In their campaigning, Starmer’s Labour are promoting themselves as being both “pro-worker” and “pro-business”. And unfortunately, many union leaders buy into this nonsense. Instead, the movement must militantly struggle for clear class demands.
Junior doctors in England will return to the picket lines again tomorrow, continuing their long-running struggle over pay. Starmer’s Labour will not save the NHS. Only militant action and socialist policies can win for health workers and patients.
Whistleblower Julian Assange is finally able to walk free today, having faced over a decade of repression and incarceration by US imperialism and its allies. But the real criminals – the warmongers in Washington and Westminster – are still at large.
Unite has announced indefinite strike action at Port Talbot. Other steel unions must follow this lead – downing tools in unison, and organising to spread the struggle. Above all, the labour movement must demand nationalisation, without compensation.
With the Tories hated and Starmer’s Labour mistrusted, many on the left are considering voting for the Green Party in this election. But the Greens’ own programme and record are dubious. Workers and youth should fight for a communist alternative.
After weeks of energetic activity, involving the efforts of hundreds of volunteers, Fiona Lali’s election campaign in Stratford & Bow is heading into the final furlong. Help us provide one last big push! Get stuck in today! Join the RCP!
We publish here an exemplary report about workplace agitation and organisation by a comrade in our US section. We encourage readers to emulate Milos’ efforts, and to write in about any efforts to establish communist cells amongst your colleagues.
This election will close the chapter on years of Tory rule. But the coming Starmer government will be no less crisis-ridden. British capitalism and its institutions are rotten and decaying. Join the communists to help forge a revolutionary future.
The last 15 years have seen capitalism go from one disaster to another. In this podcast, Niklas Albin Svensson will explain why the capitalist system has found itself in this dead end, and why there is no way out without a communist revolution.
Trade union leaders have mostly put industrial action on pause in recent months, hoping that an incoming Labour government will save the day. But workers must trust only in themselves. For militant action, nationalisation, and fighting leadership!
‘Hadestown’, a musical adaptation of famous tales from Greek mythology, is showing now in London’s West End. Exploring themes of exploitation, poverty, and climate catastrophe, this new theatrical production is well worth a watch.
Staff at Goldsmiths University in London are facing a wave of layoffs, as management looks to balance the books at the expense of workers and students. But UCU members are fighting back. Solidarity with the #Goldstrike! Kick capitalism off campus!