26 January 2026
President Donald Trump has created a “Board of Peace”. The way things are going, it looks more like an attempt to maintain US hegemony over international affairs and to bypass the United Nations.
26 January 2026
Two recent cases highlight continuing harassment and discrimination faced by nurses who refuse to accept the imposition of males claiming to be female.
26 January 2026
The Labour government cunningly tries to disguise its plan to reverse Brexit is as dynamic realignment with the EU. British workers should not be fooled.
23 January 2026
The government promises improvements to rail services in the north of England. But the plans lack detail and won’t produce the necessary results for years – or decades.
20 January 2026
Health care assistants are in grading disputes across the country. Cash-strapped NHS trusts are not always keen to settle, leading to some strikes.
16 January 2026
University workers continue to fight in defence of jobs, pensions and conditions in both further and higher education. Many separate disputes are running across the country, with progress in some places.
16 January 2026
A Birmingham hospital trust has been forced to scrap a poorly regulated international fellowship programme. The scheme recruited doctors from Pakistan, apparently so they could return there after training, but most did not.
Ten years after the announcement of a referendum on EU membership, Workers looks back at the struggle…which is not over.
7 January 2026
Broadcaster Alice Roberts presents a view of the interaction between politics and religion in the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity. It also provides an interesting perspective on the subsequent history of Europe up to the present day.
7 January 2026
US military action against Venezuela should be universally condemned as a violation of sovereignty. This highlights once again the role of Britain in NATO, and the presence of US bases here. They pose a threat to our sovereignty.
Obsession with the appalling events in Palestine is to the detriment of workers here in Britain.
January is the month of Janus, the two-faced god looking backwards and forwards. It’s also time to reflect on coming anniversaries; their importance lies in learning lessons for the future...
