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Last week saw teachers in England returning to the picket lines, with two more days of walkouts. But there are rumours that NEU leaders could be on the verge of accepting a below-inflation offer. Members must mobilise and escalate the struggle.
Unite’s rules and policy conferences are taking place this week. Debate so far has focussed on the union’s political affiliation. The key task for rank-and-file activists is to build a fighting leadership, armed with bold socialist policies.
This year’s Durham Miners’ Gala takes place tomorrow – an annual commemoration of the labour movement’s historic struggles. Socialist Appeal activists will be energetically joining the march, calling on communist workers and youth to get organised.
With a new leader at the helm, the SNP has promised supporters a strategy for winning independence. But no clear proposal has emerged, leaving the movement at an impasse. Workers and youth must embark on a revolutionary road.
Riots in France, and previously in Ely, Wales, reveal the explosive situation building up internationally and in Britain. Society is a tinderbox, ready to go up in flames. Marxist leadership is needed to channel this anger towards revolution.
The NHS was established 75 years ago today. Decades on, however, it is creaking at the seams, due to austerity and privatisation. Junior doctor Will Collins looks at how the NHS was founded, and how the capitalists have pushed it to the brink.
To mark the 75th anniversary since the NHS was founded, Socialist Appeal comrades working in healthcare are calling on nurses, doctors, and hospital staff to join us in campaigning to kick out the profiteers and save our NHS with socialist policies.
The UK water industry is facing a deep crisis, with Thames Water at risk of bankruptcy. From the railways to the energy sector: privatisation has been a disaster for ordinary people. We say: Expropriate the monopolies! Make the billionaires pay!
Industrial action on North Sea oil and gas rigs is continuing this month, with hundreds of workers across different contractors set to down tools. To win, the unions must coordinate action and unite workers around bold socialist demands.
Trials are taking place to investigate the potential benefits of providing households with a Universal Basic Income. Such a policy may seem radical, but it would leave power in the hands of the capitalists. Instead, we must fight for revolution.
Contradictions are mounting for capitalism. The system is being thrown from one crisis to the next. Inflation, debt, and financial instability all threaten the world economy. A new slump looms. The only way out of this impasse is through revolution.
Temperatures show no sign of dipping. And neither does the class struggle. Strikes are set to take place in schools, hospitals, train stations, and councils in the coming weeks. To win, we need mass coordinated action and bold socialist policies.