Unison President Paul Holmes is fighting back against a vicious witch-hunt by the right wing. Unfortunately, the employers and union bureaucracy have been supported by the sectarian antics of the Socialist Party. We say: solidarity with Paul!
GMB members at delivery company Yodel are balloting for strike action over pay and conditions. With supply chains already at breaking point, UK lorry drivers hold huge power. The unions must mobilise workers to hit back against the bosses.
With a tsunami of austerity and attacks looming, the TUC is meeting this weekend to discuss the way forward for workers in Britain. The trade unions need a fighting programme, and a militant, unified resistance to the Tories and bosses.
The latest title from Wellred Books, The History of Philosophy: A Marxist Perspective, is out soon. This book is vital reading for any revolutionary who wishes to arm themselves with clear philosophical ideas that can change the world.
On this day 20 years ago, Al Qaeda terrorists shocked the world by bringing down the Twin Towers. Two decades on – after waging a long, bloody war – US imperialism has been humiliated in Afghanistan, opening up a new era of instability.
New government plans to shake up social care do nothing to tackle the root of the problem: privatisation and profit. And it is workers who are being made to foot the bill. We say: expropriate the capitalists and fight for public ownership!
This Saturday, campaigners in Liverpool will be protesting against plans to host the Electronic Arms Fair in the city. The local council is complicit in this scandal. The labour movement must mobilise to stop this display of destruction.
Tensions are rising in higher education, as university bosses – under pressure from competition and marketisation – look to use recorded lectures to undermine the job security and conditions of staff. Workers and students must fight back.
British bosses are panicking in the face of sharp labour shortages, with some even begging the government to allow the use of prisoners to fill vacancies. Only socialist planning can put an end to this anarchy and exploitation.
For all the talk of economic recovery, the truth is that there has been no real recovery for the working class. A new wave of austerity and inflation is set to erode living standards for the majority. We say: expropriate the billionaires!
Hand in glove with the employers, the Unison right wing are waging a ruthless witch-hunt against the union’s elected president, Paul Holmes. But today’s solidarity rally showed that rank-and-file activists are determined to fight back.
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