Arriva bus drivers in the North West are undertaking indefinite strike action. Across the country, transport workers are fighting back against attacks on pay, jobs, and conditions. These struggles must be united behind demands for nationalisation.
The Tory leadership contest has narrowed to two. The rabid ranks of the Conservative Party will now choose the country’s next PM. Whoever ends up in Number 10, turmoil and instability awaits. The crisis of British capitalism is set to deepen.
Britain is set for a summer strikewave, with posties and rail workers taking strike action, and public sector unions rejecting the government’s latest pay offer. This poses the need for coordinated action and a bold socialist programme.
The recent UK heatwave has demonstrated how vulnerable society is to the impacts of climate change. Yet the ruling class and its representatives are in denial about this looming disaster. Capitalism is killing the planet. We need a revolution.
Activists are taking steps to organise workers at Apple stores in London – part of a global unionisation movement in the tech industry. The trade unions must throw their weight behind these efforts, and fight for workers’ control of Big Tech.
Hundreds of students at Deyes High School in Liverpool, part of a multi-academy trust, have walked out in protest against bureaucratic decision-making by management. To fight academisation, staff and students must unite and strike.
A deadly combo of austerity and inflation is pushing councils towards bankruptcy, fuelling further attacks on local government workers. With Starmer’s Labour doing nothing to oppose the cuts, it is up to the trade unions to lead the fightback.
Further rounds of strikes have been called by the RMT and other rail unions. The mood is there for coordinated action – across the railway sector and beyond. The trade union leaders must organise a mass campaign to bring down the Tories.
The resignation of Boris Johnson has opened up a new chapter in the crisis of British capitalism. The working class is reawakening. A new generation is moving into struggle. We must build the forces of Marxism to prepare for these titanic events.
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Drawn in by its name, a new layer of revolutionary activists are joining the Young Communist League. But instead of educating members in Marxism, the YCL focusses its energies on stunts. We need to steel ourselves in the genuine ideas of Lenin.
Latest figures show that Britain is suffering from an epidemic of obesity, with millions unable to afford nutritious food or access decent fitness facilities. Capitalism is killing us. To protect our health, we need planning, not profit.