The question of bringing back Clause 4 is on the agenda of this year’s Labour conference, thanks to motions passed by five different CLPs. We urge all delegates to support this rule change to restore Labour’s socialist clause!
Boris’ move to prorogue Parliament has created panic across the capitalist establishment. Labour must mobilise workers and youth in response, and organise on the streets to kick out the Tories and abolish Britain’s feudal relics.
Boris Johnson has sent shockwaves across Westminster with his decision to suspend Parliament. This explosive move has thwarted attempts to block Brexit, leaving the ruling class in a frenzy. Labour must mobilise workers to kick out the Tories.
Young Labour members in London met last Saturday for a day of political discussion and debate. Amongst the policies voted on, there was overwhelming support for a motion to restore Clause 4. This shows the thirst for socialist ideas.
Recent shootings in the USA have shone a light on far-right extremism and the role of reactionary politicians like Trump in whipping up racism and bigotry. Both Trump and these shootings are symptoms of the rotten capitalist system.
Liberal commentators constantly call on us to take ‘individual action’ to avert ecological disaster. But even where this is done, the profit system still stands in the way – as the chaos of plastic recycling aptly demonstrates.
Donald Trump has pulled back – for now – from ratcheting up protectionist measures against China. But regardless of the US President’s actions, tensions are increasing and the global economy is heading for a new world slump.
Jeremy Corbyn has exposed the hypocrisy of the right-wing Remainers, revealing that they are more concerned about keeping him out of No.10 than stopping a no-deal Brexit. Labour must not collaborate with these establishment politicians, but mobilise workers for a general election.
Electric cars are being heralded as a key technological solution to the climate crisis. But under capitalism, this green alternative to petrol-power is dependent on imperialist exploitation. This is why we need a socialist economic plan.
Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have come under attack for correctly stating that they would back a call for a second independence referendum in Scotland. This is a basic democratic question that all socialists should support.
Britain’s schooling system is in crisis, with funding slashed, teachers overworked and underpaid, and students facing an uncertain future. The only way out is on the basis of a bold socialist alternative.
In this talk, Josh Holroyd discusses the history of the British labour movement – from the Peterloo massacre of 16th August 1819, to the mass Chartist movement a couple of decades on.