This week on Communist Radio, Fiona Lali and Ben Gliniecki discuss Trump’s election victory, and the deep ramifications a Trump presidency will have for Starmer’s government, and for British capitalism as a whole.
Starmer and Lammy wasted no time in sending grovelling congratulations to the new President-elect. But from trade wars to geopolitical shifts, a Trump administration spells chaos for British capitalism, and more resentment towards Labour.
In his latest bid to become even more hated by young people, Starmer has hiked tuition fees to a record level. Labour is drowning students in debt to protect universities’ bottom-lines. We say: Down with this austerity government! Free education for all!
Kemi Badenoch has become the latest Tory leader, taking over a dysfunctional and degenerate Conservative Party that is lurching ever-further to the right. This is a recipe for intensifying political instability and sharpening class struggle.
This week on Communist Radio, Fiona Lali and Nelson Wan discuss why Labour’s recent budget won’t be able to paper over the cracks, and why world capitalism has been in crisis ever since the 2008 financial crash.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced her much-anticipated Budget today, promising to “restore economic stability” and “fix the foundations” of British capitalism. But with shocks raining down on the global economy, such hopes will soon turn to dust.
Starmer recently blamed Russia for disrupting food aid to Gaza, and having no respect for international law. Meanwhile, Britain’s allies in Israel starve, bomb, and massacre tens of thousands, with Labour’s full support. Down with imperialist hypocrisy!
In ‘fair’, ‘free’, ‘democratic’ Britain, journalists and activists are harassed by the state for standing with the oppressed, and exposing the crimes of imperialism. Workers and youth must organise to defend our democratic rights and freedoms.
As Halloween approaches, a spectre is haunting Westminster – the spectre of economic instability, political chaos, and class struggle. But all of these horrors are hammering consciousness into shape: capitalism is producing its own gravediggers.
With Labour’s health secretary proposing weight loss injections for the unemployed, and DWP coaches stalking mental health wards to get people back to work, there’s no need for scary movies this Halloween. As Lenin remarked, capitalism is horror without end.
Yesterday, the Met police officer who killed Chris Kaba, an unarmed black man, was acquitted. Once again, the state has closed ranks to protect its hired thugs. We can have no faith in this broken system – we must tear it down.
After months of dither and delay, Labour’s flagship workers’ rights policy has finally dropped. To no one’s surprise, it is a watered-down washout. A few crumbs from the bosses’ table won’t stem the class struggle. We need a militant programme of action.