Recent surveys have revealed the appalling conditions and poor health that renters are forced to endure due to unscrupulous landlords and their shoddy properties. The labour movement must fight for a socialist solution to the housing crisis.
Unite members at Weetabix are striking for four days a week over fire-and-rehire attacks. The whole labour movement must resist the bosses’ offensive. Only militant action and bold socialist policies can offer a way forward.
The Cuban Revolution is at a decisive crossroads. The economy is in crisis; discontent is rising; and reactionary forces are mobilising. The only way forward is on the basis of workers’ democracy and international socialism.
Following a recent ballot, UCU members in higher education are set to take strike action once again. A debate has opened up in the union about how to best achieve a victory. As part of this, UCU Marxists present here a strategy for winning.
A year after being elected, Joe Biden has failed to deliver on any of his promises. The Democratic President, his party, and the capitalist system he represents offer no future for the working class. We must build the forces of Marxism.
A spontaneous campaign has sprung up across the country in response to a recent rise in drink-spiking – yet another danger that women face everyday under capitalism. To end oppression, we must fight to overthrow this decrepit system.
The recent expansion of London’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone is yet another attempt to present workers with the bill for cleaning up the environment. Instead of greenwashed austerity, the labour movement must fight for bold socialist policies.
Rob Sewell outlines the perspectives for the labour movement, and the tasks for Marxists in Britain.
The internal struggle within Unison is intensifying by the day. The stakes are high. The future direction of the union hangs in the balance. Left activists must seize the moment, mobilise the membership, and fight to transform the union.
From trade wars, to economic chaos, to cronyism and corruption: Boris Johnson’s criminal government is fighting a losing battle on multiple fronts. These are all symptoms of a regime in crisis – and of a system that has reached a dead-end.
Last Saturday saw a global day of action against climate change, organised to coincide with the COP26 conference in Glasgow. Marxist activists joined protests across Britain to say: Capitalism is killing the planet! We need a revolution!
Downing Street’s botched response to the Owen Paterson affair has exploded in their face. The stench of sleaze and scandal emanating from the Tory Party is overwhelming. But reforms and reviews will do little good. Capitalism is corruption.