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Recent shootings in the USA have shone a light on far-right extremism and the role of reactionary politicians like Trump in whipping up racism and bigotry. Both Trump and these shootings are symptoms of the rotten capitalist system.
Liberal commentators constantly call on us to take ‘individual action’ to avert ecological disaster. But even where this is done, the profit system still stands in the way – as the chaos of plastic recycling aptly demonstrates.
Donald Trump has pulled back – for now – from ratcheting up protectionist measures against China. But regardless of the US President’s actions, tensions are increasing and the global economy is heading for a new world slump.
Jeremy Corbyn has exposed the hypocrisy of the right-wing Remainers, revealing that they are more concerned about keeping him out of No.10 than stopping a no-deal Brexit. Labour must not collaborate with these establishment politicians, but mobilise workers for a general election.
Electric cars are being heralded as a key technological solution to the climate crisis. But under capitalism, this green alternative to petrol-power is dependent on imperialist exploitation. This is why we need a socialist economic plan.
Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have come under attack for correctly stating that they would back a call for a second independence referendum in Scotland. This is a basic democratic question that all socialists should support.
Britain’s schooling system is in crisis, with funding slashed, teachers overworked and underpaid, and students facing an uncertain future. The only way out is on the basis of a bold socialist alternative.
Defeatist and despairing commentators such as Paul Mason are advising Labour and the left to unite with Liberals in order to stop Brexit and fight the far right. But such a strategy is doomed to fail. Instead, we need class independence and socialist policies.
Fifty years ago today, British troops were sent into the North of Ireland, marking the start of the Troubles. Rob Sewell explains why only the fight for a Socialist United Ireland can bring an end to sectarianism.
The health of residents in Southall, West London, is being steadily eroded as a result a scandal involving Boris Johnson, right-wing Labour councillors, and profiteering property developers. But these local residents are fighting back.
Washington is ratcheting up attempts at regime change in Venezuela – this time by enforcing an embargo designed to strangle the country’s economy. This latest imperialist aggression must be fought using revolutionary means.
Official figures show that the UK economy has contracted for the first time in over six years – a harbinger of the oncoming crisis. Already, British industry is being decimated. It is time for the labour movement to go on the offensive.