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Criminal barristers have voted to escalate their ongoing action into an indefinite strike from next month. To win, barristers must link their fight against legal aid cuts with the rest of the struggles breaking out across the labour movement.
Local government workers across Scotland are mobilising in a struggle over pay – part of a wider strikewave that is sweeping across Britain. To win, the trade unions must organise coordinated action, and fight for a bold socialist alternative.
Private tutoring companies have profited from the crisis in Britain’s education system. Tutors, taxpayers, and parents have paid the price for this. The unions must unite and fight to kick the capitalists out of education.
Following a summer of record temperatures and low rainfall, large parts of the country now officially face a drought. This crisis is years in the making – the product of privatisation and profiteering. We say: nationalise the water monopolies!
A new labour movement campaign ‘Enough Is Enough’ was launched this week in London. This is a welcome development, showing that there is an appetite for a fightback, which must become explicitly socialist to achieve its aims.
The masses in Sri Lanka overthrew their hated president Gota Rajapaska in July, but left the capitalist state intact. The regime is now responding with a wave of repression. Experience is teaching that the only way forward is to overthrow capitalism.
Today, hundreds of thousands of students will receive their exam results and put their school days behind them. Now is the time to study the ideas of Marxism, become a committed communist, and join us in the fight for revolution.
Tens of thousands of workers on Britain’s railways are set to continue strike action from 18 to 20 August in their struggle for better pay and conditions. Their struggle is an inspiration to workers everywhere. Victory to the rail strikes!
Apple TV+ series Severance is a dark comedy thriller, depicting the lives of workers at the shadowy Lumon Industries. Touching on questions of ‘freedom’, alienation, and rebellion, the series reflects the growing unease of workers with capitalism.
Journalists in the NUJ have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action at one of Britain’s biggest media outlets, Reach PLC. With the class struggle spreading to the media, the establishment is no doubt fearful of where this could lead.
Over the summer of 1911, workers in Liverpool brought the city to a standstill. A strike that started in shipping rapidly spread to the docks and all transport. With the class struggle now heating up, this period contains important lessons for today.
Germany is facing a crisis of catastrophic proportions this winter, if supplies of Russian gas remain restricted. This would have profound social and political consequences, which could spread worldwide. Class struggle is on the order of the day.