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The situation inside Labour is at an impasse. The right wing are attacking grassroots members, carrying out suspensions and banning democratic discussion. Only an immediate national conference can resolve this crisis.
Londoners will go to the polls this May for the city’s mayoral elections. Sadiq Khan is the outright favourite. But reactionary charlatan Brian Rose has won support through demagogic appeals. Workers need a real, class-based solution.
Since the start of the pandemic, the Tories have ignored teachers regarding making schools safe, instead pushing to open schools in the interests of the bosses’ profits. Now the teachers have forced a retreat, thanks to mass militant action.
A British judge has ruled that Julian Assange will not be extradited to the US given his fragile mental state, despite agreeing with the prosecution’s case against him. He has also been denied bail. This farcical affair is far from over.
Johnson and the Tories have attempted to blame a new variant of the virus for the catastrophe that is unfolding. But it is their recklessness that has landed us in this situation. We need a bold socialist response to the pandemic.
The COVID-19 vaccines are the only road out of this pandemic. But despite receiving huge sums from the state, Big Pharma expect to generate handsome profits. We say: nationalise the pharmaceutical industry to fight the virus!
Boris Johnson has announced his Brexit deal to great fanfare, promising a bright future of prosperity and freedom. But dark clouds are gathering for British capitalism, which faces a perfect storm. This rotten Tory government must go.
Socialist Appeal are greatly relieved and enthused to hear that comrade Amar Fayaz – who was abducted by the Pakistani state on 8 November 2020 – has finally been released, thanks to a tremendous international solidarity campaign.
Tory attempts to stifle anti-capitalist material from schools have brought attention to the role of education in Britain. But students across the UK have been writing in about the lies they are taught, and discussing how to fight back.
Keir Starmer and the Labour right wing have stepped up their attacks against the left, with a spate of scandalous suspensions taking place recently. The left must go on the offensive, with the aim of driving out Starmer and the right.
Jeremy Corbyn has launched a new think tank type organisation aimed at promoting equality, peace, and democracy internationally. Despite its noble aims, this project falls short of what is needed: workers’ struggle for socialist demands.
Soft-left, Remain-supporting Labour MPs such as Clive Lewis and Nadia Whittome have recently relaunched themselves as the ‘Love Socialism’ group. But behind their ‘socialist’ rhetoric lies a programme of compromise and class collaboration.