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We are celebrating this year’s May Day, International Workers’ Day, by launching the Revolutionary Communist Party. Explosive events, upheavals, and class battles are coming in Britain. We must prepare by building the forces of genuine communism.
With the founding congress of the RCP only days away, we are joined by Ben Gliniecki for the final episode of the series, to discuss the importance of this event, how the congress works, and what you can do to prepare for this historic weekend.
Scotland’s First Minister has stepped down, as the crisis that has engulfed the SNP and Holyrood erupts out into the open. The economic, social, and political instability that has rocked the rest of Britain is now hitting Scotland with full force.
This Thursday, voters in the capital will go to the polls for the London mayoral election. But none of the candidates for City Hall have any solutions to the problems facing workers and youth. We must fight to build a revolutionary alternative.
Last Friday, communists kicked Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg out of Cardiff University. Establishment politicians and the media have responded with a frenzy of condemnation. We will step up the struggle to bring down our imperialist ruling class!
Across campuses in the United States, a movement has exploded against the massacre in Gaza. The state has responded with brutal repression, and a whole generation is being politicised. The RCP stands in full solidarity with this courageous struggle.
Humza Yousaf’s government in Scotland is on the verge of collapse, with the First Minister and his Holyrood administration facing a vote of no confidence. The SNP have led Scottish workers down a dead end. It is time to take a revolutionary road.
University students in Britain are facing a barrage of cuts and attacks on their learning and living conditions. The Revolutionary Communist Party is organising on campuses across the country, fighting to kick capitalism out of education.
As the conflict in the Middle East threatens to spiral out of control, the warmongers in Westminster and Washington are ramping up their militarism: finding money for bombs, but never for workers’ wages and public services. Overthrow their system!
In the new issue of The Communist, our comrades report on the latest developments taking place on the industrial front: from Unison service group elections, to train drivers’ strikes, to efforts by PCS members to stop UK arms exports.
With local elections approaching, things are not looking promising for Rishi Sunak and the Tories. Years of crises and scandals have left the party scarred and fractured. And no amount of manufactured distractions will provide any respite.
Following a wave of industrial struggles over the past couple of years, the trade union movement is at an ebb. Instead of mobilising workers, union leaders are waiting for Labour. Once again, this demonstrates the need for fighting leadership.