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Bus drivers in London have been driven to their limits, with a report showing that 17% have reported falling asleep whilst driving as a result of exhaustion. Unite the Union is to begin a consultative ballot for industrial action.
Parasite, a recent film by South Korean director Bong Joon-Ho, depicts the brutality of life under capitalism, showing how poverty forces people to struggle against one another to get by.
To cut £44 million from their budget, Tower Hamlets council plan to impose new contracts on staff, with cuts to pay and working allowances. Workers must not be made to pay for the bosses’ crisis. The Labour movement must support these workers.
Last year, strike action by Royal Mail workers was scandalously blocked by the High Court. As a result, the CWU is set to ballot members again. Unofficial walkouts are already taking place. Support the postal workers’ struggle!
Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, recently appeared in the ICJ to defend the regime in Myanmar against accusations of genocide. The masses cannot rely on bourgeois ‘saints’ to fight for their freedom, they must rely on their own strength.
The Marxist Student Federation has made a significant leap in the last period, mobilising support for the climate strikes, UCU strikes, and running the Students4Corbyn campaign. The MSF conference will be electric – book your place today!
Johnson’s hollow gesture to relocate the House of Lords to “reconnect politics with voters” highlights just how out of touch these institutions are to workers. Socialist should support Rebecca Long-Bailey’s call to abolish this feudal relic!
In a bold move, leadership candidate Rebecca Long-Bailey has called for open selection. This is a clear challenge to the Labour right wing – one that should inspire activists to secure a left victory and complete the Corbyn revolution.
Despite losing good left-wing MPs such as Laura Pidcock at the last election, a new generation of Labour lefts have entered into Parliament to carry the torch of the Corbyn movement. Their speeches and actions provide a bold example for others to follow.
After the election, with the uncertainty of Brexit still hovering, it is a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire for the British capitalists. Boris Johnson’s government will soon become one of crisis.
The Tories have recently stepped in to save Flybe. But nothing has been solved and the company still lingers on the edge of bankrupcy, with 2,400 jobs at risk. We say: nationalise the airlines under workers’ control!