Support the striking Suttons tanker drivers!
Gilly Singh of the Liverpool Marxists reports on the strike of workers at the Eastham refinery, near Ellesmere Port, who are fighting back against attacks on their terms and conditions.
The rise and fall of neoliberalism and globalisation
After a decade of crisis and austerity, the neoliberal consensus has come to an end. In this video, James Kilby discusses the history of the failed capitalist models of neoliberalism and globalisation.
1968: Year of revolution – Marxist Student conference 2018
This year’s conference of the Marxist Student Federation commemorates the 50th anniversary of the revolutionary events of 1968. Join us at the conference in London on 17th February!
Marxists scare the Tory press and bourgeois academics
A recent poll finds that young people today see capitalism as more dangerous than communism. But what has really sent the establishment into a frenzy is Marxist student Fiona Lali’s defence of communism on BBC Radio 4.
Labour’s Democratic Review: can you see what’s missing?
Corbyn’s initiative for a review of Labour’s democratic structures is a welcome break from Blairite bureaucracy. But it has one notable absence: the democratic accountability of MPs and councillors.
NHS crisis deepens this winter under Tories’ watch
NHS activist Dave Platts reports on the ever-worsening healthcare crisis. Tory cuts and privatisation have put the NHS on life support. We need a socialist Labour government to save our NHS.
Momentum win NEC landslide – now to complete Labour’s transformation
The Left’s clear victory in the Labour NEC elections must be used as a platform for sweeping changes across the Party, Adam Booth writes. We need mandatory reselection and socialist policies.
Carillion collapse: the true, ugly face of the profit system
The collapse of Carillion has come as a shock to the company’s workers and the public who rely on its services. But it seems that Westminster politicians and City bankers were fully aware of the dodgy dealings going on at the construction and outsourcing giant. The failed firm is a damning indictment of the parasitic capitalist system.
The Bitcoin bubble and cryptocurrency craze
Adam Booth looks at the speculative mania developing around Bitcoin and other digital currencies, which is a reflection of the general crisis of capitalism.
Myths of Marxism: what’s the difference between socialism and communism?
Are the terms ‘socialism’ and ‘communism’ interchangeable? Thomas Soud from the Warwick Marxists sets out to answer this question.
For a new ‘New Unionism’
The labour movement in Britain today, Ben Gliniecki writes, can learn important lessons from the ‘New Unionism’ movement in the 1880s, which set out to organise the ‘unorganisable’ through militant action and radical demands.
May’s omnishambles reshuffle: another nail in the coffin
Ben Curry looks at Theresa May’s botched cabinet reshuffle, which has further exposed the weakness of the Prime Minister and her government. The only thing keeping them together right now is the threat of Corbyn entering Downing Street.