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Deaths In Gaza

Current deaths: at least 15,000 Palestinians including 6,150 children; Occupied West Bank 242; Israel 1,200 (revised down) Total injured: at least 36,000 in Gaza, at least 2,750 in West Bank, at least 5,600 in Israel (figures from Al Jazeera) Hostilities are temporarily paused.
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The Bedroom Tax Ten Years On

September 17, 2023 Ray Barron-Woolford

Ten years of the bedroom tax has failed every key government objective whilst exacerbating the housing crisis.

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Greens Park The Bus On Their Opposition to NATO

April 18, 2023 Adam Colclough

At their Spring conference members of the Green Party of England and Wales voted to no longer oppose the UK being a member of NATO.

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Critical Mass Issue 016

Now is the Summer of Our Discontent

June 16, 2022 Editor

Summer will bring no respite for the Tories as discontent turns to protest and strike action reminds us that class struggle is the way forward.

Critical Mass Editorial Issue 015

Welcome to Critical Mass Issue 15

May 19, 2022 Editor

This month’s issue looks at forgotten people. There are people that our rulers would like us to forget, like the miners who fought the Thatcher government, the refugees held in…

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The Critical Mass Socialist Hour Episode 20

May 19, 2022 Dave Middleton

In Episode 20 of the Socialist Hour Dave, Susie and Mike talk about the Buffalo murders, and Dave interviews Michelle Torez a social activist who has gone from being institutionalised…

Critical Mass Issue 013

Issue 13 PDF

March 18, 2022 Dave Middleton

Editorial Ukraine

War in Ukraine – Latest Articles

February 28, 2022 Editor

At Critical Mass we oppose the Russian invasion and support calls for a cease fire to the war in Ukraine and the withdrawal of Russian troops so that negotiations can…

Critical Mass Issue 012

Issue 12 PDF

February 18, 2022 Dave Middleton

This is the full PDF of Issue 12. You can read it here, or download it to read on your own device. We think this is the best way to…

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Editorial Issue 011

Welcome to Critical Mass Issue 11

January 21, 2022 Editor

This month’s issue has a number of articles about concerns for the future of the NHS. The Tories don’t like to call their plans ‘privatisation.’ They prefer ‘outsourcing.’ Having seen…

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December 3, 2023 Mike Stanton

Last Sunday's march against antisemitism was a counter demo to recent pro-Palestine demos and its central message was support for Israel.

Sunday Socialist

Cost of living: the big fuel con

December 3, 2023 Dave Middleton

As inflation falls, fuel bills continue to rise. Meanwhile fuel companies' profits continue to rise as do dividends for shareholders. It is a con.

Sunday Socialist

Snouts in the trough

December 3, 2023 Marilyn Tyzack

The Carillon collapse highlights all that is wrong with successive governments’ obsession with privatising and contracting out key services to the private sector.

Sunday Socialist

The worst of times….

December 3, 2023 Dave Middleton

Are we living in the worst of times and what can we do about it? Now more than ever we need to affirm our socialist principles.

Sunday Socialist

Our Democracy Under Attack

December 3, 2023 Editor

The UK public supports a ceasefire in Gaza but our politicians do not. Do we really live in a democracy?

Sunday Socialist

News Digest

December 3, 2023 Jo Buchanan

MSM distorts the truth and does not provide us with measured and balanced information. This distortion is also reinforced by omission as well as biased reporting.

Sunday Socialist

In praise of emotion, defiance and Clare Daly

December 3, 2023 Jo Buchanan

Let us cease to value rationality and objectivity so much. We need facts and information and logic, but it is of equal and sometimes greater value, to go against the…

Sunday Socialist

Feedback

December 3, 2023 Mike Stanton

We at Critical Mass/Creating Socialism are a small group of socialists who dared to hope when Corbyn led the Labour Party. That particular hope was shattered but we were not.

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The Last Word – Are you being bugged?

December 3, 2023 Ann Marcial

Bed bugs are attracted to warmth, blood and carbon dioxide, and, as long as there is a person to bite, it's not about hygiene.

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Sunday Socialist December 3rd

December 3, 2023 Dave Middleton

Sunday Socialist - a free, independent, socialist weekly PDF asking questions about the future of capitalism.

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