The prospects for British capitalism are dire. The stage is being set for economic catastrophe, with a stagflationary crisis of low growth coupled with rising prices looming. Reeves and co. offer no solutions – only a revolutionary alternative will end this misery.
Workers in Port Talbot are facing mass layoffs and the decimation of their town. Yet union leaders are sitting on their hands. The time for bold action is now! Join the communists in campaigning for workers to take control.
From Port Talbot steelworks, to Grangemouth refinery, to the Harland & Wolff shipyards: across the country, workers are set to be thrown on the scrapheap, as British industry goes to the wall. We need nationalisation, planning, and workers’ control.
In its first year of power, Starmer’s ‘electoral fortress’ has suffered the same sorry fate as the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic. With stormier waters ahead, Reeves’ Spending Review is merely rearranging the deckchairs on a sinking ship. Time to throw these capitalist shills overboard!
In issue 33 readers expose Britain’s deep crises – from childcare burdens forcing grandparents into unpaid roles, to football clubs on the brink, unequal pay for the Lionesses, exploited Fringe workers, and job losses from Trump’s tariffs.
Across Britain, the bosses are going on the offensive, attacking workers’ jobs, pay, and conditions in order to boost their profits. The gloves are off. The time for compromise is over. The unions must fight back with militant action.
While workers and the poor face ever-greater hardships, the super-rich are making a killing. In response to this gaping wealth divide, left wingers like Jeremy Corbyn and Gary Stevenson are saying we should ‘tax the rich’. But does this offer a real solution?
Protectionist trade wars. Jingoism and rearmament. Austerity and attacks on the working class… Did someone set the clock back to the 1930s? To combat the coming catastrophe, we need a global revolution against the billionaire class.
Around a third of voters in England will go to the polls this Thursday, in council and mayoral elections that are likely to be a humiliation for both the Labour and the Tories. We say: Kick out all the Westminster warmongers, liars, and racists!
After decades of decline, British capitalism is particularly vulnerable to the instability that Trump and his ‘America First’ programme bring. The new president will inflame the political turmoil, radicalisation, and polarisation taking place in Britain.
In the run-up to next week’s NATO summit, Starmer’s Labour has announced more new plans to ramp up military spending, using the threat of a ‘Russian invasion’ to carry out attacks on workers at home. Down with militarism! For welfare, not warfare!
30 years ago, in March 1984, strikes began at coal fields across the country. This marked the beginning of the Great Miners’ Strike of 1984-85, one of the most inspiring class struggles in British history. We will be remembering this historical movement with a series of articles, starting with this extract from Rob Sewell’s book, “In the Cause of Labour”.