As the working class flexes its muscles on the industrial front today, many have drawn comparisons with the 1970s. In this episode of Marxist Voice, Ben Gliniecki draws the lessons from the successes and failures of this decade of struggle.
Workers at homelessness charity St Mungo’s have escalated their struggle over pay and conditions, starting all-out strike action this week. This militant example should serve as an inspiration for the whole of the labour movement. Solidarity!
A struggle against academisation and course closures at NewVic college in London has seen angry students joining forces with striking teachers. Students everywhere should get organised and fight to kick capitalism out of education.
Recent data has caused alarm amongst the ruling class, suggesting that inflation has become entrenched. In response, central bankers are looking to provoke a slump in the hope of quelling price rises. The only solution is socialist revolution.
Following the aborted putsch by oligarch and mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, many are asking what the impact will be on the regime in Moscow and the war in Ukraine. The task of overthrowing Putin belongs to Russian workers and youth.
After years of being witch-hunted by the employers, judges have ruled against Paul Holmes – a prominent trade unionist and former Unison president. Grassroots activists must offer Paul their full solidarity.
As part of our ‘Are you a communist?’ campaign, and with the end of term approaching, we are calling on students in schools and colleges to get organised and help us build the forces of Marxism. Get in touch today – and join the revolution!
Recent events in the Atlantic and Mediterranean oceans are a tale of two classes: one, the story of tremendous efforts being made to save five buccaneering billionaires; the other, the tragedy of hundreds of migrants being killed by capitalism.
All the mainstream media has been focussed this week on the deaths of a handful of billionaires exploring the shipwreck of the Titanic. Meanwhile, little attention has been paid to the tragic drowning of hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean.
Across the world, women’s freedoms are under attack. On the one hand, abortion rights are being eroded. On the other, those wanting children increasingly cannot afford to do so. Only under socialism will we truly be in control of our own lives.
Factory workers at multinational industrial firm Sulzer, based in Leeds, are taking action in demand of a proper pay increase. In the process, they are having to face down strike-breaking bosses. The unions must fight for a sliding scale of wages.
Today marks the 75th anniversary of when HMT Empire Windrush landed on Britain’s shores, marking the beginning of the postwar wave of immigration from across the Commonwealth. Then, as now, the ruling class whipped up racism against migrants.