In two weeks from today, activists from across Europe will gather in London for this year’s Revolution Festival, where we’ll be commemorating Britain’s revolutionary history. Don’t miss out – book your place now and join the revolution!
Events over the last week have underlined that we still have a long way to go in terms of fighting for democracy and justice within the Labour Party. Members must rally to defend Chris Williamson and demand mandatory reselection.
The new Joker film reimagines the classic villain as the victim of a system that abandons the mentally ill and leaves people to languish in a manufactured poverty. Capitalism is shown to be the real villain of Gotham city.
Syriza’s betrayal demonstrates how anti-austerity governments must break with capitalism or be forced to enact the austerity demanded by the crisis. This is an essential lesson for the British Labour movement, with a possible Corbyn government.
Guy Standing’s new book examines how our common assets have been stolen from us and turned into sources of profit for the rich. He suggests this process is a result of bad political choices – but it is inherent to the capitalist system.
Thousands of elderly people in care homes pay extortionate fees for poor quality care, whilst the owners make millions in profits every year. Labour is promising free care at the point of use. We must expropriate negligent care providers to fund it.
As in any country, the ruling class in Ireland have distorted their history to disguise the role of the revolutionary masses. In Resistance and Rebellion, by RTE, the revolutionary role of James Connolly and the Irish masses are obscurred.
In this Channel 5 documentary, former Tory MP Michael Portillo provides a glance behind the curtain of the party’s squabbles. With no clear explanation of the crisis, the programme speaks volumes about the Tories’ innability to understand it.
At the Labour Party conference Mark Serwotka announced that PCS would campaign for a Corbyn government. Under his leadership PCS has become one of the most left-wing unions. Whilst the Socialist Party attempts to undermine him, we say support Serwotka!
Boris Johnson is preparing to fight an election on the lines of “the People vs Parliament”. Labour must meet this demagoguery with mass mobilisation of workers and youth, organised around a bold class programme of socialist policies.
Carillion collapsed last January after years of mismanagement. There have been no repercussions for the senior managers, who benefited from huge pay rises in the company’s final years, the burden has fallen entirely on the workers. End outsourcing!
Three Blairite MPs have been triggered as Labour members look to democratically take control of the Parliamentary Labour Party. The Blairites are fighting back the only way they know how, through bureaucratic manouvres. Boot out the Blairites.