Recent events surrounding elite horse racing association the Jockey Club have revealed the cosy relationship between the Tories, the establishment, and big business. As ever, it is workers who suffer the consequences of this corruption.
Voting begins today for the Young Labour elections. Now more than ever, we need a fighting socialist leadership. The militant stance taken by the Labour Party Young Socialists provides an inspiring reference point for activists today.
Attempting to distract from the COVID chaos his government has created, Boris Johnson recently outlined his post-pandemic vision to “build back better”. In reality, the Tories only offer a future of further austerity.
With Boris Johnson dragging his feet over the escalating epidemic, Keir Starmer has come out in support of a new temporary national lockdown. How can the labour movement ensure that workers do not foot the bill for this crisis?
The TUC leaders have scandalously linked up with the bosses to support the latest jobs plan from the Tories, which offers no security to workers. Instead of this class collaboration, the labour movement must provide socialist opposition.
Boris Johnson’s latest announcement to the nation shows that the Tories have no plan for tackling the escalating epidemic. The labour movement must mobilise to oust this government of chaos, and to put workers in control.
Next week, ballots open for elections to the Labour Party’s ruling body, the NEC. These elections mark a key battleground in the ongoing Labour civil war. It is vital that the left organises and mobilises to ensure victory.
The government recently announced plans to ban the teaching of anti-capitalist ideas in schools. But with capitalism in crisis, attempts to sweep socialism under the carpet will not work. You cannot stop an idea whose time has come.
In search of a magic formula to win over the working class, some ‘Marxist’ commentators have called for the left to pander to patriotism. The labour movement must ignore these siren calls and fight for socialist internationalism.
The new football season is underway in the middle of a second wave, lower league clubs are facing an existential threat, as revenue dries up. This will deal a blow to working-class communities. To save the sport, we need to kick profit out of football.
The disabled community has been hit hard by the pandemic – left behind by a Tory government that puts profits before lives. Workers and disability activists must unite and fight for a society in the interests of the many, not the few.
Under orders from Starmer, most Labour MPs this week abstained on a Tory bill that seeks to defend the crimes of British imperialism. Those opposing the bill were punished. Grassroots members must fight for socialist internationalism.