Keir Starmer wants to put thousands of British “boots on the ground” to ‘keep the peace’ in Ukraine, while pledging to spend billions more on ‘defence’. We say: no to Starmer’s militarism and austerity! For healthcare, not warfare! Books not bombs!
Farage’s Reform UK recently overtook Labour and the Tories in the polls. Some on the left claim that Reform’s rising popularity is down to British workers becoming racist and far-right. But what is really behind the rise of right-wing populism?
Ideas form the basis of any revolutionary party. Understanding the processes are key to how we orientate ourselves in the class struggle.
In this episode of Communist Radio, Ben and Nelson talk about what will discussed at the RCP Congress in 2025.
The incoming ‘Chief Executive’ of the Lancashire County Council is set to be paid an eye-watering £236,960 salary – a handsome reward for attacking social care workers and imposing austerity. Down with these thieving bureaucrats!
The Labour-run Bradford Council is hiking council tax by 9.9 percent, while making cuts to vital local services. Workers and young people are being made to foot the bill for the crisis in local government. No to austerity! Make the billionaires pay!
Youth services have been gutted by a decade of capitalist austerity and decline. Centres are now forced to go cap-in-hand to private companies and philanthropists for funding. Here, we publish a first-hand account from a youth worker in Manchester.
The government has been embroiled in shady dealings with CIA-funded intelligence company Palantir, which has been awarded a £330m NHS contract and access to sensitive healthcare data. Corruption and bribery are built into the capitalist state.
A storm is gathering on UK campuses, with cuts, course closures and redundancies ahead. In this podcast, Ben Gliniecki and Lubna Badi discuss why marketisation led to this crisis, and how students and workers can prepare for battle.
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca recently abandoned their plans to build a £450m vaccine factory in Merseyside, despite the government bending over backwards to keep investors happy. Things are looking desperate for Labour’s plans to get British capitalism growing.
Tenants in Glasgow are campaigning for the council to curb the housing crisis, by building more affordable homes. A recent demonstration exposed the sleazy lobbying and behind-the-scenes graft that takes place between big landlords and the council.
The Labour Party was originally formed as a working class party. But since it first came to power over a century ago, its leaders have ruled on behalf of the capitalists. In this article, James Kilby explains how this happened, and the lessons for today.
Establishment politicians have been whipping up a culture war over immigration, in order to divide and distract the working class. In this podcast, Ben and Khaled sit down to outline how Marxists approach to the question of immigration from an internationalist class perspective.