Revelations surrounding the brutal murder of Sarah Everard have highlighted the institutional sexism that runs deep in the police. Women will never be kept safe by the violent capitalist state. We must fight to overthrow this rotten system.
Left-wing director Ken Loach recently spoke with Socialist Appeal, discussing the civil war inside the Labour Party and the prospects for the left. As Ken emphasises, the ideas of Marxism will play a vital role in the struggles ahead.
Starmer and the right wing used the recent Labour conference to consolidate their grip over the party. As Rob Sewell discusses, an examination of their big business backers reveals clearly the capitalist interests that they represent and defend.
This year’s Labour conference has ended in a victory for the right wing. The left must learn the lessons from the rise and fall of the Corbyn movement. The only way forward is to build the forces of Marxism. Join us in this vital task.
As the crisis deepens, the working class is facing a tsunami of austerity and attacks – from cuts to Universal Credit, to rising energy bills, to the scourge of ‘fire and rehire’. The Tories are sitting atop a powder keg that is ready to explode.
With petrol pumps across Britain running dry, and gridlock on the roads, the Tories are lurching from one crisis to another. The anarchy of the market is causing chaos to workers’ lives. All the ingredients are being prepared for a social explosion.
The Labour right wing has won a series of important votes at this year’s party conference, provoking anger and outrage amongst left delegates through their bureaucratic antics. Amongst this mess, the ideas of Marxism have gained a strong echo.
After a year’s hiatus, Labour’s annual conference begins this weekend. The event is set to be a showdown between Starmer, on one side, and grassroots members and left unions, on the other. The left must boldly take the fight to the right.
Faced with mounting crises on all sides, the Tories are once again whipping up anti-migrant hysteria in an attempt to distract from their own crimes. The labour movement must fight for open borders and an international socialist alternative.
The Labour right wing have carried out a brazen attack on press freedoms, explicitly denying Socialist Appeal journalists entrance to the party’s upcoming Labour conference on political grounds. We urge readers to rally against this injustice.
With conference just over a week away, Starmer and the right wing are going into overdrive with their purge, threatening left delegates with expulsion. The stage is set for one of the most tense and explosive Labour conferences in decades.
Director Steve McQueen’s recent documentary into the 1981 New Cross fire shines a light on the racism inherent within the police force, whilst also pointing the way forward in the fight against racism today – through united class struggle.