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Britain is set for a summer strikewave, with posties and rail workers taking strike action, and public sector unions rejecting the government’s latest pay offer. This poses the need for coordinated action and a bold socialist programme.
The recent UK heatwave has demonstrated how vulnerable society is to the impacts of climate change. Yet the ruling class and its representatives are in denial about this looming disaster. Capitalism is killing the planet. We need a revolution.
Activists are taking steps to organise workers at Apple stores in London – part of a global unionisation movement in the tech industry. The trade unions must throw their weight behind these efforts, and fight for workers’ control of Big Tech.
Hundreds of students at Deyes High School in Liverpool, part of a multi-academy trust, have walked out in protest against bureaucratic decision-making by management. To fight academisation, staff and students must unite and strike.
A deadly combo of austerity and inflation is pushing councils towards bankruptcy, fuelling further attacks on local government workers. With Starmer’s Labour doing nothing to oppose the cuts, it is up to the trade unions to lead the fightback.
Further rounds of strikes have been called by the RMT and other rail unions. The mood is there for coordinated action – across the railway sector and beyond. The trade union leaders must organise a mass campaign to bring down the Tories.
The resignation of Boris Johnson has opened up a new chapter in the crisis of British capitalism. The working class is reawakening. A new generation is moving into struggle. We must build the forces of Marxism to prepare for these titanic events.
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Latest figures show that Britain is suffering from an epidemic of obesity, with millions unable to afford nutritious food or access decent fitness facilities. Capitalism is killing us. To protect our health, we need planning, not profit.
Adam Booth offers a Marxist perspective on the crisis within the ranks of the Tory party.
After months of protest, the Sri Lankan masses have stormed the grounds of the president and the prime minister, forcing leader Gota Rajapaksa to flee the country. These explosive events are a harbinger of revolutionary developments worldwide.
A new book by Rory Cormac looks at historic examples of outside state intervention in countries’ domestic politics. In the process, however, the liberal author whitewashes the role of western imperialism: the most reactionary force on earth.