Britain

Palantir, a US AI and tech firm, is set to roll out a platform for amalgamating all patient data in NHS England. In 2021, they were awarded a £300 million contract for the project. And yet four years on, just 15 percent of NHS trusts are using it and there is sizeable pushback from NHS workers and patients. So who is Palantir? How did we get to where we are now?

As worldwide protests, including many across the UK, demand ‘hands-off Venezuela’, that the Venezuelan people govern themselves, the ISL fully support the demands of the protests and further demands the British government condemn the invasion as well as the capture of president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

Labour has abandoned workers on strike. By ISL Birmingham City Council (BCC) Unite bin workers went on strike on 6 January because 170 affected workers face cuts in their wages of up to £8,000 a year. Then, as the council and commissioners refused to move their position on 11 March the strike became an indefinite […]

By Jim Stead On 4 July 2025 the British parliament proscribed Palestine Action with just 26 MP’s voting against, Jeremy Corbyn (independent left MP) asked, unsuccessfully, for the proscription vote to be taken in three parts because the bill included two proposed proscriptions – a violent neo-Nazi group ‘Maniacs Murder Cult’ and an ultranationalist white […]

By International Socialist League Who is hardest hit by Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ budget? Certainly not the wealthy or big corporations. What is overlooked? Vital areas like adult and social care, mental health, benefit caps, child poverty, and social housing, and the over 4 million children in poverty. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation warns that living standards […]

By ISL Keir Starmer became the British prime minister on 6 July after the Labour party won a landslide election with 410 seats that decisively swept the Conservatives out of power, as their vote fragmented. Labour only won 33.7% of the vote, John Curtice, a prominent polling expert, said the result was “the lowest share […]

The European working class is reacting against the deterioration in its standard of living. The successive strikes in England, those in Italy, the mega-strike that paralyzed transport in Germany, and perhaps most importantly, the extraordinary confrontation that French workers are leading against the increase in the retirement age, disprove the theories that the working class, […]

Unions coordinate strikes! – TUC call a general strike! Higher wages, higher benefits and higher pensions! As the cost of living crisis grows, class inequalities rise and the wealthiest 1% are rewarded with staggering tax cuts, the class war being unleashed becomes more vicious. United strikes, demonstrations and mass street movements are the only way […]

Unite as one co-ordinated struggle Unions demand that TUC organise a general strike Impose price controls For a sliding scale of wages, benefits and pensions Anger and determination are rising in the fightback against the harsh attacks by employers and the government. The September strikes, national and local, include the rail unions RMT, Aslef, and […]

The mainstream media has highlighted the scandals surrounding 10 Downing Street as the reason for the collective resignation of his cabinet. However, if the economy was going well and workers were quiet, such scandals would be treated as gossip and soon would be forgotten. But inflation increases every month, recession looms and workers are fighting. […]

UK Government plans refugees deportation to a police state and uses Rwandan military influence in Congo. By Martin Ralph – ISL British imperialist policy of deporting refugees and robbing Africa combines in Rwanda and the east African region. British governments, of all types, always give themselves the “right” to move immigrants to any place, as […]

Don’t let far-right divide us The far-right’s attempt to burn down the Knowsley Hotel and terrorise the people seeking asylum who are living there is a shocking reminder to workers across the country that the far-right Britain First and Patriotic Alternative’s aim is to violently divide the working class and spread their hatred of minority […]

Organise multi-industry coordination – don’t stop until our objective is reached for all By ISL – International Socialist League – Britain Socialist Voice interviewed RMT rail member Glenroy Watson. Glenroy is a London Underground train driver and worked for over 40 years on London Transport, both on buses and tube. He believes that the rank-and-file […]

Wages fall fastest since record began Full support to all strikes Workers are fighting back against the government and employers’ attacks on their wages, jobs and conditions by taking national action. RMT (rail) will strike on 27J, 18A and 20A, CWU (telecommunication workers) on 29J and 1A and Aslef (train drivers) on 30J. By ISL […]

The Queen dies and the strike wave falters Rebuild the strike wave! Stop millions falling into destitution By International Socialist League – UK From 18 June to 7 September, the great strike wave was built by the RMT, Aslef, CWU, PCS, Unite and other unions. This mighty wave was due to continue on 15 and […]

Elizabeth II, UK’s Queen since 1952, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. By Alejandro Iturbe Most of the world’s media pay tribute to her as an international figure who seemed eternal, in a world that in the course of her reign saw profound changes and the rise and fall of […]