A number of companies are trialling the introduction of a four-day working week, with no loss of pay. If ‘successful’, this will simply mean more intense working conditions for the working class, whilst the bosses rake in more profits.
Tomorrow sees the return of the Durham Miners’ Gala – an annual celebration of the labour movement and its history. Today, with capitalism in crisis and workers on the move, it is vital we reclaim the militant traditions of the class struggle.
This summer marks a century since the outbreak of civil war in Ireland, when fighting began between supporters of the Anglo-Irish Treaty and those demanding a sovereign Irish Republic. Today, the struggle for a Socialist United Ireland continues.
Laura Brown and Joel Bergman discuss the reasons and impact of the repeal of Roe v. Wade.
After months of crises and scandals, faced with a growing rebellion in his ranks, Boris Johnson has finally fallen on his sword. But the Tory leader’s departure will not solve any problems for the ruling class. Instead, explosive events impend.
Strike action by doctors could be on the cards, as part of a British Medical Association campaign for a 30% pay rise. This struggle must be linked to those of other health workers and striking unions – and to the fight for socialist policies.
CWU members at Royal Mail and BT Group are mobilising to take action over pay, with posties balloting and telecoms workers voting to strike. Class struggle is spreading like wildfire across the country. The unions must unite and fight.
Johnson’s government is imploding, with the resignation of two leading cabinet members last night. Whoever ends up in Number 10, however, faces a perfect storm of stagflation and struggle. We say: Throw them all out – and their rotten system!
Drunk on their victory at the national conference, the Unison bureaucracy has scandalously stripped Paul Holmes of every elected position he holds in the union. The left must urgently mobilise a rank-and-file fightback against this outrage.
The Met Police has been placed under special measures following a litany of high-profile scandals. But workers and youth should place no faith in these toothless tweaks and ‘reforms’. We must fight to throw out the entire rotten system.
With inflation soaring, the apologists of capitalism are demanding that workers show ‘wage restraint’ to subdue prices. Workers are not the cause of rising costs, however, but the victims of this crisis. To fight inflation, we need expropriation!
At last month’s Unison conference, the right wing went on the offensive, attempting to regain control of the union. Instead of resisting this onslaught, however, the left went into retreat. We must learn the lessons of these important events.