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The capitalists are eager for the COVID-19 crisis to come to an end. And with vaccines on the way, many anticipate a rapid economic bounce back. But the new normal will be one of crisis, chaos, and class struggle
This weekend sees the PCS Left Unity conference. In advance of this, we publish here the introduction from the latest bulletin of PCS Marxists. We must transform our unions and arm the movement with a bold socialist programme.
Even the strategists of the ruling class are warning of an apocalyptic scenario for British capitalism, as the pandemic, Brexit, and economic chaos combine to create a perfect storm. We are entering a period of revolutionary convulsions.
Faced with bankruptcy, the Labour-controlled Croydon Council has announced that services will be slashed to the ‘bare minimum’. Instead of carrying out cuts, the leaders of the labour movement must launch a mass campaign against austerity.
With delusions of grandeur in relation to the strength of British imperialism, Johnson and the Tories have announced a massive increase in military spending. Starmer has scandously accepted this. Labour must call for welfare, not warfare.
As the economy plunges, Debenhams and Arcadia – the retail empire of tax-dodging fat cat ‘Sir’ Philip Green – have gone bust, putting 25,000 jobs at risk. But this is only the beginning. The labour movement must fight to make the bosses pay.
With his new environmental strategy, the Tory leader has pledged to save both the planet and the economy. But these are empty promises, relying on big business at a time of deep crisis. We need a socialist response to climate chaos.
The Manchester student rent strike has won concessions from the university, showing what can be achieved through organisation and action. This militant example must now be replicated across the country.
In telling the story of the ‘Mangrove Nine’, Steve McQueen’s new BBC film highlights the struggle against racism, then and now. As the protagonist asserts: the system is rigged and rotten. We must rip up racism at its root – capitalism.
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.