Last week, P&O Ferries sacked hundreds of workers, replacing them with agency labour. With this savage attack, the bosses have thrown down the gauntlet to the working class. The trade unions must respond with a call to arms – and prepare for battle.
Tensions are rising in the North of Ireland, with the Stormont Executive paralysed and unionism riven by the contradictions of Brexit. There is no solution to this crisis under capitalism. Only a Socialist United Ireland can offer a way out.
This weekend, hundreds of Socialist Appeal supporters met for this year’s national conference – not only to celebrate the organisation’s 30th birthday, but to prepare for the revolutionary events that lie ahead in Britain and beyond.
Protests have erupted across London in solidarity with Child Q – yet another victim of police racism, misogyny, and violence. It is clear that the Met Police are rotten to core. To end this oppression and repression, we need to end capitalism.
Contrary to the assertions of western propaganda, the war in Ukraine is not the result of Putin’s mental state, but is the product of belligerent aggression by US imperialism and NATO. They are responsible for the current catastrophe.
The recent ‘despot derby’ between Chelsea and Newcastle has brought to attention the capitalist takeover of the Premier League – now dominated by warmongers and crooks. We need to kick profit out of football, and fight for fan ownership.
Following a decade of austerity, the justice system is at breaking point. As a result, legal aid barristers – once a privileged profession – are moving into action. This struggle must be broadened into a united fightback against all the cuts.
Thousands of workers at Glasgow city council are set to take strike action at the end of this month, in a long-running fight against pay inequality. To end discrimination, we need united class struggle to end all exploitation and austerity.
Activists in the North East are campaigning for the closure of Hassockfield, a detention centre for migrants and vulnerable women. This ‘hostile environment’ is a breeding ground for abuse. The left must fight for a socialist alternative.
Refuse workers at Coventry city council remain determined in their fight for fair pay. Strike-breaking antics and victimisation by the employers has only hardened the resolve. The labour movement must launch a mass fightback against austerity.
This weekend, hundreds of Socialist Appeal supporters will meet in London for the annual conference of the Marxist tendency in Britain. The task of building the forces of Marxism has never been so urgent. Donate today to support this vital cause.
A recent BBC documentary looks back at the desperate measures taken by politicians and policy makers to save the capitalist system from collapse following the 2008 crash. Over a decade later, the class divide has become a chasm.