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Following multiple rounds of strike action, the long-running dispute between UCU members and university bosses remains at a stalemate. Union leaders are looking to deflate the struggle. Instead, we need escalation and a militant fightback.
Faced with mounting crises, the beleaguered Prime Minister is battling on, refusing to go. But it is only a matter of time before despairing Tory backbenchers make their move. This degenerate government is on its last legs. Kick them all out!
Tory plans to ship asylum seekers to Rwanda have provoked disgust across the board. Such barbaric treatment of refugees is the norm for the callous representatives of capitalism. It is their system that is responsible for this horror without end.
Washington is funnelling further arms to Ukraine, hoping to prolong the war and advance their own imperialist interests. Cynical talk of ‘defending democracy’ and ‘self-determination’ is just propaganda, designed to conceal their true aims.
The RMT is gearing up for strike action across Britain’s railways, in response to proposed cuts by the Tories and bosses. Meanwhile, fat-cat owners are making a mint. The unions must fight for nationalisation and workers’ control.
Frances O’Grady is set to retire from her role as TUC general secretary. Under her direction, the TUC has been characterised by compromise and cosying up to the bosses. Instead, with workers under attack, the trade unions need militant leadership.
Staff, students, and parents at Holland Park School in London are organising to oppose the proposed takeover by a giant academy trust. To defend education, the labour movement must fight to end academisation, and put workers in control.
The liberal establishment are breathing a sigh of relief that their man – Emmanuel Macron – has won a second term as French President. His re-election, however, will mean further attacks on workers and youth, and further intense class struggles.
Joe Attard analyses the 2022 French Elections, putting forward the positions that Marxists should stand for complete class independence, voting for neither Macron nor Le Pen.
This month marks 30 years since Socialist Appeal was founded. Our organisation has come a long way since, with the forces of Marxism leaping forward in recent years. Help us celebrate our birthday by joining us in the struggle for socialism!
NEU members at a Catholic school in Croydon have voted to strike against the scandalous decision to ban a gay author from speaking to students. This shows the way forward in the fight against oppression: through united class struggle.
An official investigation into PPE procurement reveals the extent of the cronyism practised by the Tories and their capitalist chums during the pandemic. To end this scandalous waste and corruption, we must fight to end capitalism.