Venezuelan presidential elections: between imperialist aggression and economic crisis
Neither the opposition nor the Maduro bureaucracy offers a way forward for Venezuela. The chavista movement needs a genuine revolutionary leadership.
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Nurses need a fighting union – a reply to RCN leaders
Dan Langley, a nurse activist, replies to comments from RCN chief negotiator, Josie Irwin, who has attacked ordinary union members in order to justify accepting a rotten pay deal.
Imperialists celebrate 70 years of Israel with a bloodbath
The brutal murder of Palestinian protestors this week is another horrific reminder of the oppression facing the people of Gaza.
The Young Karl Marx: depicting the struggle for socialist ideas
Rob Sewell reviews Raoul Peck’s excellent film about the early years of Marx and Engels, which is worthy of a far wider audience.
Strike, M’Lud!
Formerly considered a privileged profession, barristers are now organising and taking action against Tory cuts.
Tory civil war over Brexit heats up
After months of kicking the can down the road by the Prime Minister, all of the contradictions and tensions surrounding Brexit are now coming to a head.
A royal waste of our money
The extravagance of the latest royal wedding stands in stark contrast to the austerity imposed by the Tories.
Trump scraps Iran deal and declares economic war
In withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, the US President has added fuel to an already blazing fire in the Middle East.
North Korea breaks out of diplomatic isolation
As Trump announces US withdrawal from one nuclear deal, he is attempting to claim credit for another.
Revolutionary birthday celebrations at ‘Marx in a Day’
Beatrice Palmieri from the UCL Marxist society reports on the IMT’s #Marx200 celebrations.
Trade unions: strike to bring down the Tory government
The trade union movement should use Saturday’s TUC demonstration as a platform to mobilise a wave of co-ordinated strike action against the Tory government.
Establishment the real losers in local elections
The mainstream media has tried to paint Labour gains as a defeat for Corbyn. But it is the Blairites and Tories who have come off worst.