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The wave of discontent against Tory austerity and attacks should be providing the trade union movement with a ready source of fresh recruits. Rather than expanding, however, UK trade union membership is shrinking. Union leaders need to pursue a fighting strategy and bold policies if they are to stem the tide.
The growing far-right nationalism of the sub-continent spilled out onto the streets of Leicester on Sunday 19th June as India and Pakistani cricket fans clashed. Hindu nationalism, on one side, and Islamic fundamentalist groups, on the other, are gaining ground, dividing working class diaspora communities.
A recent study on tax evasion and inequality has revealed just how much of the top 0.01%’s fortunes is hidden away in foreign bank accounts. This clearly shows how the capitalist system has reached a dead end. These injustices and inequalities can only be abolished through socialist revolution.
For several months now, the right-wing opposition in Venezuela have been taking to the streets with violent riots in an attempt to destabilise and overthrow the democratically elected Maduro government. Jorge Martin examines the turbulent political situation in Venezuela and discusses the future of the Bolivarian Revolution.
Last Saturday saw the latest in a series of far-right demonstrations in the wake of various terrorist attacks, this time in central London. However, on this occasion, the racist, Islamophobic EDL were humiliated, with their small protest significantly outnumbered by the anti-fascist counter-demonstration.
In Britain we have experienced a fundamental break in the situation. The UK is now one of the most unstable countries in Europe. With May and the Tories in crisis, we are faced with the possibility of a Corbyn government. This, Rob Sewell explains, will open up a new turbulent stage in an already volatile process.
The fire which swept up the Grenfell tower in the early hours of 14th June is not only horrific for the sheer scale of the tragedy, but also for its avoidability. It is a gruesome monument to the naked greed, short-sightedness, and corruption of the capitalist system, shown by the criminal shortcomings of the council and their contractors.
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Westminster, Manchester, and London Bridge, May has launched a new set of plans to give more powers to the security services. The Tories’ anti-terror measures, however, will do little to hinder extremism and do everything to exacerbate the feeling of alienation and repression in Muslim communities that feeds jihadi radicalisation.
When questioned during the election campaign by a nurse who hadn’t received a pay rise in eight years as to why this was the case, Theresa May responded with the almost insulting retort of “there is no magic money tree”. Andrew Macknight of the Newcastle Marxists looks at the hypocrisy of the Tories and their rich friends when they tell us that there’s no money.
It is clear from the recent election results that the SNP’s honeymoon period is over. The inspiring Corbyn movement has put pressure on the SNP leadership to prove their left-wing credentials. The question of independence, meanwhile, has been complicated by the possibility of an anti-austerity Labour government. What lies ahead for Scotland?
Only a couple of months ago, the Tories and their media chums were predicting that they would win a landslide in the snap election, eating into Labour’s strongholds in Yorkshire, Wales, and elsewhere. We provide here a series of reports analysing the regional results, and how Corbyn’s Labour was able to defy all expectations.
The criminal disaster of the Grenfell Tower fire has brought to the surface all the horror, injustice, and inequality of Tory Britain. All the anger and discontent within working class communities has now exploded into plain view, with a series of militant protests taking place in the last week. We publish here reports from these demonstrations.