Underfunding of the NHS has meant it is under enormous pressure during this pandemic. Charity organisations are desperately trying to fill the gap. But this is only papering over the cracks. We need a fully-funded and worker-run NHS.
The COVID-19 crisis is exposing the limitations of global bodies like the UN and the WHO, trapped between the competing interests of US and Chinese imperialism. Like an umbrella full of holes, they’re useless precisely when they’re most needed.
Distrust towards the establishment is on the rise. This has opened up a space for conspiracy theories to take hold. But we don’t need such ideas to explain the chaos around us. The real culprit is clear: capitalism.
Local councils have been gutted by a decade of Tory austerity. Now, the crisis threats to drive these councils into financial ruin. Local councils must refuse to carry out cuts and link up in a struggle against the Tories and their rotten system.
Revelations that Dominic Cummings sat on the government’s scientific advisory committee have raised question marks over just how ‘impartial’ expert advice is. Under capitalism, science will never be truly objective or independent.
In our latest episode of Marxist Voice, Ben Curry of the Socialist Appeal editorial board joins us to discuss the government’s recent announcement about the lifting of the lockdown.
A recent report estimates that half the world’s workforce will lose their livelihoods as a result of the pandemic. Capitalism is destroying people’s lives. We must fight for a system that works for the billions, not the billionaires.
Couriers and logistics workers have been on the frontline of fighting the pandemic, providing an essential service to society. The bosses, however, have put these key workers’ lives on the line. But delivery workers are fighting back.
In this talk from Revolution Festival 2019, James Kilby of the Socialist Appeal editorial board discusses the lessons of the General Strike of 1926.
Last night’s speech by the Prime Minister has left everyone confused. But the main message was loud and clear: workers are expected to put themselves on the line for the bosses’ profits. The unions must fight for workers’ control.
UK renters are facing an uncertain future, as landlords come hunting for arrears. Labour should be campaigning to cancel rents. But instead, Starmer and his team are cosying up to parasitic landlords and big business.
Today marks the 75th anniversary of VE Day. The establishment are pushing flag-waving jingoism down people’s throats, to distract from the COVID-19 crisis. We must tell the truth about WWII and the so-called ‘war hero’ Winston Churchill.