Keir Starmer has made overtures about joining a government of national unity with the Conservatives. National unity is a reactionary fiction. What is needed is workers’ unity in the face of this crisis.
Tory ministers have been quick to blame ‘irresponsible’ people in parks for breaking social distancing rules. But their finger-wagging doesn’t seem to extend to shameless bosses who keep non-essential production open.
Across the country, big businesses are attempting to keep non-essential production going. We publish here a letter by a worker at a Screwfix store in London, who describes yet another example of how the bosses are putting profits before lives.
Transport workers have been put in the firing line by unscrupulous management, who have shown no concern for the health and safety of staff and passengers. The trade union leaders must give workers confidence to take action.
New studies estimate that Britain is set to see the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in Europe. This is entirely due to the complacency and incompetence of the Tory government. Their arrogance is responsible for this avoidable loss of lives.
The NHS desperately requires thousands of new ventilators to treat coronavirus patients. Without these, mortality rates will rise dramatically. But the Tories and their friends in industry have proved incapable of addressing the shortage.
In our latest episode of Marxist Voice, we’re joined again by Rob Sewell – editor of Socialist Appeal – to discuss the explosive revelations surrounding Blairite sabotage against the Corbyn movement.
A recently leaked report on the shenanigans of officials at Labour HQ reveals a cesspit of bullying and bureaucracy, designed explictly to undermine the Corbyn movement. Labour activists must organise and fight to sweep out the saboteurs.
Bernie Sanders is out of the race, a punch to the gut for many who hoped his campaign would offer a way forward. But it’s also a turning point. For millions, this will be the last time they try to work within the two-party system of the capitalists.
Workers in the North of Ireland are fighting back against bosses refusing to protect their lives. At Moy Park meat processing facility 1,000 workers downed tools and walked out. These essential workplaces must be brought under workers’ control.
A perfect storm of private sector profiteering, reckless production practices, environmental destruction and underinvestment in medical research has made global pandemics more common, and undermined our capacity to deal with them.
In our latest episode of Marxist Voice, we’re joined again by Rob Sewell – editor of Socialist Appeal – to discuss the perspectives for the Labour Party in the wake of Keir Starmer’s leadership victory.