Rebellion in the ranks defeats rotten UCU deal
UCU members have rejected the sell-out cooked up by union negotiators. This shows where the real power lies – with militant, organised workers on the ground. The fight continues.
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#NoCapitulation – We have the bosses on the backfoot
Rui, a UCU member at Oxford University, describes how the lecturers’ strike has developed and grown over the past few weeks. Momentum is with the workers. The union leadership must not waste this with a criminal sell out.
UCU members: reject toxic deal – no capitulation!
It was announced earlier today that a deal has been struck in negotiations between university heads and the UCU. But, as Joe Attard explains, this deal is a sell-out. UCU members should reject it and fight for victory.
Capitalism is hell – to hell with capitalism!
Everyday reveals another scandal or crisis. Wages stagnate whilst the bosses line their pockets. Capitalism is the source of all our problems. It’s time to consign it to where it belongs.
Tories can’t solve the housing crisis – they’re part of the problem
So acute is the UK’s housing crisis that Theresa May has even had to admit the problem. But the Tories are part of the problem and will do nothing to fix the broken system.
“Trade wars are good”: Trump threatens fragile world economy
In the last week, Trump announced his intention to raise tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, threatening to start a dangerous trade war with the rest of the world. This could plunge the world economy into another deep slump.
Battle for Labour general secretary shows Blairites are losing the wider war
As Jennie Formby and Jon Lansman compete to replace Iain McNicol, the Labour right wing has been left licking its wounds. All attention now, Adam Booth writes, must be on democratising the party and fighting for a socialist Labour government.
Fight women’s oppression! Fight capitalism!
We publish here a statement by the International Marxist Tendency that is being distributed in demonstrations across the world for International Women’s Day. The struggle for women’s liberation must also be a fight for socialism.
Smash sexism with socialism
We publish here a collection of articles by female comrades from the Marxist Student Federation looking at the many ways in which capitalism oppresses women.
Italian elections: establishment shaken to its foundations
Fred Weston analyses the results of Sunday’s elections in Italy, which have left the country in much the same situation as before the vote: economically in crisis; politically unstable; and socially on the brink.
Saudi royal visit exposes Tory hypocrisy
The article below is being distributed this afternoon at a protest against the visit of Mohammed bin Salman, the leader of the rotten Saudi regime. Unsurprisingly, the Tory government is rolling out the red carpet for his arrival.
Five years on: the revolutionary legacy of Hugo Chávez
Alan Woods looks back at the life and revolutionary role of Hugo Chávez, using the 5th anniversary of his death to examine the prospects for the Bolivarian Revolution going forward.