Demonstrations are taking place this weekend over the cost-of-living crisis facing the working class, with household energy bills set to jump in April, and prices skyrocketing across the board. We say: Fight inflation with expropriation!
This weekend, hundreds of Socialist Appeal supporters met for this year’s national conference – not only to celebrate the organisation’s 30th birthday, but to prepare for the revolutionary events that lie ahead in Britain and beyond.
Protests have erupted across London in solidarity with Child Q – yet another victim of police racism, misogyny, and violence. It is clear that the Met Police are rotten to core. To end this oppression and repression, we need to end capitalism.
The recent ‘despot derby’ between Chelsea and Newcastle has brought to attention the capitalist takeover of the Premier League – now dominated by warmongers and crooks. We need to kick profit out of football, and fight for fan ownership.
Following a decade of austerity, the justice system is at breaking point. As a result, legal aid barristers – once a privileged profession – are moving into action. This struggle must be broadened into a united fightback against all the cuts.
Activists in the North East are campaigning for the closure of Hassockfield, a detention centre for migrants and vulnerable women. This ‘hostile environment’ is a breeding ground for abuse. The left must fight for a socialist alternative.
While workers struggle to maintain living standards in the face of rampant inflation, the bankers are awarding themselves record bonuses. As Marx stated, capitalism is misery for billions, and riches for billionaires. The real war is a class war.
Prince Andrew, recently embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal, has reached an out-of-court settlement with his accuser. Far from clearing his name, this development will only deepen the crisis rocking the monarchy. Abolish this rotten relic!
Due to years of privatisation, austerity, and attacks on workers, hospitals are struggling to keep up with the demand for treatment, with waiting lists swelling to record numbers during the pandemic. We need socialist policies to save our NHS.
‘Sir’ Keir Starmer has cynically used Russia’s attack on Ukraine as an excuse to attack the anti-imperialist left, and to prove his loyalty to the establishment. The labour movement must fight the enemy at home, not the ‘enemy within’.
Local communities have been devastated by recent storms, with thousands of homes submerged following a string of downpours. The only ‘levelling up’ taking place is rising water levels. The blame for this disaster lies squarely with the Tories.
With the Tories mired in crisis, the ruling class is increasingly building up ‘Sir’ Keir Starmer as a possible future occupant of Number 10. But the Labour right wing has nothing to offer workers and youth. We must build the forces of Marxism.