Ten years ago today, Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the Labour Party, transforming the landscape of British politics forever. To make sense of developments today, we must study this important chapter from Britain’s not-so-distant past.
Days after brutal mass arrests of Palestine protesters, a Banksy mural appeared on the Royal Courts of Justice depicting a judge beating a defenceless, bloodied protester. This powerful artwork has now been removed, further exposing the establishment’s moral bankruptcy.
Anger over the migration crisis has sparked protests this summer. Real concerns over housing, services, and social decay are being exploited by the likes of Farage and Tommy Robinson. But the real blame lies with the billionaires and their representatives.
Last Saturday saw police officers arrest, intimidate, and brutalise hundreds more peaceful pro-Palestine protestors, at Starmer’s request. Fiona Lali and Khaled Malachi give an eye-witness report, explaining how this has only served to expose the government’s weakness.
“A house, a house, my kingdom for a house!” The tragedy of Sir Keir Starmer is reaching new pathetic lows, after his “working-class foil” Angela Rayner fell from grace. Nothing Starmer can do will save him. British capitalism is tobogganing towards disaster.
From deficits, funding cuts, and bankruptcies, to complicity in Israeli genocide, this week Scottish students will be turning up to a higher education system in turmoil. Strikes and struggle are on the agenda. Fight for your future! Join the Communists on campus!
With the SNP in permanent crisis, Corbyn and Sultana’s new party could fill the political vacuum among Scottish youth. This requires learning the lessons of Corbynism round one – which never planted its flag in Scotland – and offering a bold programme against austerity.
Palestine solidarity and calling out the genocide in Gaza has been criminalised by the British state. From Arsenal FC to housing officers, our readers show how this is the real two-tier justice system that exists in Britain today!
Tomorrow, thousands of workers and youth will take to the streets of central London in protest against the genocide in Gaza, and in solidarity with repressed pro-Palestine activists. This question has become a mighty headache for Starmer’s government.
Explosive pressures are building across Britain. Tensions over migration are increasing. State repression has failed to quell the Palestine movement. And strike action is on the agenda. At the same time, a growing layer is looking towards communism.
Zack Polanski has just been elected Green Party leader, winning a whopping 85 percent of the vote! He has done so on a programme of taking on the billionaires, redistributing wealth, and calling out the genocide in Gaza. But this “hostile takeover” will face turbulence ahead.
Today, Liam Óg’s trial hearing for trumped-up terrorism charges turned into a thousands-strong protest against the British government’s rank hypocrisy. If Starmer thought he could get an easy win, he was wrong. Hands off Kneecap! Lock up the real terrorists!