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The Met Police has been placed under special measures following a litany of high-profile scandals. But workers and youth should place no faith in these toothless tweaks and ‘reforms’. We must fight to throw out the entire rotten system.
With inflation soaring, the apologists of capitalism are demanding that workers show ‘wage restraint’ to subdue prices. Workers are not the cause of rising costs, however, but the victims of this crisis. To fight inflation, we need expropriation!
At last month’s Unison conference, the right wing went on the offensive, attempting to regain control of the union. Instead of resisting this onslaught, however, the left went into retreat. We must learn the lessons of these important events.
Tomorrow sees the annual Pride parade in London. But what began as a protest against oppression has now become a corporate carnival. Big business is no friend of LGBT people. The fight for liberation must be a fight for revolution.
Criminal barristers have begun a historic walkout in protest against the crisis facing the justice system. To win, barristers must link with the trade unions, and unite their struggle with other striking workers and all those fighting Tory cuts.
The Tories have once again demonstrated their craven subservience to the interests of US imperialism, approving the extradition of WikiLeaks whistleblower Julian Assange. Only mass class struggle can defend our rights and freedoms.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has announced plans to push for a second Scottish independence referendum, setting Holyrood on a collision course with Westminster and the UK courts. Only mass struggle can secure Scotland’s right to self-determination.
Last weekend, young comrades from across the Marxist Student Federation gathered for an inspiring summer school on the life and ideas of Lenin. Marxism is on the march. There has never been a better time to join the struggle for socialism.
A wave of strike action by RMT members on the railways has emboldened the entire trade union movement. From posties to barristers to airport staff: workers everywhere are moving into action. We say: Unite the struggles! Bring down the Tories!
The US Supreme Court’s assault on abortion rights threatens to strip millions of their basic freedoms overnight. Biden and the Democrats have done nothing to defend women against these attacks. Only mass class struggle can offer a way forward.
Dozens of hospital cleaners and ward hosts in Tooting, London, are waging a struggle against employers Mitie for better pay and an end to outsourcing. The trade unions must unite and fight to transform the NHS with socialist policies.