PCS members begin a national strike ballot today, against a backdrop of attacks on jobs, pay, and conditions in the civil service. Truss and the Tories have declared war on Whitehall. The unions must mobilise and launch a united fightback.
This week’s Labour conference will provide no optimism for activists looking to fight back against the Tories and bosses. By contrast, recent rallies of the ‘Enough is Enough’ campaign have drawn energetic crowds, as the class struggle sharpens.
Responding to recent advances by western-backed Ukrainian forces, Vladimir Putin this week announced plans to mobilise additional military manpower for Russia’s war effort. The big imperialist powers are raising the stakes on both sides.
With inflation spiralling out of control, central banks are hiking interest rates, provoking recession. The ruling class is increasingly split, as the crisis of capitalism deepens. Only socialist revolution can provide a way out of this impasse.
This Sunday sees the latest national elections in Italy. The result is likely to return a right-wing coalition. This will mean further attacks on workers and the oppressed – and further strikes and explosive struggles, as the masses mobilise.
Oliver Eagleton’s new book examines the rise and fall of the Corbyn movement, and how ‘Sir’ Keir Starmer came to lead the Labour Party. With the class struggle intensifying, it is vital that the left learns the lessons of these events.
For months, far-right Hindu chauvinists have been attacking the Muslim community in Leicester, inspired by similar aggression in Modi’s India. Workers of all backgrounds must unite to defeat this menace, and drive the far right off our streets.
After a hiatus of royalist flag-waving, the Tories have resumed their class war on workers. The Chancellor is set to outline the government’s Thatcherite strategy for growth. But such plans will quickly crash up against capitalism’s deep crisis.
Britain has emerged from its enforced period of official national mourning. Despite a barrage of establishment propaganda, the real mood is not one of genuine grief, but of profound uncertainty and anger. The return to reality will be explosive.
Only weeks into the new academic year, it is clear that UK schools are suffering from a severe staff shortage. Swathes of teachers are dropping out of the profession, due to low pay and high workloads. But teaching unions are fighting back.
As prices soar, more and more people are being forced into theft to put food on the table, or petrol in the tank. Tough Tory promises about ‘law and order’ are no solution. Instead, we must fight to make the bosses pay for this crisis.
Unison members in higher education at 22 universities are staging stikes over pay. At the same time, lecturers in the UCU are balloting for action. The scene is set for united struggle by workers and students on campuses across the country.