SNP leader John Swinney has called for a liberal cross-class alliance of political parties and trade unions to stem the rise of Farage’s Reform in Scotland. But the liberals and right-wing populists are both reactionaries. Workers must sweep aside all of these liars and crooks.
New revelations from the Undercover Policing Inquiry have exposed the horrifying scale to which undercover police officers manipulated and abused women to spy on left-wing groups. We can have no faith in the rotten British state to deliver justice.
Starmer’s Labour is promoting anti-immigration campaigns on TikTok and leaving Ukrainian refugees at risk of deportation. Meanwhile asylum seekers die due to Home Office negligence. Here, readers of The Communist shed light on the latest anti-migrant attacks by the ruling class.
With Reform rising in the polls, Starmer’s Labour are desperately trying to win back their dwindling voter base. Their ‘new strategy’, however, is nothing but more culture war and migrant-bashing. We need a real, class alternative.
The incoming ‘Chief Executive’ of the Lancashire County Council is set to be paid an eye-watering £236,960 salary – a handsome reward for attacking social care workers and imposing austerity. Down with these thieving bureaucrats!
The Labour-run Bradford Council is hiking council tax by 9.9 percent, while making cuts to vital local services. Workers and young people are being made to foot the bill for the crisis in local government. No to austerity! Make the billionaires pay!
Birmingham University contributed to one of humanity’s most devastating weapons: the atomic bomb. The university’s role in war research and military innovation is something the uni bosses proudly boast about. We say: science should serve humanity, not militarism!
Youth services have been gutted by a decade of capitalist austerity and decline. Centres are now forced to go cap-in-hand to private companies and philanthropists for funding. Here, we publish a first-hand account from a youth worker in Manchester.
The government has been embroiled in shady dealings with CIA-funded intelligence company Palantir, which has been awarded a £330m NHS contract and access to sensitive healthcare data. Corruption and bribery are built into the capitalist state.
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca recently abandoned their plans to build a £450m vaccine factory in Merseyside, despite the government bending over backwards to keep investors happy. Things are looking desperate for Labour’s plans to get British capitalism growing.
RCP comrade Kate Holmes, a student at Leeds University, has been barred from standing in the upcoming SU elections, in a clear case of political suppression and censorship. Students and staff deserve fighting unions! Reinstate Kate!
Tenants in Glasgow are campaigning for the council to curb the housing crisis, by building more affordable homes. A recent demonstration exposed the sleazy lobbying and behind-the-scenes graft that takes place between big landlords and the council.