Conditions for Palestinians today are horror without end. With the recent Israeli elections giving a majority to a coalition of right-wing parties, the oppression of Palestinians looks set to intensify.
Across the world, demands for national independence are coming to the fore once again, as workers and youth look for a way out of the crisis. It is vital for Marxists to have a clear position on these national questions.
Events in recent months show that the far right is increasingly flexing its muscles, intimidating left-wing activists and migrants. The labour movement must organise to drive these reactionary thugs off our streets.
Tory cuts and hostile immigration policies mean that the NHS – once a non-discriminatory service – has now been forced into the role of a border control officer, quickly becoming a cog in the Conservative-capitalist machine.
David Attenborough’s latest nature documentary is a call to action. But the solutions offered – focusing on individual responsibility, anti-consumerism, international treatise, etc. – fail to see the wood for the trees.
Despite attempts to paint itself as an ‘impartial’ news provider, it is clear that the BBC is a mouthpiece of the British establishment, with a clear bias against Corbyn and the left. This is evident from those at the top.
Lecturers and academic staff in the UCU are currently voting for a new general secretary for the union. But a failure by the left to unite around one candidate might allow the right wing to steal a victory.
The Conservative Party has experienced a massacre of Game of Thrones proportions in this year’s local elections. Labour must take advantage of this Tory meltdown and go on the offensive with bold socialist policies.
Alan Woods – editor of In Defence of Marxism – discusses the battle in the Labour Party over the question of a second referendum.
Chuka and his Change UK colleagues are failing to make the impact that they had hoped for. There is no appetite for their offering of reheated Blairism. Their right-wing friends who remain in the PLP must be deselected ASAP.
Earlier this week, Nigel Farage made a splash in Wales with the launch of the Brexit Party’s European election campaign. Labour needs to offer a bold socialist alternative in response.
Trump’s ongoing coup in Venezuela took a new turn yesterday, when Washington puppet Juan Guaidó launched a small military assault. This is a warning: revolutionary counter-measures are needed against imperialist aggression.