British Gas has sacked hundreds of workers who would not sign up to worse contracts. ‘Fire and rehire’ has become the bosses’ go-to weapon for attacking pay and conditions. The labour movement must wage a united militant campaign to defeat it.
The global microchip shortage has shed light on the retreat from globalisation across the world. The scramble to re-shore industries can only intensify the crisis of capitalism. The only way out is international co-operation and socialist planning.
Plans for an exclusive European Super League have been defeated thanks to mass protests by football fans across England. This is a major victory for supporters. But the fight to stop the profiteering and plunder of ‘the people’s game’ continues.
In this podcast, Niklas Albin Svensson sets out a Marxist analysis of the history and nature of fascism: what it is; what it isn’t; and how the labour movement can smash fascist and far-right groups wherever they emerge.
Derek Chauvin has been convicted for the racist murder of George Floyd. However, only a mass movement of the working class can win real justice for the millions of victims of this oppressive system. To end racism, we must end capitalism.
Recent release ‘The Mauritanian’ depicts the brutal treatment inflicted upon prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, as part of the so-called ‘War on Terror’. As this film shows, the biggest terrorist of them all is US imperialism and the capitalist state.
The scandalous announcement by football’s top clubs of a new elite breakaway ‘European Super League’ is the logical conclusion of profit penetrating the world of sport. To save the ‘beautiful game’, we must kick capitalism out of football.
Campaigning is currently underway in the Unison NEC elections, with a slate of grassroots activists standing. A sectarian approach by others, however, risks splitting the left vote. We urge union members to back #TimeForRealChange candidates.
Reports on whistleblowing website ‘Everyone’s Invited’ have revealed a toxic culture of sexism and misogyny in Britain’s schools, particularly prevalent in elite institutions – a reflection of the oppression intrinsic to capitalism.
Debates are taking place inside Black Lives Matter UK about how to take the movement forward. To advance the fight against racism, we need a united struggle based on class-based demands and a clear socialist programme.
As the crisis of capitalism deepens, the forces of Marxism are growing in Britain. This has allowed us to take on a number of new full-time staff over the past year. But now we need your help to expand into bigger offices. Please donate today!
Students at an academy in London have organised and walked out against management’s proposed racist changes in their school. As the establishment ramps up their ‘culture war’, young people are showing the way forward by fighting back.