The latest news, analysis, and Marxist theory from The Communist, alongside reports of RCP activity.
Transport workers have been put in the firing line by unscrupulous management, who have shown no concern for the health and safety of staff and passengers. The trade union leaders must give workers confidence to take action.
New studies estimate that Britain is set to see the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in Europe. This is entirely due to the complacency and incompetence of the Tory government. Their arrogance is responsible for this avoidable loss of lives.
The NHS desperately requires thousands of new ventilators to treat coronavirus patients. Without these, mortality rates will rise dramatically. But the Tories and their friends in industry have proved incapable of addressing the shortage.
A recently leaked report on the shenanigans of officials at Labour HQ reveals a cesspit of bullying and bureaucracy, designed explictly to undermine the Corbyn movement. Labour activists must organise and fight to sweep out the saboteurs.
Bernie Sanders is out of the race, a punch to the gut for many who hoped his campaign would offer a way forward. But it’s also a turning point. For millions, this will be the last time they try to work within the two-party system of the capitalists.
Workers in the North of Ireland are fighting back against bosses refusing to protect their lives. At Moy Park meat processing facility 1,000 workers downed tools and walked out. These essential workplaces must be brought under workers’ control.
A perfect storm of private sector profiteering, reckless production practices, environmental destruction and underinvestment in medical research has made global pandemics more common, and undermined our capacity to deal with them.
In this letter to Socialist Appeal, Roy Bentham of the Blacklist Support Group and Unite the Union discusses the perilous conditions facing construction workers, as the bosses and their Tory friends keep sites open. #ShutTheSites!
An open split has emerged within the Tories, between those who are desperate for business to return to normal; and those who are terrified of the backlash if private wealth is put above public health. We must fight to put lives before profits.
The DVLA offices in Swansea, employing 6,000 workers, were kept open for weeks after the Covid-19 outbreak. Only the threat of walkouts forced the bosses to close down. Workers must organise and fight for democratic control of over their workplaces.
Only two days into his leadership, and the establishment are already demanding that Keir Starmer prove his credentials by marching to their tune. But the Labour right wing will have a hard time reversing the gains of the Corbyn movement.
Thousands have been forced into the so-called ‘gig economy’ in recent years in order to make ends meet. But these workers have no access to basic rights such as sick pay. They face a deadly choice between infection and not eating.