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Recent research has revealed that increasing numbers of children are dying of trauma and sudden, unexpected causes. Poverty, malnutrition, and unhealthy living conditions are driving this surge in child mortality. Capitalism is the culprit.
In this book launch, Ben Curry discussing the newly republished book Ireland: Republicanism and Revolution.
The recent earthquake in Turkey has caused widespread devastation, with thousands confirmed dead. But this was not simply a ‘natural’ disaster. Profiteering construction bosses, warmongers, and the corrupt Erdogan regime are all to blame.
Fifty years ago, the US Supreme Court passed its famous Roe v Wade ruling, providing abortion rights to women in America. Today, these same rights are being ripped up. The fight to end women’s oppression must be a fight for socialist revolution.
Over five years on since the Grenfell tragedy, and thousands of families are still trapped in high-risk homes. Neither fat-cat developers nor the criminal Tory government are willing to cough up. We say: make the bosses pay for this crisis!
While Sunak’s government is thrown from pillar to post, and energy bosses rake in record profits, the working class is being attacked from all angles. British capitalism is in a dire state. Only a revolutionary programme can offer a way forward.
UCU members in higher education will be out on strike again from tomorrow, continuing their fight over pay, pensions, and conditions. Debates are taking place in the union about how to advance the struggle. Indefinite action is needed to win.
Recent release ‘Till’ tells the real-life story of a black teenager in Jim-Crow-era USA, who becomes yet another victim of racist violence. As Malcolm X stated: capitalism is racist. The fight against oppression must be a fight for revolution.
Civil servants are continuing their struggle over pay, pensions, jobs, and conditions – and are leading the way by coordinating action with other unions. The whole labour movement must mobilise together to kick out the Tories and end austerity.
Following a decade of real pay losses and one in five jobs cut, the FBU has voted to join the strike wave sweeping the country. We speak here with David Pike, secretary of the Manchester FBU, about the ballot and the conditions leading to it.
Sector after sector of workers are joining the growing strike wave. Further coordinated walkouts are in store, following Wednesday’s day of action. To strengthen the movement, these struggles need to be united and organised from top to bottom.
1 February was the biggest day of coordinated strike action in over a decade, with half a million out on strike. We spoke to workers at picket lines and demos up and down the country about their fight against the bosses’ attacks and the Tories’ anti-union bill.