Big business cashes in over Grenfell tragedy
The deadly disaster of the Grenfell fire, Andy Southwark writes, has demonstrated how truly cold and callous the market, the fat-cat landlords, and the Tories really are.
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PFI has failed – it’s time to end parasitic private profit
Luke Boulby of the Sheffield Marxists discusses the findings of a recent official report, which finds that the public is set to pay £200bn in order that private companies can line their pockets.
Suttons bring in police to break strike – but drivers stand firm
Events are moving quickly at the Eastham refinery as the dispute between Suttons bosses and their tanker drives escalates. Gilly Singh of the Liverpool Marxists reports from the picket lines.
Victory in Elephant and Castle: the fight against gentrification continues
Dan Langley reports on the latest campaign in Southwark, London, against parasitic developers who are exacerbating the housing crisis with their profit-driven plans to build luxury flats.
Labour’s Democratic Review: can you see what’s missing?
Corbyn’s initiative for a review of Labour’s democratic structures is a welcome break from Blairite bureaucracy. But it has one notable absence: the democratic accountability of MPs and councillors.
NHS crisis deepens this winter under Tories’ watch
NHS activist Dave Platts reports on the ever-worsening healthcare crisis. Tory cuts and privatisation have put the NHS on life support. We need a socialist Labour government to save our NHS.
Momentum win NEC landslide – now to complete Labour’s transformation
The Left’s clear victory in the Labour NEC elections must be used as a platform for sweeping changes across the Party, Adam Booth writes. We need mandatory reselection and socialist policies.
May’s omnishambles reshuffle: another nail in the coffin
Ben Curry looks at Theresa May’s botched cabinet reshuffle, which has further exposed the weakness of the Prime Minister and her government. The only thing keeping them together right now is the threat of Corbyn entering Downing Street.
Blood on the tracks: rail monopolies fleece travellers
The beginning of 2018 saw another eye-watering rise in rail prices. Private rail firms have run the network into the ground, with the public shouldering the costs. As Rob Sewell explains, the railways need to be nationalised immediately without compensation.
Our New Year’s resolution: for a revolution against the billionaire class
The Tory government is drifting from one crisis to another, divided and split. They are only being held together because they fear defeat and the election of a Corbyn-led Labour government. The Labour leaders should go on the offensive and offer an inspiring New Year’s message: to radically transform society with a bold socialist programme.
The Grenfell disaster – six months on: 4 out of 5 families still homeless
In the immediate aftermath of the tragic Grenfell fire, Theresa May promised that all families would be housed within three weeks. But six months have now passed and 4 out of 5 families made homeless by the disaster still do not have permanent homes at all. Moses Levi looks at the chaotic and inadequate response of the Tories to a disaster that they helped to create.
Blackpool: the town that was murdered
In the 1930s, Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson wrote a book entitled “The Town that was Murdered”, detailing the devastating impacts of the Great Depression and British capitalism’s decline on her constituency, the town of Jarrow. Today, this book’s title could easily be used to describe the situation of many other towns across the country. Lilly Cockwill looks at the particularly tragic case of Blackpool.