In the new issue of The Communist, our readers report on the latest developments taking place on the industrial front: from the fight for union recognition at the Coventry Amazon warehouse, to the renewed mandate for strike action by BMA members.
Tata bosses are deploying salami tactics against steelworkers in Port Talbot, taking advantage of union leaders’ foot-dragging to dismantle the plant. It is time to chuck out the rule book, and organise militant action to prevent a jobs massacre.
New Welsh Labour leader Vaughan Gething has assumed office as Welsh First Minister. But despite receiving the backing of the trade unions, he has done nothing to indicate that he will help the working class. Workers must rely on their own strength.
Outlining its plans for foreign policy under independence, the SNP has stated its ambitions for Scotland to be a member state of the UN, EU, and NATO – a trifecta of imperialist clubs. But these aims collide with commitments to nuclear disarmament.
Stalwart left-wing MP Diane Abbott has endured a lifetime of racist and sexist abuse. The latest sickening example of this, from a wealthy Conservative donor, has exposed both the hypocrisy of the Tories and the cynicism of Starmer’s Labour.
Across the country, public art funding is being slashed. Creatives attempting to produce political work are being blackmailed and censored. And jobs, pay, and conditions for performers are being eroded. Capitalism is killing culture
In an effort to distract from their own crises and crimes, and to demonise those protesting against genocide in Gaza, the Tories are promising to ramp up repression, in the name of ‘protecting democracy’. In truth, they are the real extremists.
This document, discussed and passed unanimously at the Revolutionary Communist Party’s founding congress in May, outlines the perspectives for the class struggle in Britain, and the tasks facing communists.
After years in power, the SNP is looking increasingly weathered and worn out. Humza Yousaf faces threats from within and without. Budget woes are causing political damage, while the Tartan Tories are lurking. Crises are mounting in Holyrood.
The struggles of steelworkers in Port Talbot and of council staff in Birmingham are at a crossroads. Civil servants in PCS are balloting for action. And UCU leader Jo Grady has been reelected. Read all our latest reports from the industrial front.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt went through the motions yesterday with his latest Budget announcement. But it is clear that the Tories have no solution for reversing the ailing fortunes of British capitalism, other than to prescribe more bitter medicine.
From the jobs massacre at Port Talbot, to the ongoing farmers’ movement, to last year’s riots in Ely: an explosive mood is building across Wales, following years of neglect. It is time for the Welsh working class to reclaim its militant traditions.