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May 2026 marks the centenary of the General Strike – nine days that shook Britain.
Follow the events as they unfolded, day by day.
9 May – Day six of the General Strike
Determination remained high among the workers on day six of the General Strike. The same could not be said for their weakening leadership. The TUC was now actively working with the government to call off the strike, but the miners were refusing to accept defeat.
8 May – Day five of the General Strike
On day five of the Strike, Prime Minister Baldwin gave the first emergency radio broadcast to the country, where he warned: “I am a man of peace… but I will not surrender the safety and the security of the British Constitution”. This pressure was acutely felt by the TUC leaders.
7 May – Day four of the General Strike
The fourth day of the strike saw the trade union leaders continue their attempts to do secret deals with the government to end the strike. While the TUC appealed for calm, the workers were left to lead the struggle themselves.
May elections 2026: A funeral for the two-party system
Nationalists. Populists. Insurgents. Independents. None of the above. These were the assorted winners of yesterday’s May elections. The losers? Labour, the Tories, and the two-party system. We are entering into a new era of heightened instability: economically, politically, and socially.
Third Congress of the RCP: “With our burning fury, we will shake the world awake!”
Last weekend, the RCP held its Third Congress: a milestone for the party, filled with vibrant political discussion. This inspirational event will set the tone for our next step forward, as we strive to reach 1,500 members in our ‘wipe out the Epstein class’ campaign.
Ask The Communist: What is sectarianism?
One of the most common questions we are asked is: ‘Why don’t you join the other far-left organisations to make one big revolutionary party? Isn’t it sectarian of you not to do so?’ Here, Daniel Morley explains the real, scientific meaning of ‘sectarianism’.
How can the left fight back? May’s local elections
While Labour and the Tories are knocked out of the ring, dripping in hypocrisy and scandal, local elections this May pose a fight between the Greens and Reform. With the establishment on the ropes, how can the left deal a knockout blow?
Welsh Senedd elections: Anger against the status quo searches for an expression
Next week, the Welsh Senedd elections are set to produce an electoral earthquake with a historic collapse for Labour. But behind this shock lies a fractured anti-establishment expression in the form of Plaid, Reform and widespread absenteeism.
RCP summer recruitment campaign: Wipe out the Epstein class!
The Iran War, Jeffrey Epstein, inflation, rampant corruption, depraved sexual abuse and billionaires – ordinary people are connecting the dots, and that is why we are launching a summer campaign: “Wipe out the Epstein class! Join the fight for revolution!”
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