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Lorry drivers are threatening to take unofficial strike action against low pay and terrible working conditions. The labour movement must support this struggle, and demand public ownership to invest in the sector, as part of a socialist plan.
A new parliamentary investigation into racist policing finds that the situation facing black communities is worse today than at the time of the Macpherson report, 22 years ago. To end police violence and racism, we must end capitalism.
Whilst lining the pockets of their rich chums, the Tories have only offered nurses a pathetic 3% pay rise – a cut when accounting for inflation. The unions must mobilise healthcare workers to take coordinated action, and strike for 15%.
Jorge Martin talks about recent protests in Cuba and the need to defend the Cuban Revolution against imperialist aggression.
In response to the Labour right wing’s move to purge socialists from the party, solidarity motions and statements have come in from across the rank and file of the labour movement. Now the left must mobilise to drive out Starmer and the right.
As the eviction ban ends, renters everywhere are facing uncertainty. One mother’s determined resistance to her own removal shows the way forward. The labour movement must organise to fight against evictions, and for a socialist alternative.
The Tory government has provoked anger amongst police officers by freezing their pay. This reveals the depth of the crisis facing the ruling class, as explosive pressures accumulate within society, and as workers move into struggle.
Workers at major game developer Activision Blizzard have begun to organise and take action against harassment and discrimination. To kick sexism out of the tech industry, we must kick out the bosses and fight to put workers in control.
A recent exposé by the Financial Times has once again unearthed the sordid practices of corporate lobbying, cronyism, and ‘cash for access’ that takes place between Tory donors and leading Conservative figures. Capitalism is corruption.
After years of harassment from the Labour right wing, the local council, and the Tory press, left-wing MP Apsana Begum has been acquitted of all the trumped-up charges levelled at her. Now it is time for her opponents to face justice.
Labour is in a parlous financial state, due to the rightwards shift undertaken by Starmer, and the resultant exodus of members. The right wing are destroying the party, as they seek to appease the establishment. They must be shown the door.
The recent World Congress of the International Marxist Tendency was an incredible success, displaying both the strength of the IMT’s ideas, and how these have been translated into a material force across the globe. Marxism is on the march.