Help to Buy: subsidising the profits of big business
Intended to make houses affordable for first-time buyers, the government’s Help to Buy scheme has ended up just funneling money into the pockets of profiteering construction companies.
April 2019
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism – a reading guide
We present here a reading guide to Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism, which can help comrades digest the key ideas from this classic text by Lenin.
Wage Labour and Capital – a reading guide
We present here a reading guide to Wage Labour and Capital, which can help comrades digest the key ideas from this classic text by Karl Marx.
Value, Price and Profit – a reading guide
We present here a reading guide to Value, Price and Profit, which can help comrades digest the key ideas from this classic text by Karl Marx.
“Left-Wing” Communism: an Infantile Disorder – a reading guide
We present here a reading guide to “Left-Wing” Communism: an Infantile Disorder, which can help comrades digest the key ideas from this classic Marxist text by Vladimir Lenin.
The Transitional Programme – a reading guide
We present here a reading guide to the Transitional Programme, which can help comrades digest the key ideas from this classic Marxist text by Leon Trotsky.
The State and Revolution – a reading guide
We present here a reading guide to the State and Revolution, which can help comrades digest the key ideas from this classic Marxist text by Vladimir Lenin.
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific – a reading guide
We present here a reading guide to Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, which can help comrades digest the key ideas from this classic Marxist text by Friedrich Engels.
The Communist Manifesto – a reading guide
We present here a reading guide to the Communist Manifesto, which can help comrades digest the key ideas from this classic Marxist text by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ lives on
Whilst Parliament is paralysed over Brexit, the Tories are continuing to push through their latest racist immigration policies, which attempt to profit off of the misery and misfortune of migrants.
Manchester Council moves to criminalise homelessness
Draconian measures to punish rough sleepers will only sweep the problem of homelessness under the carpet. Labour councils should instead be fighting for a socialist programme of mass social housing construction.
Bloody Sunday: one soldier prosecuted – but still no justice
The British establishment have put all the blame for the Bloody Sunday massacre on the shoulders of just one ‘rogue’ soldier. But the crimes of British imperialism in the North of Ireland go far deeper than this.