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With families forced to skip meals, the coronavirus crisis has shone a spotlight on the question of food distribution. To end hunger and insecurity, we need public canteens and nationalised supermarkets, as part of a socialist economic plan.
Important trade unions such as Unison and GMB are heavily implicated by the scandalous revelations in the leaked report into bureaucratic sabotage at Labour HQ. These events highlight the need to democratise our unions.
Modern day slums have contributed to the rapid spread of the coronavirus in Britain. The scourge of low pay and eye-watering rents has forced working-class families into overcrowded housing. Capitalism is killing us.
A recent shocking report by the Sunday Times demonstrates the fatal errors made by the Tories, whose incompetence and inaction have led to thousands of avoidable deaths. Workers and youth must fight to overthrow this rotten regime.
The COVID-19 crisis, the economic crash, and the bitter struggle inside the Labour Party all point to one thing: the need for a bold leadership that can offer a way forward for workers and youth. Join the fight for socialism! Join the Marxists!
Faced with negligent management, postal workers have taken matters into their own hands, walking out in protest against unsafe conditions at Royal Mail. This shows why we need a public postal service, under workers’ control.
Keir Starmer has made overtures about joining a government of national unity with the Conservatives. National unity is a reactionary fiction. What is needed is workers’ unity in the face of this crisis.
Tory ministers have been quick to blame ‘irresponsible’ people in parks for breaking social distancing rules. But their finger-wagging doesn’t seem to extend to shameless bosses who keep non-essential production open.
Across the country, big businesses are attempting to keep non-essential production going. We publish here a letter by a worker at a Screwfix store in London, who describes yet another example of how the bosses are putting profits before lives.
Transport workers have been put in the firing line by unscrupulous management, who have shown no concern for the health and safety of staff and passengers. The trade union leaders must give workers confidence to take action.
New studies estimate that Britain is set to see the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in Europe. This is entirely due to the complacency and incompetence of the Tory government. Their arrogance is responsible for this avoidable loss of lives.
The NHS desperately requires thousands of new ventilators to treat coronavirus patients. Without these, mortality rates will rise dramatically. But the Tories and their friends in industry have proved incapable of addressing the shortage.