Today is the second anniversary of the terrible catastrophe that was the Grenfell tower fire. But precious little has changed for the affected residents. The whole labour movement should support their struggle for justice.
Fred Weston, editor of www.marxist.com, discusses the revolutionary events taking place in Sudan.
Edgar Sait-Jones reviews the latest critically-acclaimed series from HBO, which looks at the dramatic events surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion in 1986. This laid bare the faults of the Stalinist bureaucracy.
Members from the bakers and food workers’ union have been meeting this week for their annual conference. The bold motions passed set the tone for the struggles that lie ahead for the labour movement.
The contest to become the next leader of the Conservative Party – and the next Prime Minister – is in full swing. The ruling class is dismayed by how things are panning out. We say: time to kick out all the Tories! General election now!
The Liberal Democrats are undergoing an apparent revival by sucking up support from Remainers. But for all their opposition to Tory Brexiteers, they happily sat with these monsters as part of Cameron’s coalition of austerity.
The Ford plant in Bridgend, South Wales, is the latest closure facing workers in British manufacturing. To save industry and jobs, we need nationalisation – without any compensation to the bosses.
Delegates from the food workers’ union (BFAWU) are currently meeting for their annual conference. These union members are based in some of Britain’s most precarious workplaces. The labour movement must organise to end this exploitation.
The results in Peterborough have defied the odds. Labour has shown that it can beat Farage and the Tories – provided it bridges across the Brexit divide, mobilises activists, and fights on class issues. Bring on a general election.
MMT has created a buzz on the left recently, with its supporters citing it as an answer to all our economic woes. Instead of trendy new ideas, however, we need the clear scientific analysis of capitalism that Marxism provides.
Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism, comments on President Trump’s recent state visit to Britain.
A new book by Oliver Bullough lifts the lid on the murky world of the super-rich elite and the dodgy practices they undertake in order to hide their ill-gotten gains. This is the true, ugly face of capitalism.