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.
A new parliamentary investigation into racist policing finds that the situation facing black communities is worse today than at the time of the Macpherson report, 22 years ago. To end police violence and racism, we must end capitalism.
The Tory government has provoked anger amongst police officers by freezing their pay. This reveals the depth of the crisis facing the ruling class, as explosive pressures accumulate within society, and as workers move into struggle.
Recent revelations surrounding the murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan have shone a spotlight on the sordid links between the police, media, and politicians. The whole capitalist establishment is in crisis. It must be overthrown.
From the murder of Sarah Everard, to the BLM protests: events over the past year have shone a spotlight on the role of the police under capitalism. This rotten institution cannot be reformed. It must be abolished, along with the system it protects.
A pair of suspicious deaths of young black men in South Wales have provoked protests against police violence and institutional racism. We cannot trust the capitalist state to provide justice. The establishment will always protect their own.
The inquiry into police infiltration of activist organisations and trade unions is finally underway. First up is the question of police involvement in blacklisting. The evidence is clear: the state exists to protect the bosses’ system.
The Tories have downplayed the Black Lives Matter movement in Britain, saying that racism and policing are not an issue here. But this is far from the truth.
In this recent live broadcast statement by Antonio Balmer – of Socialist Revolution, US section of the IMT – looks at the recent police killing of George Floyd, discussion the question of racism and police violence, and explaining the need for revolution.
It is clear that the police – and the elite that they exist to protect – act with impunity, carrying out violence and abuse without any reprecussions. This is the reality of the capitalist state: there is one law for those with power, and another for the rest.
Recent revelations have shown the true extent of the blacklisting scandal, demonstrating clear collusion between the police and the bosses against trade unionists in the construction industry.
Events are moving quickly at the Eastham refinery as the dispute between Suttons bosses and their tanker drives escalates. Gilly Singh of the Liverpool Marxists reports from the picket lines.