With COVID restrictions now fully removed, and free testing abolished, the Tory government is letting the virus rip unimpeded. For the disabled and most vulnerable, this poses a deadly threat. We need to fight for control over our lives.
As education activists gather in Bournemouth this week for the annual conference of the NEU, Socialist Appeal supporters in the union examine the crisis brewing in schools, and point the way forward – with militant, united action.
Establishment politicians and press have suggested that the Ukraine conflict could spur a move away from fossil fuels. But instead, it has boosted the profits of the energy monopolies. Only socialist planning can combat the climate crisis.
The conflict in Ukraine has seen a massive campaign of propaganda by western politicians and press, designed to whip up jingoism and distract from problems back home. Marxists must cut through the lies and reveal the real class interests at play.
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The Falklands War began 40 years ago this week. As Ted Grant explains, this was an imperialist conflict between Britain and the Argentinian Junta. The task of the Marxists was – and is – to explain the class interests behind the war.
Years of chronic underfunding – alongside the pandemic – have led to a crisis in the country’s schools. Tory proposals offer no solution. To defend education, we must fight academisation and privatisation, and tackle the problem at its root.
Responding to tepid reforms promised by Labour leader Keir Starmer, thousands have taken to social media calling for revolution. This shows the real mood of anger that exists in society. Capitalism cannot be patched up. It must be overthrown.
This week, the Tory government announced that the UK is set to embrace the cryptocurrency craze, in a bid to entice investors from across the world. Instead of welcoming these spivs and speculators, we must expropriate the billionaire class.
Under new government proposals, students without pass grades in GCSE maths and English will be blocked from accessing university loans. The whole education system is rigged. We need to fight for free education, funded by expropriation.
With the British monarchy mired in crisis and scandal, calls for republicanism are growing across the Commonwealth. The struggle for genuine independence must be linked to the struggle against imperialism and capitalism – and for socialism.
Tory double standards over refugees seeking sanctuary in the UK has highlighted the hypocrisy of the establishment – particularly to British Muslims and Asians who have directly suffered the racism of the ruling class. Racism is a class question.