Last weekend, young workers from across Britain’s transport system gathered for the annual RMT young members’ conference. With strikes breaking out on the railways and Tube network, it is vital that the unions organise coordinated action.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to fears that the conflict will escalate into WW3. This hysteria is being whipped up by Western imperialism and its servants, in order to sow confusion. Marxists must cut through this barrage of lies.
‘Sir’ Keir Starmer has cynically used Russia’s attack on Ukraine as an excuse to attack the anti-imperialist left, and to prove his loyalty to the establishment. The labour movement must fight the enemy at home, not the ‘enemy within’.
University staff in the UCU are in the middle of their latest wave of strike action against attacks on pensions, pay, and conditions. But education bosses are digging their heels in. Only escalated action can secure victory for the workers.
Refuse collection drivers in Coventry, organised in Unite, are nearing the end of their seventh week of strike action. And with the council going to great efforts to break the strike, the mood amongst the workers is growing increasingly militant.
Vladimir Putin shocked the world this morning by launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Despite many ‘strong’ words, Western leaders have been exposed as impotent. Only revolutionary class struggle can end the horrors of capitalism and war.
Andrea Patane explains the differences between Marxism and anarchism, and how we can fight against our common enemy in the form of capitalism and the capitalist state.
This month, 1500 teachers and support staff are striking over forced cuts to pensions. The whole labour movement must support their struggle – and fight to defend education against privatisation, academisation, austerity, and attacks.
Faced with Western imperialism’s intransigence, Putin has escalated the conflict in Ukraine by recognising the Donbas republics and sending in troops. This is a clash between rival reactionary powers – powers that the working class must overthrow.
A recent survey of NEU members shows that there is an appetite amongst teachers to fight for higher pay. This must be the first step in a struggle to improve conditions inside schools – and towards united action across the public sector.
Local communities have been devastated by recent storms, with thousands of homes submerged following a string of downpours. The only ‘levelling up’ taking place is rising water levels. The blame for this disaster lies squarely with the Tories.
For years, an unholy alliance of council employers, right-wing union bureaucrats, and disgruntled opponents have attempted to victimise Paul Holmes, the President of Unison. Now the truth is emerging about this disgraceful witch-hunt.