Al Jazeera’s new series provides further evidence showing how the Labour right wing manufactured a crisis in order to witch-hunt Corbyn and his supporters. The left must learn the lessons from these events, and build a militant leadership.
Last Saturday saw demonstrations across the country in support of striking workers, and in protest against the escalating cost-of-living crisis. With the Tories and their system in meltdown, the stage is set for a bitter winter of discontent.
The last few weeks have seen radicalised students arriving on campuses and signing up in droves for the Marxist Student Federation. There is an enormous thirst for revolutionary ideas. Now is the time to join the struggle for socialism.
As the crisis in Britain deepens, civil service union PCS is balloting members for national strike action. Socialist Appeal spoke with Fran Heathcote, the union’s president, to discuss what this means for the rising tide of class struggle.
The last week has seen the UK economy go up in flames, sparked by the unhinged plans of the reckless Tory leaders. Just when the British ruling class thought things couldn’t get any worse, Liz Truss came along and proved otherwise.
In September 2022, Hamid Alizadeh and Jorge Martin discussed the main developments in the Ukraine war, and where the conflict is going.
The UK economy is crashing – the latest disaster in the long-running decline of British capitalism. At the same time, the class divide is widening, and industrial militancy is on the rise. We must prepare for revolutionary explosions.
This weekend will see coordinated action across the labour movement, with rail workers, dockers, bus drivers, and posties all striking, bolstered by solidarity protests. This must be the start of a mass campaign to overthrow the bosses’ system.
The Labour right wing felt the wind in their sails at this year’s conference, having taken control of the party, and currently riding high in the polls. But workers should have no trust in the prospect of a capitalist Starmer government.
Panic has set in following last Friday’s mini-Budget announcement by the Tory chancellor, as the pound collapses and borrowing costs soar. But the UK’s economic problems run deep. British capitalism is in a state of terminal decline.
Following defeat in last academic year’s university strikes, UCU members are again balloting for action. This time, if the vote is successful, branches will all come out together, paving the way for coordinated action – on campuses and beyond.
Italy has a new reactionary government in power, following elections on Sunday. This will mean further vicious attacks on workers and the oppressed. Explosive class struggles lie ahead – on the industrial front, and on the streets.