It is clear that the police – and the elite that they exist to protect – act with impunity, carrying out violence and abuse without any reprecussions. This is the reality of the capitalist state: there is one law for those with power, and another for the rest.
The establishment and their representatives inside the Labour Party are getting increasingly desperate. Far from being ‘unelectable’, the Blairites and big business know that Corbyn could soon be in Number 10.
As the crisis of British capitalism continues and deepens, more and more workers are being forced to find employment in the gig economy. The labour movement must organise and fight back against this exploitation.
A recent parliamentary report reveals the depth of the crisis facing governmental departments, which have been cut to the bone by Tory austerity and paralysed by the Brexit crisis. This is why we need a socialist Labour government.
On the second Saturday in July every year, around 250,000 people of all ages descend on Durham for the annual ‘Big Meeting’. This year marked the 135th Durham Miners Gala, with militant speeches from leaders of the labour movement.
A recent study has revealed the eye-watering inequality that exists in Britain, with the mega-rich of the top 0.01% laughing all the way to the bank, whilst the rest of us see attacks on living standards. This is capitalism.
A huge criminal operation of modern-day slavery has been uncovered in Britain. Such trafficking and exploitation is rife across the world – another sickening symptom of the capitalist system.
The last year has seen a surge in mass action against climate change. Corbyn’s Labour are promising a ‘Green Industrial Revolution’. But with a continuation of the capitalist status quo, the United Nations is predicting a “climate apartheid”.
A new report looks at measures that can be taken to address the enormous inequalities and social problems arising from the highly uneven distribution of land ownership in the UK. Nationalisation of all land must be the first step.
This could be a summer of strike action for railway and London Underground workers, with RMT members being balloted in disputes over job cuts, pay, and pensions. The entire labour movement must offer full support to these struggles.
This weekend, thousands from local working-class communities will march through the streets of Durham for the annual Gala. As ever, this year’s ‘Big Meeting’ will be a celebration of the history and traditions of the labour movement.
Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism, discusses the current contest between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt to succeed Theresa May as leader of the Conservative Party.