The conflict in Unison between the union bureaucracy and the new left leadership came to a head at yesterday’s NEC meeting. The right wing has thrown down the gauntlet. The left must answer by mobilising the membership.
While Boris Johnson waffles at Tory Party conference, the country is collapsing. Even Tory MPs are warning of a ‘winter of discontent’, as prices rise and austerity bites. Only the fight for socialism can end this capitalist chaos and crisis.
Revelations surrounding the brutal murder of Sarah Everard have highlighted the institutional sexism that runs deep in the police. Women will never be kept safe by the violent capitalist state. We must fight to overthrow this rotten system.
In this talk, Alan Woods outlines the history of philosophical ideas, and how they have laid the basis for philosophy of Marxism – dialectical materialism.
Left-wing director Ken Loach recently spoke with Socialist Appeal, discussing the civil war inside the Labour Party and the prospects for the left. As Ken emphasises, the ideas of Marxism will play a vital role in the struggles ahead.
Two young climate activists in Ireland are facing draconian punishments from the state in response to direct action taken earlier this year. We say: Solidarity with Orla and Zac! Protest is not a crime! The real criminals are the capitalists!
A new TV documentary reveals the scandalous negligence by cost-cutting management and authorities which led to the shocking tragedy of the Grenfell fire. The fight for justice must be a fight against the corrupt, rotten capitalist system.
Starmer and the right wing used the recent Labour conference to consolidate their grip over the party. As Rob Sewell discusses, an examination of their big business backers reveals clearly the capitalist interests that they represent and defend.
This year’s Labour conference has ended in a victory for the right wing. The left must learn the lessons from the rise and fall of the Corbyn movement. The only way forward is to build the forces of Marxism. Join us in this vital task.
On this day 40 years ago, in the face of Tory intransigence, the hunger strike by Republican political prisoners in Ireland came to an end. Decades on, only revolutionary class struggle can provide a future free from oppression and sectarianism.
Recent events in Ireland have shone a light on the hypocrisy and haughtiness of the political establishment, who believe that there is one rule for them and another for the rest. But beneath the surface, an explosive anger is accumulating.
As the crisis deepens, the working class is facing a tsunami of austerity and attacks – from cuts to Universal Credit, to rising energy bills, to the scourge of ‘fire and rehire’. The Tories are sitting atop a powder keg that is ready to explode.