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Alan Woods continues his critical review of the recent BBC documentary ‘Charles I – the Downfall of a King’, answering the distortions and lies, and uncovering the real revolutionary nature of the English Civil War.
Alan Woods responds to a recent documentary on the English Civil War by the biased BBC, which aims to discredit the idea of rebellion and revolution. It is clear that the establishment are worried about similar events occurring today.
Boris Johnson was met with a wave of anger and protest on his first day in office, as thousands took to the streets in London to oppose Britain’s latest reactionary prime minister. We say: Kick out all the Tories! General election now!
Young Labour groups are being set up across the country, as young activists get organised to fight against Boris and the Tories, against climate change, and for a socialist Labour government.
Boris Johnson is the new Tory leader and Britain’s latest Prime Minister. Labour must mobilise workers and youth to force a general election and make sure Boris’ stay in Number 10 is short-lived.
The bigoted base of the Tory Party have chosen Boris Johnson to be the new Prime Minister. But Labour activists are organising to remove him from Parliament altogether.
It is clear that the police – and the elite that they exist to protect – act with impunity, carrying out violence and abuse without any reprecussions. This is the reality of the capitalist state: there is one law for those with power, and another for the rest.
The establishment and their representatives inside the Labour Party are getting increasingly desperate. Far from being ‘unelectable’, the Blairites and big business know that Corbyn could soon be in Number 10.
As the crisis of British capitalism continues and deepens, more and more workers are being forced to find employment in the gig economy. The labour movement must organise and fight back against this exploitation.
A recent parliamentary report reveals the depth of the crisis facing governmental departments, which have been cut to the bone by Tory austerity and paralysed by the Brexit crisis. This is why we need a socialist Labour government.
On the second Saturday in July every year, around 250,000 people of all ages descend on Durham for the annual ‘Big Meeting’. This year marked the 135th Durham Miners Gala, with militant speeches from leaders of the labour movement.
A recent study has revealed the eye-watering inequality that exists in Britain, with the mega-rich of the top 0.01% laughing all the way to the bank, whilst the rest of us see attacks on living standards. This is capitalism.