Defeatist and despairing commentators such as Paul Mason are advising Labour and the left to unite with Liberals in order to stop Brexit and fight the far right. But such a strategy is doomed to fail. Instead, we need class independence and socialist policies.
Labour-led Sheffield City Council recently announced that they would support a trial of Universal Basic Income. This is being championed as a victory for the left. But just how radical is the demand for a UBI?
Fifty years ago today, British troops were sent into the North of Ireland, marking the start of the Troubles. Rob Sewell explains why only the fight for a Socialist United Ireland can bring an end to sectarianism.
The health of residents in Southall, West London, is being steadily eroded as a result a scandal involving Boris Johnson, right-wing Labour councillors, and profiteering property developers. But these local residents are fighting back.
Washington is ratcheting up attempts at regime change in Venezuela – this time by enforcing an embargo designed to strangle the country’s economy. This latest imperialist aggression must be fought using revolutionary means.
Official figures show that the UK economy has contracted for the first time in over six years – a harbinger of the oncoming crisis. Already, British industry is being decimated. It is time for the labour movement to go on the offensive.
The recent death of Jeffrey Epstein – the well-connected billionaire and sex trafficker for the rich and famous – has once again shone a spotlight on the depraved world of the ruling class. This rotten establishment must be overthrown.
Labour has launched a call for a ‘Green Industrial Revolution’. But what does this environmental programme entail? What kind of ‘revolution’ do we need? And how do we achieve it?
The mother of parliaments faces the mother of crises. The establishment is scrambling around, desperate to find a way of preventing Boris from pushing through a no-deal Brexit. Westminster is heading for an almighty explosion.
A recent Labour report outlines plans to curb outsourcing and bring public services back in-house. Such a move could not come soon enough. The profiteers and parasites have been getting fat off of the public purse for far too long.
While most eyes have been on the potential strike action by workers at Heathrow Airport, another important dispute is brewing in the airline industry among BA pilots. Airline workers must stand firm in the face of the bosses’ attacks.
The shipyards that once launched the Titanic are today also sinking into oblivion. This is yet another symptom of the decline of British capitalism and the crisis facing UK industry. The labour movement must fight for nationalisation.