🗓️ On this day in history, 5 August 1936, gold-winning African-American athlete Jesse Owens destroys Nazi lies about white supremacy At the Berlin Olympics, African-American athlete Jesse Owens wins the 200m, his third gold medal, exploding Nazi lies about white supremacy. buff.ly/5ctObfh

🪧 Reports round-up: AQA striker says ‘We should reject this half-baked offer’ Plus reports of strikes of museum and gallery workers, rail workers, housing workers, bins and buses — and a campaign against a data centre in Leeds. buff.ly/AcV6siJ

🏳️‍⚧️ United march in Sheffield for trans+ rights 200 people marched in Sheffield in a united show of opposition to the transphobic EHRC guidance, set to be implemented today (5 August). “The fight for trans+ liberation is a class issue," said Belle, TradeUnions4TransRights organiser. buff.ly/KjWSxDB

🌍 Reality of climate catastrophe hits home Over half of England and Wales officially in drought. Wildfires rage across Scotland and Suffolk, leaving scorched landscapes. Capitalism and the ruling class have failed to prevent climate disaster and workers are paying the price. buff.ly/j9itykG

🗞️ This week's Socialist Worker is out! As Andy Burnham promises "relentless" crackdown on refugees, we need relentless anti-racism. Plus: - Why are Kashmiris rising up? - Anton Jäger's Hyperpolitics - Major escalation in US-Iran war Buy it. Read it. Sell it. buff.ly/6y1OVCQ

✉️ Letters: The odious Rod Liddle is cancelled — for real this time Plus: - Why socialists visiting picket lines is our bread and butter - Growing roots at workplaces - Mr Burnham, we need a national care service… - …and a guillotine buff.ly/LAlaAjO

✊🏽 Help cancer research workers get a fair pay deal Send messages of support to: teigempwork@gmail.com Dontate to the strike fund: Reference: ICR-Strike Fund Acc name: Unite LE/524 Branch Sort Code: 608301 Acc number: 30010808 Share the Crowdfunder: buff.ly/RHJymdj

✊🏽 Strike grounds WestJet flights in Canada 4,500 flight attendants in Canada began a 72-hour strike last Sunday. North American flight attendants get no pay for work done before take-off, up to 35 hours a month. 97.3% of CUPE union Local 8125 branch voted by 99.4% for strikes. buff.ly/QXpRsXv

Comment by Rob Hoveman ⚠️ Tensions between US and China point to more pain ahead The International Monetary Fund is proposing co-ordinated international action. But the contradictions of capitalism are not easily overcome. buff.ly/Y1bROoO

Environment ‼️ SNP leaders are good ‘friends’ to North Sea oil industry As forests in Scotland burn, Scottish National Party (SNP) politicians are calling on Andy Burnham to back the oil and gas industry and ‘milk the last profits from the declining reserves in the North Sea’. buff.ly/XnCTGbN

⚠️ Restore Britain seizes an opening on the far right Nigel Farage’s far right party Reform UK is under pressure after last week’s by-election in Manchester – not only from Labour but also from Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain, which openly welcomes fascists. buff.ly/cE0sIN9

🗓️ On this day, 4 August, 2020: The Beirut port explosion in Lebanon After a shattering explosion in the city’s port area killed over 150 people, protestors demanded the fall of a political system that had left highly explosive chemicals in the port for over six years. buff.ly/olrC6XR

🪧 Open Meeting FARAGE AND THE CHANGING FAR RIGHT Wed 5 August, 7pm New Road Baptist Church, Bonn Sq, Oxford OX1 1LQ Or via Zoom: buff.ly/z6rsjQY Join us to discuss Farage and the far right and what we can do to stop them. ✊🏽 Hosted by Oxford & Thames Valley Socialist Workers Party

🎨 Reviews & Culture Major exhibition erases reality of Frida Kahlo’s life and politics "Frida: The Making of an Icon", a new exhibition at London’s Tate Modern gallery, attempts to sanitise the political activism of communist Frida Kahlo. Luckily, her works speak for themselves. buff.ly/aXwzyfx

📚 ‘Everything explodes and nothing changes’: A new politics for strange times? Judy Cox reviews "Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences", a popular new book by Anton Jäger that addresses the strange times we are living through. buff.ly/c96wQrW

📺 Reviews & Culture To deal with inequality, we need more than a wealth tax Gary Stevenson, former financial trader turned left wing economist, has a new Channel 4 documentary: “How To Get Filthy Rich”. The wealth tax solution he recommends fails to dig deep enough. buff.ly/T79JDul

⚠️ Far right exploits Morocco refugee crisis to push anti-migrant clampdowns The refugee crisis in Sabta, north Africa, has become a rallying point for the far right. David Karvala from United Against Fascism and Racism in the Spanish state spoke to Socialist Worker. buff.ly/uoGA0E6

✊🏽 Scottish anti-racists: ‘We don’t trust the state to beat the far right’ Mainstream political parties in Scotland are calling for a state ban on the far right thugs of Unite the Clans. But trusting the British state is not the way to beat the far right. buff.ly/nT16dXI

In Depth 🪧 ‘We battle cancer but have to fight for our pay’ The battle at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has become one of the most significant strikes in Britain — it is now an all-out and indefinite strike. Striking workers spoke to Socialist Worker. buff.ly/8WcAEbz

🪧 Key takeaways from the Manchester mayoral by-election There is a “Burnham bounce” for the Labour Party. But it’s not as high as Labour spokespeople or their friends in the media make out. If Andy Burnham does not deliver for working class people, his 'bounce' will be short-lived. buff.ly/S1HAlbm

🗓️ On this day in history, 1 August, 1837, workers' union militant Mary "Mother" Jones was baptized. Jones was a co-founder of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), 1905, revolutionary syndicalists committed to the overthrow of capitalism. 1/

✊🏼 Did you enjoy Marxism 2026? 🚩 Want to get organised? Socialist Workers Party (SWP) branches across Britain hold weekly meetings open to everyone. We talk politics and discuss campaigns. Use our interactive map to find an SWP meeting near you: buff.ly/yTIWKlS

Teach Yourself Marxism with Judy Cox 🚩 What power do oppressed people have? Marxism has been criticised for ignoring the struggles of groups excluded from waged labour, including slaves and rural peasantry. Is Marxism too focused on the working class? buff.ly/x9gn3SD

✊🏼 London Met University workers resist job cuts London Metropolitan University workers rallied on Friday in a dispute over job losses. Bosses are trashing the university's reputation for making higher education accessible to students from working class backgrounds. buff.ly/nDgdQXX

Many thousands recently crossed from Morocco into the tiny Spanish protectorate of Sabta (Ceuta), north Africa. The Israeli government and the far right in the USA and Europe have leapt to attack social democratic Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. How should socialists respond? buff.ly/y2fTyja

‼️ Burnham commits to spend billions more on defence Andy Burnham has pledged many billions on replacing Trident nukes – £200+ billion, according to CND estimations. Judy Cox wonders what else we could do with so much money. buff.ly/DFGdGFF

🚩 This week's Socialist Worker is out. Full of excellent articles to arm you in the struggle. Our headline reads: Why does Burnham want to burn more oil and gas when we know the... *Killer Cost of Climate Change* 🗞️ Socialist Worker: Buy it. Read it. Sell it. buff.ly/6y1OVCQ

🪳 How the Cockroach movement beat Modi & what can we learn from it? With hunger striker and student activist Aameen Amitoj, live from India. Online meeting hosted by Marxism Festival Mon 3 August, 6pm BST 10.30 IST Register now at bit.ly/cockroach26

🗓️ On this day, 31 July, 1919: Holocaust survivor and writer Primo Levi was born. From his first work to his last, Levi battled to maintain the memory of the Holocaust. He was certain of two things: the Holocaust happened, and it can happen again. buff.ly/iF5Z9aH

🪧 South London NHS workers slam unfair pay banding Some 50 NHS workers joined a Unite the union picket at the Maudsley Hospital. “We keep the doors open, the lights on and the water running. If we don’t work, this place doesn’t,” said Glenn, Equalities rep. buff.ly/ri6HBuL