Video games industry workers get organised
Daniel Morley explores the super-exploitative conditions that are now commonplace across the multi-million dollar video games industry. But games workers are beginning to organise and fight back.
November 2018
Colombian students and workers mobilise against right-wing government
Mass student protests in Colombia have been met with repression by the state. But workers are also on the move against the government. Students and workers: unite and fight!
Dark clouds ahead for Flybe
Cut-throat competition in the airline industry is about to claim another victim. As ever, it is the workers who will bear the brunt of this race to the bottom.
Lack of fighting leadership causes HE strike ballots to fall
Recent ballots for strike action over pay amongst UCU and Unison members have fallen due to demoralisation. This is the result of passivity and weakness from union leaders.
‘Sorry to Bother You’: a revolutionary portrait of modern America
Boots Riley’s debut film shines a light on capitalism’s exploitation and oppression, demonstrating how surreal and absurd this broken system is.
Martin Luther King and the black struggle
Fred Weston, editor of www.marxist.com, provides a Marxist analysis of where racism and oppression comes from – and how to fight it.
The Brexit bombshell
After years of prevarication over Brexit, all the chickens are finally coming home to roost for the Prime Minister. All hell is about to break loose.
British state spied on the left for decades
As will already have been suspected by those in activist circles, police have been infiltrating left-wing organisations for years, in defence of the capitalist class interests they exist to protect.
Rotten Apple! Tech giant caught using forced labour in China
The big tech monopoly has been found using student “interns” in its factories, forcing them to work in brutally exploitative conditions. But this is not just a case of one rotten capitalist apple.
Tories won’t help precarious workers – but militancy will
Under pressure from Labour’s bold proposals, the Tories are promising reforms to help those facing insecure conditions. But workers need to trust in their own organisation and action to win real improvements.
European establishment faces crisis on all fronts
The fragile fabric of the European project is being torn apart by a combo of political and economic forces. Liberal politicians are impotent to hold up the crumbling pillars of this failed status quo.
Tory NHS charges and the “hostile environment”
The recent example of a mother being handed a £6,000 bill for giving birth shows the horrifying impact of the Tories’ “hostile environment” policy towards migrants.