The latest UN climate summit begins on Sunday. But following the impotence and inaction seen at previous COP conferences, expectations amongst environmental activists are low. Capitalism is killing the planet. We need to fight for revolution.
The Bank of England today announced another hike in interest rates. With households and businesses loaded up on debt, this threatens to push millions into bankruptcy and unemployment. We say: make the billionaires pay for this crisis!
Manon Powrie discusses the socialist struggle for open borders.
Left-wingers are celebrating Lula’s election victory in Brazil. But the far-right threat of Bolsonarismo remains. And in the context of capitalist crisis, Lula will have few crumbs to offer. Workers and youth must fight for revolutionary change.
So severe is the crisis of British capitalism, that even formerly comfortable layers, in relatively privileged positions, are facing immiseration. At the same time, the Tories are weaker than ever. We must fight to overthrow their system.
At the recent Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping concentrated power in his hands, hoping to provide stability in the face of a growing economic crisis. But state control cannot hold back the brewing explosions.
With Rishi Sunak becoming PM, the establishment media has made a song-and-a-dance about Britain seeing its first Asian premier. But the ‘diversity’ at the top is only skin deep. Regardless of colour, this is a government of the rich.