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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.
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.