Recent storms have laid waste to large areas of Britain, exposing how utterly inadequate the country’s infrastructure is in the face of climate-related disasters. Only socialist planning can ensure that society adapts and averts a catastrophe.
Starmer’s government is desperate to “kickstart” the flailing UK economy, with a flurry of recent announcements designed to boost growth. But it is clear that any uplift will come at workers’ expense. The stage is set for explosive class battles.
Axel Rudakubana, the teenager who carried out the Southport stabbings last year, has been sentenced to 52 years in prison. Self-serving politicians have exploited this tragedy for their own ends: to beef up state powers, and to divide the working class.
This winter has seen the return of pitched battles in the poor neighborhoods of Edinburgh, between working-class kids and the Police. The state and the media offer nothing but demonisation. But the blame lies squarely with austerity and social decline.
A recent Channel 4 poll has found that nearly half of young people in Britain think that society “must be radically changed through revolution”. While the media outlets scratch their heads, the RCP is setting out to organise ‘Generation Revolution’.
After decades of decline, British capitalism is particularly vulnerable to the instability that Trump and his ‘America First’ programme bring. The new president will inflame the political turmoil, radicalisation, and polarisation taking place in Britain.
Earlier this month, Keir Starmer announced his vision for a “decade of national renewal” powered by artificial intelligence. But can Britain become an “AI powerhouse” as Starmer hopes, or is this just austerity with a shiny new label?
The RCN’s recent report on “corridor care”, which exposes the depth of the NHS crisis, has shocked Britain’s workers and youth. Labour health secretary Wes Streeting’s pathetic response shows Labour has no solutions. Only bold measures can save our NHS.
Just like Lilliput in ‘Gulliver’s Travels’, Britain increasingly resembles a small and trivial Kingdom, led by quarrelsome, puffed-up rulers. And with Trump now in the White House, Starmer’s diplomatic blunders and contortions are set to become even more sorry-looking.
On Saturday, the Metropolitan Police launched a massive crackdown on the national Palestine demonstration, with 77 arrested. These measures are a sign of weakness, not strength. The burning anger against western imperialism has not gone away.
Last weekend, thousands gathered across Britain to express anger at the rise of sexism, fuelled by figures like Andrew Tate and Donald Trump. RCP comrades found an appetite for revolutionary ideas on how to fight women’s oppression.
The assassination of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has tapped into a raw class anger in the USA, Britain, and beyond. But we need more than one modern-day Robin Hood. We need an army of workers and youth, mobilised in the fight for communist revolution.