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We continue our series ‘Here to fight, here to stay’ illustrating how black and Asian workers and youth fought racism and the far-right. We now turn to Loughborough, where against all odds, saw the first successful immigrant strike!
After putting up with years of crushing poverty, the Nepalese youth have had enough. They have entered the stage of history, seeking to burn the system down altogether. But without leadership, what happens next remains unclear.
With students returning to campuses, the RCP will be holding events at dozens of universities to discuss the burning questions facing our generation: Why is there war, poverty, and crisis? And how can this system of misery be ended once and for all?
Days after brutal mass arrests of Palestine protesters, a Banksy mural appeared on the Royal Courts of Justice depicting a judge beating a defenceless, bloodied protester. This powerful artwork has now been removed, further exposing the establishment’s moral bankruptcy.
Anger over the migration crisis has sparked protests this summer. Real concerns over housing, services, and social decay are being exploited by the likes of Farage and Tommy Robinson. But the real blame lies with the billionaires and their representatives.
Last Saturday saw police officers arrest, intimidate, and brutalise hundreds more peaceful pro-Palestine protestors, at Starmer’s request. Fiona Lali and Khaled Malachi give an eye-witness report, explaining how this has only served to expose the government’s weakness.
“A house, a house, my kingdom for a house!” The tragedy of Sir Keir Starmer is reaching new pathetic lows, after his “working-class foil” Angela Rayner fell from grace. Nothing Starmer can do will save him. British capitalism is tobogganing towards disaster.
From deficits, funding cuts, and bankruptcies, to complicity in Israeli genocide, this week Scottish students will be turning up to a higher education system in turmoil. Strikes and struggle are on the agenda. Fight for your future! Join the Communists on campus!
With the SNP in permanent crisis, Corbyn and Sultana’s new party could fill the political vacuum among Scottish youth. This requires learning the lessons of Corbynism round one – which never planted its flag in Scotland – and offering a bold programme against austerity.
Palestine solidarity and calling out the genocide in Gaza has been criminalised by the British state. From Arsenal FC to housing officers, our readers show how this is the real two-tier justice system that exists in Britain today!
Tomorrow, thousands will descend on central London to protest the genocide in Gaza and repression of Palestine activists. As Netanyahu continues the genocide, famine, and fails to bring back the hostages, the fabric of Israel itself is tearing apart.
Tomorrow, thousands of workers and youth will take to the streets of central London in protest against the genocide in Gaza, and in solidarity with repressed pro-Palestine activists. This question has become a mighty headache for Starmer’s government.