Solidarity (newspaper)

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Solidarity is a socialist newspaper published by the Alliance for Workers' Liberty (AWL). [1]

The paper was founded as a monthly in the mid-1990s, as Action for Health and Welfare, by the Welfare State Network (WSN), a campaign supported by the AWL, the International Socialist Group and others. [2]

The paper became identified with the AWL after its name was changed to Action for Solidarity and it went fortnightly. The name was subsequently shortened to Solidarity. It is currently a weekly paper edited by Martin Thomas.

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