Across the world, establishment politicians and bourgeois economists are growing anxious about ageing populations and shrinking family sizes. The real problem, however, is not a demographic crunch, but the crisis of capitalism.

The catastrophic failure of the Ukrainian counter-offensive is provoking splits and divisions in the NATO alliance. Meanwhile, workers across the world are paying the price for this inter-imperialist conflict. The class struggle is set to intensify.

A confused motion is up for discussion at this week’s TUC Congress, calling for ‘solidarity with Ukraine’. Instead of backing the Tories and their imperialist aims, the labour movement must fight for an internationalist, class-based position.