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With vaccine production left to Big Pharma, supply shortages have led to tensions across Europe. A clash between the UK, EU, and AstraZeneca has heightened fears of ‘vaccine protectionism’. We need socialist planning.
A recent scientific report has rung yet another alarm bell about the environmental catastrophe that is unfolding before our eyes. Capitalism is killing the planet. We need revolutionary change, not climate change.
Recent research has revealed that working-class women are being hit hardest by the pandemic, with callous bosses refusing to furlough working parents. Capitalism offers only insecurity and attacks. We need a socialist alternative.
The crisis inside the Labour Party has reached an impasse. At the same time, a wave of cuts and attacks looms for the working class. The labour movement needs a militant leadership that will fight for a bold socialist programme.
Left-wing organisations are facing increasing censorship by the major social media platforms. The Silicon Valley giants don’t want radical ideas to be heard. We call on our readers to help us fight back and spread the ideas of Marxism.
The Egyptian Revolution is rich in lessons, as well as prospects for the immediate future. This article provides a balance sheet of the revolution and its aftermath, 10 years later, and explains the revolutionary perspectives for Egypt today.
Bitter struggles are looming in the public sector, with workers facing a pay freeze, alongside cuts and worsening conditions in councils and the NHS. Unison activists must organise to transform the union and fight back.
A recent Oxfam report has found that the world’s 10 richest men have increased their fortunes by $540 billion during the pandemic. Instead of appealing for philanthropy from these fat cats, we need to expropriate the super-rich.
Britain has officially passed the figure of 100,000 COVID deaths. Despite claims of inevitability and attempts to shift the blame onto ordinary people, this was never inevitable and it is the Tories – and the system they defend – that is to blame.
Due to Tory cuts, privatisation, and recklessness, the NHS is now completely overwhelmed by COVID. Only the sacrifices of health workers are keeping it afloat. The labour movement must support their fight for decent pay and conditions.
The UK’s national immunisation effort, so far, has been a rare success story in a pandemic otherwise characterised by chaos. This shows the superiority of planning and public ownership over the ‘invisible hand’ of the market.
The bosses are clamoring to know when schools will reopen, so that parents can return to work. It is teachers, not the Tories, who care about the safety and education of children. This is why we need to put workers in control.