The latest news, analysis, and Marxist theory from The Communist, alongside reports of RCP activity.
Hundreds of care workers in Birmingham have been striking over the past year against attacks on local services. Labour councils must refuse to implement Tory cuts and instead lead a fightback against austerity.
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Parliament has been paralysed by the Brexit political crisis. Corbyn needs to force a general election by mobilising the forces of the entire labour movement.
The Prime Minister remains in office after surviving last night’s no confidence vote. But her position is no stronger. The insoluble Brexit contradictions facing the Tory leader have not gone away.
The Extinction Rebellion movement has hit the headlines recently for its direct action tactics. But to fight climate change, we must unite the green and red agendas by linking ecological demands with those of workers.
More Marxist student activists have been elected as delegates to next year’s NUS conference, where they will argue the case for clear socialist policies. Help us transform the NUS into a fighting socialist union.
France’s “gilets jaunes” protests have rapidly escalated into a national mass movement against the elite and their political representatives. Now they must go further and overthrow the Macron government.
The Tory leader has indefinitely postponed the all-important parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal. But all she has done is buy herself more time to write her own political obituary.
Socialist Appeal activists report on the ongoing struggle of cleaners and other outsourced workers at universities across London. Marxist students are pushing for the NUS to commit to fight against precarious work.
This Sunday, EDL founder Tommy Robinson will attempt to lead a far-right march through the streets of London. The labour movement must fight for a bold socialist alternative to the conditions of austerity on which the racists and far right thrive.
Liberal commentators have recently turned on Mohammad bin Salman, the Saudi Crown Prince, as a result of his involvement in the brutal Khashoggi murder. But Trump has stuck with his trusted ally, revealing the true ugly face of capitalism.
New research shows that large numbers of people in Britain do not trust the establishment. Despite what liberal commentators say, this isn’t a belief in conspiracy theories, but a deep rejection of a broken system.