The latest news, analysis, and Marxist theory from The Communist, alongside reports of RCP activity.
Across the country, workers in education are beginning to mobilise against job cuts, attacks on conditions, and management attempts to force an unsafe return to workplaces. The trade unions need to launch a united fightback.
Joe Biden was sworn in as US president yesterday, surrounded by armed troops. The establishment are pinning their hopes on the new administration to pull US capitalism out of this period of chaos and decline. But the writing is on the wall.
Recent research has found that the super-rich in Britain are sitting on an even greater pile of wealth than previously thought. The capitalist class have a million tricks to avoid taxes. Instead, we must demand the expropriation of their fortunes.
Only weeks after ‘Getting Brexit Done’, Boris Johnson has already pledged to use Britain’s newly gained ‘sovereignty’ to rip up workers’ rights. The stage is set for a showdown – both with Brussels and with the working class.
Trump has been banned from Twitter after he encouraged supporters to storm the Capitol building. While there is a gratifying irony in this, Marxists must soberly consider the implications of this move by the Big Tech capitalists.
CWU members at BT are gearing up to strike against attacks on jobs and conditions. While pressure mounts on telecoms workers, failure to invest has left the UK lagging behind. We need to nationalise the phone and internet providers.
Under pressure from Keir Starmer and wealthy donors, Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard has stepped down. The right wing wants to expunge all remnants of Corbynism from the party. But this will only hasten its decline.
A wave of strikes is spreading across Britain, as the bosses and Tories attempt to push further attacks and austerity. To defend itself, the working class needs a fighting leadership, militant action, and socialist policies.
Images of the scraps provided to hungry children have shone a light on the rotten scam of outsourcing – a system designed to siphon public money into the pockets of Tory cronies. To end food poverty, we need socialist planning.
Governments across the world are in a race against the clock to roll out COVID vaccines. But the profiteering of Big Pharma, the recklessness of bourgeois politicians, and the anarchy of the market are hindering efforts.
Construction workers have faced endless attacks in recent years – from blacklisting, to bogus self-employment, to unsafe conditions. Now the bosses are pushing for a pay freeze, setting the stage for a bitter struggle.
The Labour right wing are determined to drive left activists out of the party, in an attempt to appease the establishment. We spoke to comrades singled out in this witch-hunt, discussing the need to fight back and put members in control.