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The much-hyped Ukrainian counter-offensive is rapidly running out of steam. As demoralisation creeps in, blame and recriminations abound. All the while, workers in Ukraine, Russia, and the West are paying the price for this imperialist carnage.
In 1963, activists in Bristol organised a mass campaign against discriminatory employment practices on the city’s buses. Decades later, racism in the workplace remains rife. To fight oppression, we need militancy, organisation, and class unity.
The Kremlin’s assassination of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin reveals the instability of Putin’s regime. But those now hoping for a change of fortunes in the Ukraine War are misguided. Western imperialism is riddled with its own contradictions.
A comrade from the Irish Marxists explains why he left People Before Profit (PBP), Ireland’s largest self-styled ‘Marxist’ organisation, to join the International Marxist Tendency. Unsatisfied with a lack of attention to theory and the electoral reformism of PBP, Nathan explains why the IMT in contrast fits the bill as the serious, revolutionary outfit he had been seeking.
For their own cynical reasons, Tory ministers are promising to punish companies that employ illegal migrants. But government penalties cannot protect precarious workers. Only militancy and organisation can defend workers against the bosses’ system.
A recent report has documented the brutal repression meted out against migrants by the Saudi regime. The western imperialists, meanwhile, have willfully ignored the barbaric behaviour of their long-standing ally – exposing their stinking hypocrisy.
Capitalist politicians are increasing wrapping-up austerity measures in ‘green’ packaging – provoking a backlash amongst ordinary people, and polarising the working class. In place of this reactionary greenwashing, we need to fight for revolution.
An ongoing inquiry into accusations of extrajudicial murders by British Special Forces in Afghanistan shines a light on the crimes of western imperialism. The fight for justice must be a fight to overthrow this entire barbaric system.
Homeware chain Wilko is the latest high-street name facing ruin, as rising costs and interest rates squeeze retailers. A swathe of ‘zombie’ companies are set to be sent to their graves. We must make the bosses and bankers pay for this crisis.
From 7-12 August, over 400 comrades from more than 40 countries assembled in Italy to discuss the prospects for world revolution at the International Marxist Tendency Congress. As the lively discussions and reports over the week made clear, we have the world to win.
While workers across the world suffer the impacts of war, arms manufacturers are making bumper profits. The imperialists don’t export weapons to ‘defend democracy’, but to protect their narrow interests. Fight for revolution against the warmongers!
Record temperatures and wildfires have hit huge swathes of the planet in recent months. Only by taking power out of the hands of the bankers and billionaires can we plan society rationally, to avoid a complete climate catastrophe.