In his latest Budget, Rishi Sunak is set to announce a further ‘rescue package’ to save business. At the same time, the Chancellor has made it clear that austerity still lies ahead for workers. We say: make the bosses pay for this crisis!
The Labour right wing’s clampdown on democracy continues apace. At the same time, the campaign for an immediate recall conference is gaining momentum. It is time to ‘rise like lions’. Reclaim democracy! Recall conference now!
As part of the latest attack on party democracy, the Labour right wing have scrapped the shortlist to select the party’s candidate for Liverpool Mayor. Activists must fight back against this bureaucratic move. We say: Let the members decide!
Thousands of families will be left high and dry by inadequate Tory plans to address dangerous cladding on tower blocks. Profit-hungry property developers, meanwhile, are getting off scot free. We need a socialist solution to the housing crisis.
Coming on top of a decade of austerity and attacks, the pandemic is tearing communities apart and piling further pressures upon workers and youth. Society is ready to explode. We must channel this energy towards socialist struggle.
As part of their latest proposals for the NHS and social care, the government have emphasised the need for ‘integrated’ services. But these new Tory ‘reforms’ will do nothing to stop privatisation, profiteering, and cronyism.
Facing criticism that he lacks ‘vision’, Keir Starmer yesterday announced his Big Idea to the nation: the British Recovery Bond. But this attempt at Keynesianism-meets-patriotism will do nothing to solve the deep crisis of capitalism.
The Tories are cynically introducing new measures to ‘protect free speech’ on university campuses. Yet, hypocritically, they have banned anti-capitalist material in schools. The only thing they are protecting is their own interests.
The Tories are attempting to whip up hysteria around questions of identity and culture, in an effort to distract from their own failings and divide the working class. The left must fight a class war, not a culture war.
Following a fortnight of blunders, Keir Starmer and the Labour right wing are on the defensive. Bold calls for a recall conference are clearly making a mark. The left must press forward and take the fight to the right.
Millions have now been vaccinated across the UK. But evidence suggests that vaccine skepticism runs high amongst black people. This reflects strong feelings of social exclusion, and a lack of trust in the capitalist establishment.
The government has announced a series of draconian measures to try and prevent foreign COVID variants from entering the UK. But in Tory hands, such steps will not help. The left must fight to put workers in control.