Byron Burger, the high-end restaurant chain owned by Ex-Etonian, Tom Byng, once dubbed ‘The Bourgeois Burger King’ by the London Evening Standard, has become a new flashpoint in Britain’s post-Brexit immigration row.
The rise of the Corbyn movement – along with recent comments by Tom Watson about Trotskyists and “entryism” in the Labour Party – have resulted in a renewed interest in the mainstream media about the history of the Militant. We republish here (in two parts) an abridged article by Rob Sewell, editor of Socialist Appeal and former member of the Militant Editorial Board, who recounts the real history of the Militant.
Fred Weston continues his series on the crisis in Greece by looking at the question of productivity. Having joined the euro in 2001, the Greek economy cannot compete on the basis of its level of productivity against the stronger European capitalist economies, such as Germany. Instead, it must seek an “internal devaluation”. This is the meaning of austerity.
A little over five years since the shooting by police of Mark Duggan in Tottenham and two years since the beginning of the movement in the USA, Black Lives Matter (BLM) has finally taken shape in Britain. To commemorate Duggan’s death and continue to challenge police racism, big protests were organised in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Nottingham on 5th August, as well as smaller ones elsewhere around the country.
The rise of the Corbyn movement – along with recent comments by Tom Watson about Trotskyists and “entryism” in the Labour Party – have resulted in a renewed interest in the mainstream media about the history of the Militant. We republish here (in two parts) an abridged article by Rob Sewell, editor of Socialist Appeal and former member of the Militant Editorial Board, who recounts the real history of the Militant.
The capitalist press has been busy stirring up a hullaballoo about Trotskyist infiltration into the Labour Party. Tom Watson, Labour’s Deputy Leader, has raised his concerns about Trotskyist “entryists”, and even produced a dodgy dossier. But who was Trotsky? And what is Trotskyism?
In this video from a recent day school on Marxist economics, Ben Gliniecki of the Socialist Appeal Editorial Board discusses the development of Marx’s theories on capitalism, examining the classical economists preceding Marx who were influential in shaping his ideas on questions such as the Labour Theory of Value.
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In the first of a five-part series analysing the role of money within capitalist society, Adam Booth looks at the origins and evolution of money. By applying the Marxist method to this question, we can strip away the mysticism of this seemingly omnipotent power – “the root of all kinds of evil” – and understand the solution to removing its grip over us.
On his way out of the door, former Prime Minister David Cameron left his honours list as a farewell gift. The people nominated on the list ranged from stylists to drivers and from MPs to special advisers. Among those selected for a knighthood were two Tory MPs. In terms of providing service to the public their record appears rather questionable.
The suffering of the Greek people is deep, very deep. Austerity is pushing larger and larger sections of the population into poverty – a direct consequence of the cuts imposed by the Troika. Fred Weston continues his series on the crisis in Greece, looking at the very real human impact of austerity