Provocations by the Labour right are hardening the mood amongst grassroots members. Activists are fighting back, passing motions in defiance of the party leadership and HQ, including votes of no confidence. We say: Starmer out! Corbyn in!
Tomorrow – 28 November – marks the 200th birthday of Friedrich Engels. Rob Sewell commemorates this bicentenary by looking at the vital contribution that Engels made to developing the ideas of Marxism, for which we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude.
Outlining the government’s latest spending plans yesterday, Rishi Sunak announced a wave of new austerity measures, including attacks on wages and welfare. The labour movement must fight for a bold socialist alternative.
The latest film from Aaron Sorkin, creator of ‘The West Wing’, depicts the events of the 1969-70 ‘conspiracy trial’ against anti-war activists in the USA: another clear example of the racist and reactionary nature of the capitalist legal system.
The inquiry into police infiltration of activist organisations and trade unions is finally underway. First up is the question of police involvement in blacklisting. The evidence is clear: the state exists to protect the bosses’ system.
Security staff at the University of Greenwich, represented by the IWGB union, are in a dispute with ruthless outsourcing employers Sodexo. Workers and students should support their fight against outsourcing, threats, and victimisation.
There are only a few days left to vote in the Unison general secretary elections. The results could go either way. A win for the left would transform the labour movement. Push forward and elect Paul Holmes, the socialist candidate!
From day one, the Tories have used the pandemic as an opportunity to line the pockets of their friends in big business. Capitalism is corruption. We need a workers’ government that puts lives before profits.
Boris Johnson has again managed to pour petrol on the flames with his loose-tonged approach – this time by revealing his real thoughts about devolution. Rising support for independence is yet another thorn in the PM’s side.
After bailing out big business with billions, the Tories are pledging to ‘balance the books’ by implementing a public sector pay freeze. The trade union leaders must respond with bold united action. For a one-day public sector strike!
Events in the Labour Party have demonstrated the ruthlessness of the right – as well as the timidity of the left. The problem boils down to a crisis of leadership. We call on readers to join us and help build the forces of Marxism.
News of potentially viable vaccines offers a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. But whilst workers will bear the brunt of the coronavirus crisis, the major pharmaceutical monopolies are laughing all the way to the bank.