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Last weekend, members of the RCP from Manchester, Lancashire, and Liverpool met to discuss Marxist ideas and building the party in the region. With a record attendance, and a high level of political inspiration on display, this event was a success by all measures.
Since coming to power, there has been enormous mystery about what Donald Trump’s presidency means. Author and Marxist theoretician Alan Woods cuts through the confusion to clearly explain the phenomena of Trumpism, what his rule means and where he is going.
All hopes that the hellfire rained on the people of Gaza would be relieved by the January ceasefire have been cruelly shattered, as Netanyahu’s genocide resumes. Only the revolutionary overthrow of all those responsible can create the conditions for the genuine liberation of Palestine. Down with the war criminals!
The prospects for British capitalism are dire. The stage is being set for economic catastrophe, with a stagflationary crisis of low growth coupled with rising prices looming. Reeves and co. offer no solutions – only a revolutionary alternative will end this misery.
Our comrade Alice’s campaign for President of the Cardiff Uni Students’ Union has gone viral—thanks to outraged right-wingers and reactionaries. This has helped us gain more momentum, campus notoriety, and a bigger platform to spread our message.
In a declaration of war, Labour have announced they will be cutting £5 billion from the welfare benefits budget by 2030. This will leave the most vulnerable in society at breaking point. Calls to ‘tax the rich’ are not enough.
For all their progressive posturing, the leaders of the Scottish National Party are subservient to Washington. The independence movement can only retain its progressive character on an anti-imperialist and working-class basis.
A recent report found that one in ten women murdered in the last 15 years were killed by their son. Strikingly, most of these women were acting as carers for their adult children, filling in for services at breaking point.
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Neville Wright, a long-standing comrade involved in our predecessor organisations; Militant and Socialist Appeal. From the Miners’ Strike to the Poll Tax campaign and Labour under Corbyn, he fought tirelessly. We publish here an obituary penned by a close comrade.
While Labour ramps up austerity, trade union leaders have endorsed the government’s militarism, naively believing that this will create jobs and economic growth for British workers. We say: No trust in Starmer! Fight the bosses and warmongers head on!
With soaring costs, welfare cuts, and people struggling to make ends meet, the cost of living crisis is hitting harder than ever—if it ever truly left. It’s time for workers to take action, fight back, and make the parasites pay.
Keir Starmer has hatched a ‘Trumpian’ plan to balance the state’s books: slash the civil service; and abolish NHS England in the name of “democratic control”. But behind this bold scheme lies one small detail: workers are getting the short end of the stick.