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Postal workers have hit pause on their strike action over job cuts and conditions. Instead, they have called for Royal Mail to be transformed into an emergency service to aid the vulnerable. This requires public ownership and workers’ control.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Bill Landles, Socialist Appeal’s last link to the Workers’ International League. A dedicated revolutionary who spent his life fighting for socialism, Bill will never be forgotten.
The pandemic has triggered the worst crisis in the history of capitalism. The ruling class is scrambling to save their system, breaking all the rules that have governed their policy for the past 80 years. The future is socialism or barbarism.
In an effort to save their system, the Tory government has pledged to throw hundreds of billions at the economy. But what they give with one hand today, they will attempt to take back through austerity tomorrow. We must make the bosses pay.
The coronavirus crisis in Italy has brought out the real nature of the capitalist system, where profit is being placed before lives. The working class is reacting with militant strike action. What lessons can be drawn from this experience?
Capitalism has utterly failed to deal with the coronavirus crisis, and is putting the lives of millions of people at risk. In such a situation, only drastic measures – socialist measures – can avert the impending disaster.
Workers across the board are being shafted by unscrupulous employers, with the bosses keeping unnecessary production running, failing to provide staff with protection, and refusing to pay out wages. We must make the capitalists pay for this crisis.
Europe faces its greatest crisis since WWII as borders close across the region. The coming slump will exacerbate national tensions. We are witnessing a new phase in the unravelling of the union. Fight for a Socialist United States of Europe!
Construction bosses are attempting to get away with murder by keeping sites open, putting the lives of workers and their families at risk. Workers should take matters into their own hands and shut down construction.
Filling the vacuum created by the Tory government’s ineptitude, local community groups have sprung into life across the country, providing essential support to the most vulnerable. These could become a powerful tool in the fight against austerity.
Despite government decrees ordering social distancing measures and shutdowns, many businesses and companies are attempting to sidestep the rules, putting profits before people’s lives. Workers must organise against this recklessness.
The Chancellor’s recent pledge for the state to cover workers’ wages shows the desperate situation facing the ruling class. Instead, the labour movement leaders must demand nationalisation and democratic economic control.