Hurtling towards authoritarianism Full-spectrum response needed Fight back against university cuts Lambeth Unison against zero-hours The “traitor” and the Stalinist Lever, or “alternative labour movement”? Trump backs UK anti-abortionists Beating the benefit cuts Environment: a triple crisis Wait for a Moses? No, organise! Raid on Youth Demand meeting Germany seeks to deport protesters Decades of national revolt Unite: stop law cases, sort out scandal Ukraine: not a proxy war Poverty kills, austerity kills A week with Standing Together A strike before I was born shaped me "Workers'" candidate attacks Reform from right Hoping his own side will curb Trump The most popular cartoon character you’ve never seen Nottingham HCAs strike for pay Act now on Network Rail pay More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-740-9-april-2025