Earlier this week a solidarity meeting was held in London condemning the British state’s recent raid on a Kurdish community centre. The meeting exposed the imperialist interests behind these crackdowns, and discussed how we can support Kurdish self-determination here in Britain.
UK universities like to portray themselves as neutral, apolitical institutions. But from ties to the ‘defence’ sector and British intelligence, to attacks on free speech and pro-Palestine voices, it’s clear that the university bosses are servants of imperialism.
Prominent American trade unionist Chris Smalls has released a documentary about his grassroots campaign to unionise Amazon workers. The Communist attended the UK premiere and Q&A with Smalls and the film’s co-directors.
Two exhibitions on the Pre-Raphaelite art movement are currently on show in Birmingham. As well as pursuing aesthetic innovation, the Pre-Raphaelites sought to critique, and even overcome, the harsh, alienating reality of Victorian industrial society.
The monarchy is once again mired in scandal, following an investigation which uncovered the dark underbelly of the Crown’s property empire. Instead of royals evicting workers from their homes, we should be evicting the royals from their (multiple) palaces!
Engineering workers at the construction site for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station recently downed tools and walked out. Further action has been delayed, but it’s only a matter of time until relations with the bosses reach a meltdown.
Employees at Vauxhall’s Luton factory are the latest victims of the global crisis hitting the automotive industry. With sales slowing down, jobs are being axed across the sector. Workers must demand nationalisation without compensation.
Continuing our series on party building, this week we zoom in on the Sheffield district of the RCP, where the branches have grown spectacularly on the back of training new party leaders, and having a professional approach to their political work.
Yesterday, sixth form teachers organised in the NEU began strike action against Labour’s plans to push academisation, and to make workers pay for the crisis in schools. RCP members joined the picket lines to hear what they had to say.
As previously reported, security workers at the Natural History Museum are striking for better pay and conditions. Management is now trying to break the strike. We say: outflank the bosses’ offensive! For united, coordinated action of all museum staff!
From the construction sector to schools to the NHS, bosses are always cutting corners to make more profits. In the latest issue of The Communist, our readers in these industries expose this short-sighted race to the bottom.
In the last issue of The Communist, we zoomed in on the Manchester district, where the Party has achieved record growth. As the comrades explain, this success was rooted in a serious approach to studying Marxist theory.