Football is increasingly dominated by profit, which is sucking the excitement and spectacle out of the sport. At the same time, large numbers of smaller clubs face an existential crisis. We need to kick capitalism out of football.
The ballot for the Labour leadership contest opens this week. Rebecca Long-Bailey and Richard Burgon are the clear candidates of the left. But to beat their right-wing rivals, RLB and Burgon must mobilise grassroots members around bold socialist demands.
The Home Office’s recent Jamaica deportation demonstrates that Johnson’s government is continuing the Tory ‘hostile environment’ policy in order to whip up xenophobia. The labour movement must fight back against racist Tory attacks.
Ben Curry (Socialist Appeal Editorial Board) discusses the results of the recent general elections in Ireland, which have dealt a shattering blow to the Irish establishment and the two-party system.
Ireland was previously hailed by liberal commentators for bucking the trend of political instability. But it has now caught up with a bang. The rise of Sinn Féin has delivered the establishment and the two-party system a decisive blow.
Boris Johnson’s call for a “defining year of climate action” will fool nobody. The Tories represent those who are destroying the planet. As long as the economy is privately-owned and run for profit, the climate crisis cannot be solved.
Last year, Latin America, the Middle East, and Hong Kong were shaken by mass movements where radical youth played a significant role. At the MSF conference, Marxists from across the country will be discussing these revolutionary events.
The government recently revealed plans for a new wave of across-the-board cuts, exposing the lie that the Age of Austerity is over. Vital services are already at breaking point. Labour and the unions must take a militant stand against these attacks.
Trump’s recently announced “Deal of the Century” to broker “peace” in Israel-Palestine is a laundry list of humiliating terms for the Palestinians, aimed at giving full US backing to Israeli expansionism.
A recent report demonstrates the high level of dissatisfaction with democracy across the world. Liberalism is in crisis as capitalism fails to improve or even maintain living standards. Only socialism provides an answer.
The result of the last general election was an expression of the deep anger in society. The Tories will quickly find themselves unable to quell this anger as they continue to carry out cuts, laying the basis for major upheavals.
The results of the general election show that Ireland has caught up with the rest of Europe in terms of political polarisation and the collapse of the centre ground. The country is set for a new period of instability.