An anti-capitalist, revolutionary, socialist newspaper based in Britain http://www.socialistworker.co.uk en-gb Thugs attack 17 year old in Rochdale park http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=18366 Militant mass pickets gathered outside Norlington boys' school in Leyton, east London, this morning as teachers took part in their first day of strike action against plans to merge the school with two others to create a Trust school http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=18370 The complete list http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=18356 Around 60 supporters of the United Left met in Manchester last Saturday at the first quarterly meeting of the left wing group in the Unite union http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=18332 Delegates at the Connect communications union conference in Blackpool last week took a backwards step in support the union executives' proposals for a merger with Prospect and rejecting an offer to merge with the CWU that they had earlier backed http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=18331 Construction workers have won their dispute at the Lindsey Oil Refinery (LOR) in Lincolnshire, in an awesome display of solidarity and militancy http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=18354 This week we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots – three days of revolt led by gay men, lesbians and transvestites, which led to the founding of the gay liberation movement, writes Hannah Dee http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=18318 We need to coordinate on three fronts, argues SWP national secretary Martin Smith http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=18311 Despite his huge popularity, Michael Jackson embodied the contradictions of racism in the music industry, argues Yuri Prasad http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=18310 Italian partisan Luigi Fiori spoke to Tom Behan about his role in resisting fascism in Italy http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=18350