Fed up workers are turning to AI to help them claim billions in benefits owed and fight against unlawful sackings. But profit-hungry broadband providers are leaving rural communities disconnected. Meanwhile, rail expansion plans see Digbeth, Birmingham’s cultural hub, facing decimation.
Since taking over as Andy Burnham’s foreign secretary, Ed Miliband has continued Labour’s cynical ploy to appear somewhat critical of Israel. But we don’t buy it. Elsewhere, Trump’s troops harbour resentment, and world shipping faces headwinds.
War criminal and careerist Suella Braverman recently said that Britain’s ‘former colonies should pay the British back’ for the good that the Empire did. Meanwhile, these countries continue to be bled dry by imperialism.
A former Reform voter who grew up in a household which parroted the racist ideas of the reactionary British establishment shares their journey towards revolutionary communism. We also hear from an emerging communist in Hull and the disappointment of ‘Hope not hate’.
In the latest issue of The Communist, readers discuss the proliferation of ‘recession indicators’, how charity shops are being swamped with rubbish dumped on them by Amazon, and the reality today of a university students’ summer ‘break’.
‘I attended an anti-racist counter-demonstration last Saturday, by myself. All I had on me was The Communist and some leaflets. But I was able to stand out from the moralism of the main organisers, and won over a group of young people to communist ideas.’
“After reading Trotsky’s writings on art and literature, I came to oppose the idea of ‘art for art’s sake’, which tries to separate art from society. I came to realise that all art has social content, and so I naturally began to channel political ideas into my work.”
Last week, war criminal and former prime minister Tony Blair published a 5,700 word essay lambasting Starmer and the Labour Party. This diatribe is a more-or-less clear expression of the (impossible) demands of the capitalist class upon the Labour government.
This month saw the return of the Met Gala – a glorified catwalk where the opulence of the rich and powerful is trotted out. This year’s event was partially overshadowed by labour protests, celebrity snubs, and a grassroots ‘ball without billionaires’.
In this issue’s installment of ‘bastard bosses of the week’, readers of The Communist discuss organising in the charity sector, corner-cutting managers, William Hill redundancies, and more!
In the latest issue of The Communist, readers expose the hefty price tag that comes with funeral-planning, and the nightmarish companies making cosmetic products out of corpses. We also cover NASA’s moon landing, the climate crisis, and more.
In issue 44 of The Communist, readers discuss Royal Mail’s abysmal performance since privatisation; traders making bank gambling on the world’s conflicts, wars, and economic chaos; Starmer dragging his feet on renters’ rights; and more.