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The latest ruling in the Supreme Court has found in favour of two families who were challenging the Tories and their much-hated “bedroom tax”. Corbyn and the other leaders of the labour movement must now go on the offensive and use this case as a spearhead to attack the Tories and their whole austerity programme.
Recent reports indicate that three regional NHS services in the UK are predicted to reach a combined shortfall of £2.4 billion by 2020. It is becoming increasingly clear to all – patients, healthcare staff, and politicians – that a crisis is brewing inside Britain’s National Health Service, as the Tory government – and the system they defend – starve the NHS of funds.
Earlier this year, Socialist Appeal supporter and UNISON activist Terry McPartlan received a letter from Iain McNicol, Labour Party general secretary, stating that he’d been expelled from the Party after 36 years of continuous membership. We publish here an extended letter from Terry about his thoughts on the Labour purge.
GMB, Britain’s general union, has announced four days of strikes and continuous action short of strike in November, with GMB members in York will downing tools after a failure to reach agreement with their employer, Tangerine. Socialist Appeal supporters in the GMB report on the battles being fought by factory workers against the confectionary company bosses.
On 9th November, spontaneous protests erupted across America in response to the US election results. While liberal apologists despaired, the instincts of the radicalised youth came alive. This is the Sanders movement 2.0, no longer attempting to transform the Democrats, but pouring into the streets, refusing to accept a society in which racism and unemployment are allowed to fester.
Five years ago, Muammar Gaddafi was caught and shot dead by the militias of the Libyan National Transitional Council, with the active support of the French Intelligence services. At the time, imperialist intervention in Libya was justified on “humanitarian” grounds. But what, in reality, have the imperialists achieved since?
Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections is a political earthquake that makes Brexit look like a minor tremor in comparison. We publish here videos from Alan Woods and Rob Sewell, in which they discusses the anti-establishment mood lying behind Trump’s win and the implications for America and the rest of the world.
Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections is a political earthquake that has shattered the entire global Establishment. Trump is not the problem, however, but a symptom of a more general malaise in society. The system has broken, and the American Dream has become a nightmare for millions. John Peterson of Socialist Appeal USA analyses “America’s Brexit”.
We publish here a report of a recent protest in central London in solidarity with the #FeesMustFall student movement in South Africa, along with text from a leaflet from the demo by the SOAS Marxist society, and an in-depth analysis of the #FeesMustFall movement by Ben Morken of the IMT in South Africa.
The world waits with bated breath as the “leader of the free world” is selected. The Election 2016 campaign has been like no other seen in the US for a century or more. Voters are trying to make up their minds as to “which candidate they hate less”. As John Peterson of Socialist Appeal USA comments, the US elections have destabilised the already chaotic world situation even further.
Around the world, millions of people are waiting nervously to find out whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will become the most powerful person in the free world. Whoever wins, the election result is not the end of the process; for Marxists, the work is just beginning!
With the shock defeat for the Tory government in the High Court yesterday, the turmoil arising from the Brexit vote in June rumbles on. But this is only a foretaste of the storms that lie ahead. While MPs will not block Brexit, they can certainly delay it and water down any proposals. Prime Minister May faces months of clashes, guerrilla warfare, and an extremely unstable future.