The recent expansion of London’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone is yet another attempt to present workers with the bill for cleaning up the environment. Instead of greenwashed austerity, the labour movement must fight for bold socialist policies.
Rob Sewell outlines the perspectives for the labour movement, and the tasks for Marxists in Britain.
The internal struggle within Unison is intensifying by the day. The stakes are high. The future direction of the union hangs in the balance. Left activists must seize the moment, mobilise the membership, and fight to transform the union.
From trade wars, to economic chaos, to cronyism and corruption: Boris Johnson’s criminal government is fighting a losing battle on multiple fronts. These are all symptoms of a regime in crisis – and of a system that has reached a dead-end.
Last Saturday saw a global day of action against climate change, organised to coincide with the COP26 conference in Glasgow. Marxist activists joined protests across Britain to say: Capitalism is killing the planet! We need a revolution!
Downing Street’s botched response to the Owen Paterson affair has exploded in their face. The stench of sleaze and scandal emanating from the Tory Party is overwhelming. But reforms and reviews will do little good. Capitalism is corruption.
104 years ago, the Russian working class seized power. To celebrate the anniversary of these remarkable events, we are excited to publish the following eye-witness account of revolutionary Russia, including never-before-seen photographs.
Having strengthened their grip at the recent party conference, the Labour right wing are undertaking a fresh wave of expulsions of Socialist Appeal activists. But Starmer’s purge cannot break the link between Marxism and the labour movement.
As Britain’s housing crisis goes from bad to worse, Labour councils are scandalously evicting their poorest residents and throwing them onto the streets. Only a clear socialist alternative can provide decent homes for all.
A recent documentary by the BBC attempts to rehabilitate the leading architects of the New Labour project. But workers and youth will not be fooled by this propaganda. The legacy of Blairism is one of war, privatisation, and corruption.
Joe Russell discusses how capitalism is destroying our planet, and the need to fight for a socialist revolution in order to solve the climate crisis.
An immense crisis is brewing in the Chinese economy, with ominous parallels to the 2008 crash. This will send shockwaves across the world, and across Chinese society. The scene is set for a period of intense instability and class struggle.