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Revolutionary Communist candidate Alice Nicholson won almost 1,000 votes in the Cardiff University Student Union election. This fantastic result is testament to the bold campaign run by our party, and the growing appeal of revolutionary ideas amongst young people.
With thousands of job losses at the Port Talbot steelworks, and potentially thousands more in Scunthorpe, it’s clear that Britain’s steel industry is in dire straits – with or without Trump’s tariffs. The labour movement needs a militant, socialist programme to save jobs!
Trump is set to announce a barrage of new tariffs, in an attempt to stem the decline of US capitalism. Here, Niklas Albin Svensson outlines the Marxist position on the ‘free trade vs protectionism’ debate, and how tariffs will impact the world economy.
With the world economy stagnant, and Trump gearing up for protectionist trade wars, there are many parallels to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Here, we republish a 2020 article by James Kilby analysing this decade of crisis and class struggle.
This weekend, the British state carried out a coordinated series of raids and arrests against a radical, anti-imperialist youth organisation. We stand in complete solidarity with Youth Demand. For a mass mobilisation against Starmer’s repressive regime!
In recent issues of The Communist, readers review the hit show ‘Severance’; Laura Carreira’s ‘On Falling’; new Somerset House exhibition ‘SOIL’; Des Warren’s ‘The Key to My Cell’; Steppenwolf’s ‘The Ostrich’; and the Strugatsky brothers’ 1965 sci fi-fantasy ‘Monday begins on Saturday’.
The notion of ‘degrowth’ – which advocates cutting down production to save the planet – has gained popularity within the climate movement. But there’s nothing radical about these academic, reformist ideas. Here, Lubna Badi provides a Marxist response to ‘degrowth’.
Reform UK’s nationwide tour culminates in Birmingham tomorrow. The counter-demonstration should be the starting shot for a mass campaign to unite workers and youth against ALL of the liars, warmongers, and racists in Westminster.
Rachel Reeves has just announced that the government will slash billions from the benefits bill. While the rich feast themselves, Labour are feeding workers and the poor into the meat-grinder. Make the billionaires pay for this crisis! For welfare, not warfare!
The new Netflix mini-series Adolescence has made waves for its skilful, evocative depiction of misogyny and violence against women. Viewers are left with a deep-seated, unsettling feeling that something is deeply wrong with society.
The first by-election of the current parliament is coming up, with Reform predicted to win despite a massive Labour majority last year. Unfortunately, Stand Up To Racism’s campaign against Reform leaves Starmer off the hook, and will only bolster Farage’s party.
In the latest issue of The Communist, our readers wrote to us about their disappointment with the capitalist media, factional strife within Farage’s Reform UK, Starmer’s plans to carve up the NHS, and the tribulations of trying to find employment in Britain today.