PCS members in Defra have launched a campaign for a 4-day-week with no loss of pay. This would be a significant conquest for workers to achieve, and would be an inspiration to workers everywhere. But it requires bold tactics for its success.
From the outstanding success of our ‘Are you a communist?’ recruitment campaign, to the stacks of high-quality Marxist material we have produced, 2023 has been a bumper year for the communists of the IMT. Forward to a Red 2024!
Disgraced Tory MP Peter Bone has been kicked out of office by a recall petition. Whilst we’re glad to see him go, we should have no illusions that whoever replaces him will represent workers’ interests, so long as capitalism is left intact.
The unions’ responses to Tata Steel’s threatened furnace closures don’t go nearly far enough. Unite’s ‘Workers’ Plan’ is a step in the right direction. What is needed is militant action, based on the rank and file, fighting for bold demands.
In response to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, Houthi militants have launched missiles at Israel, and targeted commercial ships in the Red Sea. The situation in the Middle East is extremely unstable, with explosive implications for world capitalism.
In this podcast, Josh Holroyd explains the seismic events unfolding in West Africa, as well as the revolutionary way forward: the masses can’t be duped by the cynical Chinese and Russian imperialists, but must rely on their own forces.
PCS leadership elections are now over, with Fran Heathcote elected to General Secretary. The union’s leadership must now put serious time and effort into rebuilding its grassroots rank and file, taking radical, fighting demands to every corner of the union.
Activists across Britain have blockaded arms factories supplying the Israeli regime. Trade union leaders have failed to give a lead. To escalate the movement, workers inside the factories must be convinced to take solidarity action themselves.
The repression of the Palestine solidarity movement has revealed the complete sham of bourgeois democracy. Communists have stood firm against these attacks. Genuine free speech requires democratic workers’ control over the press and wider economy.
A new film adaptation of The Peasants is a genuine visual spectacle. It faithfully depicts the contradictory nature of the peasantry as a class, the weight of village tradition, and the crushing oppression of women that exists to this day.
After twenty months of war, Western imperialism is looking towards a humiliating defeat in Ukraine. As a product of the relative weakness of US imperialism, this will have important consequences on consciousness both in Ukraine and worldwide.
2024 will be a massive year for the Marxists in Britain. In January, we are launching a new paper: The Communist. And in May, we are founding the Revolutionary Communist Party. Support these vital ventures. Donate to our campaign fund today!