The summer festival season is well underway. And with it comes the usual horror stories of dangerous safety issues, rip-off prices, and endless reappearances by ageing bands. Capitalism is suffocating the music industry. Only socialism can save it.
Junior doctors are back on strike this week, as the Tories refuse to yield to their demand for full pay restoration. With other struggles in healthcare continuing, it is vital that the unions coordinate action to kick capitalism out of our NHS.
Both the Tories and Starmer’s Labour are enjoying the unfolding drama in Scotland, as the plot thickens in the curious case of the SNP’s finances. Workers and youth must sweep away the entire rotten establishment and fight for revolution.
The Labour leaders have begun to outline their environmental agenda, promising state support for new British industries. In reality, this means more big business profiteering. Instead of green capitalism, the unions must fight for workers’ control.
Debates and protests have broken out amongst the Tories recently, over suggestions that supermarkets should sign up to price caps on essential goods. To genuinely fight the menace of inflation, however, we need a socialist plan of production.
Boris Johnson has lobbed a grenade into the Tory Party on his way out of Parliament, hoping to accelerate the demise of Sunak’s troubled government. This is the latest episode in the crisis of Britain’s regime. Revolutionary explosions lie ahead.
From the CBI bosses’ union to the Tory Party: the traditional representatives of the ruling class are in meltdown. At the same time, anger and radicalisation is brewing in society. These are symptoms of the revolutionary epoch we are entering.
Jamie Driscoll, the left-wing North of Tyne Mayor, is the latest victim of Starmer’s purge, having been blocked by the party from standing as a Labour candidate. This episode emphasises once again the need to build a revolutionary leadership.
Starmer and co. have recently set out their stall on migration, demanding skilled jobs for British workers. Instead of aping the Tories’ divisive policies and dog-whistle racism, the labour movement must fight the bosses with united class struggle.
The government recently put forward new legislation aimed at giving tenants more security. But this regulation is powerless to curb rising rents and evictions. To solve the housing crisis, we must expropriate the landlords and monopolies.
During a recent tour by Zelensky, Rishi Sunak pledged to continue supporting the Ukrainian war effort with millions more in military aid. But while the Tories prolong the conflict for their own cynical reasons, workers are footing the bill.
Unite members at homeless charity St Mungo’s have begun an unprecedented month-long strike over pay. The crisis in society, reflected across the charity sector, has pushed workers to the brink. Only a bold socialist solution will suffice.