The latest news, analysis, and Marxist theory from The Communist, alongside reports of RCP activity.
Civil servants have played a key role during the pandemic, ensuring furlough money get to those in need. Socialist Appeal spoke with PCS President Fran Heathcote about the struggles facing union members.
Sitting in Limbo provides a detailed account of the real experiences of one of the Windrush scandals victims, Anthony Bryan. The labour movement must stand in solidarity with migrant workers against racism. An injury to one is an injury to all.
The UK economy is nosediving. Boris Johnson has promised a ‘New Deal’. But it is workers who will be presented with the bill. We must fight to make the bosses pay.
In our latest episode of Marxist Voice, Labour activist and Socialist Appeal writer Joe Attard discusses Keir Starmer’s dismissal of Rebecca Long-Bailey, and what this means for the fight inside the Labour Party.
The stock markets were breathing a sigh of relief, with new economic figures showing a slowing rate of economic decline. But none of the problems have been resolved. And this uptick will not alter the prospect of a deep economic crisis.
As the rest of the UK opens up, Leicester remains in lockdown, due to a localised outbreak. A second wave is sure to hit, as ruthless bosses and incompetent Tories put profits before lives.
The Black Lives Matter movement has helped to shine a light on Britain’s own racist, colonial history. Fiona Lali looks at the origins of British capitalism, which came into being – in the words of Marx – with “blood dripping from every pore”.
The Tories are once more mired in scandal, with revelations that the government’s housing minister has been doling out assistance to property developers who donate to the party. We see how capitalism and corruption go hand-in-hand.
Teaching unions have forced the government to U-turn on their reckless plan to reopen schools. The labour movement must remain vigilant, and fight to ensure schools are safe to return to in September.
Elections for Momentum’s leading body have produced a victory for the grassroots slate, winning on a promise of democratic change and socialist policies. This should empower activists to get organised and fight the right.
In this talk from Revolution Festival 2019, Hamid Alizadeh – editor of In Defence of Marxism – discusses the fight against imperialism and colonialism.
In June 1831, a community of Welsh miners rose up against the ironmasters and defied the might of the British state, seizing control of their town for a full week, and flying the red flag for the first time on British soil.