Last week, days after an Islamophobic Britain First march in the same city, a man attempted to carry out a terrorist attack at a Manchester mosque. The silence from the establishment is deafening. We can have no faith in politicians and the police to keep communities safe.
In Issue 42 of The Communist, readers discuss the “30 year debt sentence” facing university graduates, the hypocrisy of recent comments made by Manchester United owner and billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, how unemployment feeds into the mental health crisis, and more!
RCP members across the country are breaking new ground to build our party – taking initiatives from holding weekend schools, to setting up new societies on campuses. Our comrades report from the ground on the growing momentum in their areas.
This week, Fiona calls for communists to leave doom-scrolling behind us. Let’s put down our phones and focus on translating the anger and sadness people feel while scrolling online into ‘touching grass’: building a real-life revolutionary organisation to end capitalism.
Ahead of the May Holyrood elections, the ruling Scottish National Party is trying to make overtures to the Palestine movement. But for all the gestures of solidarity, the SNP will not be taking any action against the war machine or the capitalists complicit in genocide.
Last weekend, over 250 communists in the capital joined the inaugural London Marxist School. By the end of the school, it was announced the RCP had passed 400 communist members in London. And we are only getting started.
This weekend, over 100 communists from Wales & West England will descend on Bristol for the third annual Lenin School. This year, we have a special focus on the rise and fall of British capitalism. Get your ticket today and don’t miss out!
In the latest issue of The Communist, readers review Park Chan-Wook’s black-comedy thriller ‘No Other Choice’; Nia DeCosta’s gory yet hopeful ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’; and Adam Forrest Kay’s examination of stagnating modern science in ‘Escape from Shadow Physics’.
The Communist readers highlight the many sided ways the Epstein class are radicalising individuals and society as a whole.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar recently made headlines with his calls for Keir Starmer to step down over the Mandelson affair. But it’s not just the Westminster parties mired in scandal. Both Scottish Labour and the SNP are part of the sleazy establishment.
Starmer’s government has been riddled with crises through February. At this point, you would hope to see Britain’s trade union leaders on the offensive. Alas, blinkered by their reformist approach, their response has been very limited.
Reform is raising a hue and cry over their supposed ‘right’ to speak at universities. But if students decide they don’t want pro-austerity, pro-genocide politicians on their campus, they have the right to mobilise in protest. That is the free speech we’re interested in.
Westminster’s politicians have yet another ‘tough decision’ to make: except this time it’s not about how cruelly to attack the working class, or which minorities to scapegoat, but how to save the crumbling Houses of Parliament. Perhaps Guy Fawkes had a cheap solution.
Desperate to wrap up the heroic eleven-month bin strikes, believing it will save councillors’ skins at May’s local elections, Birmingham City Council are now going for an injunction against megapickets. Defend the right to protest with militant union action!
After 31 developers were sacked at Rockstar Games, video-game industry workers have decided to get organised, on an international level. We got union-busting – and the beginnings of a fightback – before GTA 6!
‘Ukrainian Diary’ is the first major UK retrospective of photographer Boris Mikhailov, a key figure in Soviet non-conformist photography. Encompassing 60 years of work, this exhibit sheds light on the complex reality of daily life in Soviet and post-Soviet Ukraine.
Green Party meetings in the working-class cities of Bradford and Wakefield attracted crowds of hundreds last month. Elsewhere, Green support has surged in places like Teesside and Lewisham. Polanski’s anti-establishment politics are clearly gaining attention.
Yesterday, six of the ‘Filton 24’ political prisoners were found ‘not guilty’ by a jury at Woolwich Crown Court. The British state has once again failed to crush the Palestine movement. We also report from last Saturday’s 100,000-strong national Palestine demo.
George Finch – Reform’s 19-year-old Warwickshire Council leader – provoked protest after attending a talk at Warwick University. While students grilled him on the inside, activists outside picketed the venue. RCP comrades intervened on the ground.
A UNISON-led campaign against Reform’s austerity cuts in Lancashire has forced a partial U-turn on the closure of care homes. But this victory came despite the soft, reformist politics of the organisers. RCP comrades intervened with clear class demands.
RCP members hit the streets of Manchester last weekend to get a sense of the mood around the Gorton & Denton by-election. It’s clear that ordinary Mancunians are fed up with establishment politics, and despise Starmer’s Labour Party.
World events are moving at lightning speed; clarity is essential. Last weekend, one hundred leading RCP members assembled with a single task in mind: to prepare the Party theoretically and organisationally for the turbulent year ahead.
Jesse Welles, an American folk singer from Arkansas USA has captured the burning mood brimming within American society. Welles has tapped into an anti-establishment and anti-war feeling which has invoked an emotive response from many.
Despite leaving tens of thousands without water, South East Water’s boss David Hinton is in line for a £400,000 bonus. We say: privatisation has failed. Expropriate the parasitic water monopolies!
With an unusually contentious Scottish Parliament election in May, the ruling Scottish National Party has thrown a few crumbs to working people in their latest budget. But these superficial ‘progressive’ measures won’t reverse the SNP’s declining support.
The full weight of ‘Broken Britain’ is bearing down on adult and children social services, leaving them crumbling in the face of rising demand and deep austerity. Saving these services requires thoroughgoing socialist measures, writes one social worker.
History shows us that the limited rights the working class enjoys today were won through bitter class struggle and revolution. ‘Resistance’, a recent photography exhibition in Edinburgh, aptly showcased this in documenting a century of struggle against the British state.
Universities stand at a crossroads. Course closures and job cuts are the order of the day. This is the endpoint of the process of marketisation, compounded by the crisis of capitalism. For free, high-quality higher education, we say: kick out capitalism!
Venezuela is being plundered by Donald Trump. President Nicolás Maduro is held prisoner in New York. Venezuelan oil and wealth is draining out of the country. Our government is cheerleading this process. We urgently need your help to say: Hands off Venezuela!
Known as “Bastard Dave” by his Met Police colleagues, David Carrick, a serial rapist and child sex offender, recently received his 37th life sentence. Far from one “bad apple”, Carrick is illustrative of the rot at the heart of our capital’s police.
Labour, Reform, and the Tories are all singing from the same ‘law and order’ hymn sheet in Westminster: upholding the ‘rule of law’ and being ‘tough on crime’. This is complete hypocrisy. The real criminals are in Westminster!
In her first column of 2026, Fiona Lali reflects on the dramatic first fortnight of the year. Events are unfolding at overwhelming speed. The only way through is to understand, and then act to strike imperialism at its very core.
The ‘liberal’ British media, from the BBC to the Guardian, have spent over two decades slandering Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution, and backing regime change in Venezuela. These lackeys of western imperialism must be exposed!
Last month, resident doctors took to the picket line again in their fight for pay restoration, better staffing and decent conditions. Revolutionary Communists in Bristol report on the mood on the ground.
Emergency protests were organised in Britain following Donald Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro. Our correspondents across the country share reports from the ground.
Britain is uninvestable. A worker in a fittings factory tells us about their experience on the shop floor, and how the slowly deteriorating machines exemplify the special crisis of British capitalism.
A mega merger is under way in Hollywood over the historic WarnerBros Discovery corporation. The merger has potentially profound implications in how we consume media, the future of cinema, and the whole of artistic culture for an entire generation.
Two weeks ago, the UCU national ballot for strike action at universities failed to reach the legal threshold – in spite of the crisis enveloping higher education. This disappointing result reflects the members’ frustration with the lack of direction from the top.
For the first time in its 32-year history, Unison has elected a left-wing general secretary. This could be a resounding transformation of Britain’s industrial landscape. To realise this potential, Time for Real Change must mobilise against Starmer and the union bureaucrats.
A recent poll found 80 percent of British adults feel the UK is divided. Two thirds blame ‘culture wars’ for this division – and point the finger at the media and the politicians for their part in exaggerating, or outright inventing, them!
2025 has been quite the year for the Revolutionary Communist Party. From holding the largest communist blocs and communist school in Britain for decades, to raising the most ever in finances and our highest ever paper circulation. Here is your RCP 2025 wrapped!
We continue our series on anti-racist struggles with an article from the late Steve Jones. In the 1970s, an unimposing Gujarati woman, Jayaben Desai, led one of the longest and most violent strikes in the post-war period, transforming the British labour movement.
Stravinsky captured the spirit of the modernist movement. The Rite of Spring ballet, published in 1913, was decried as ‘childish barbarity’ by its bourgeois critics at the time. In reality, it only refracted the horrors that would unfold in the next four years of world war.
Tesla shareholders agreed to a trillion dollar pay package for CEO Elon Musk if the company’s market value reaches $8.4 trillion. This is exactly what Karl Marx predicted, extreme wealth at one end and extreme poverty and misery at the other. Musk is a parasite! Seize their wealth!
The SNP government is proposing to issue its own debt bonds in the near future, in the hope of funding public spending through extra borrowing. Far from providing sovereignty and independence, this will put Scotland more at the mercy of the markets.
Labour hail Andy Burnham’s Bee Network as a “bus revolution” – but workers see otherwise. TfGM tram and bus workers have gone on strike and will be taking further action later in December. Manchester RCP members report from on the ground.
We are excited to announce that The Communists are Coming: A Visual Manifesto – an original, feature-length documentary produced by the Revolutionary Communist International – is coming to East London this Saturday. Get your tickets while you can!
A survey of 11,000 Reform supporters has revealed the shaky social coalition that Farage rests upon. With many respondents feeling economically insecure and valuing public services, a future Reform government would face the exact same conundrum as Labour.
The Birmingham bin strike has escalated: agency workers formerly used by the Labour council to break the strike have balloted to join it! Unite should seize this opportunity to broaden the movement further: against all austerity, job cuts and anti-worker attacks!
Labour’s Blairite health secretary Wes Streeting is cynically using the cover of “slashing bureaucracy” to sack thousands of NHS admin staff. We can’t leave it to Westminster penpushers like Streeting to fix the health service. We need workers’ control!
The supposedly ‘progressive’ left-leaning ‘New Statesman’ recently reported on the RCP’s hugely successful Revolution Festival. Sitting comfortably in their liberal bubble, these sneering journalists can’t make heads or tails of the real, revolutionary mood in society.
Britain is plunging ever-deeper into one of the worst housing crises in generations. Yet, over a year into Starmer’s promise to build 1.5 million homes by 2029, the chance of coming anywhere near this target is looking increasingly unlikely.
Fela Kuti’s pioneering work introduced a whole new palette of African-inspired rhythms and textures to popular western music. The father of afrobeat voiced the anti-capitalist anger of youth across the African continent, which rages on to this day.
The Revolutionary Communist Party is going from strength to strength in Cardiff. And best of all, this success is being driven by our student members, who led the recruitment drive in the recent freshers period. We spoke with these comrades about their experiences.
We have just breached one of the first, potentially irreversible climate tipping points, threatening catastrophic climate breakdown. Meanwhile, Indigenous climate activists protested the hypocritical, self-serving COP30 climate conference in Brazil.
Anton Chekhov’s influence on modern literature endures to this day. While best known for his dramatic works, Chekhov’s short stories masterfully portray the lives of ordinary people in 19th-century Russia – where seismic social transformations were taking place.
Today, it was announced that unemployment has jumped to five percent, the highest level since the pandemic. This is the result of several converging factors, which the capitalists are powerless to fix. Meanwhile, workers and youth face increased exploitation and burnout.
Standing starkly at odds with the success of the Greens in England and Wales, several Scottish Green Party councillors and MSP candidates recently defected to Your Party – and urged others to follow suit. How do we make sense of this development?
With Chancellor Rachel Reeves sharpening her knives for the coming Autumn Budget, many will be left thinking “what is there left to cut?”. Everywhere you look – from classroom to NHS waiting rooms – Britain being ripped apart by the billionaire class.
At ‘Surviving Spycops’, a recent exhibition organised by women activists who were deceived into long-term relationships by undercover police officers, we caught up with communist artist and RCP activist Nicholas Baldion about his latest piece, ‘Police Spies Ruin Lives’.
Last Saturday’s knife attack has exposed the compounding crises which produce violence and social decay in Britain. The mental health epidemic, cuts to care services, and rail profiteering all make crimes like this inevitable. Capitalism is a danger to public safety.
Management at King’s College London have threatened a pro-Palestine student with deportation. Uni of Leeds management called police to arrest pro-Palestine students last week. This repression must be resisted. An injury to one student is an injury to all!
53 years on from the Bloody Sunday massacre of defenceless marchers in Derry, the British state has shamelessly absolved itself of any guilt for the slaughter. Soldier F – who pulled the trigger against five on Bloody Sunday – has been acquitted.
The Guardian recently published a trivial stink piece, claiming that revolutionary Friedrich Engels made exaggerated claims about the conditions of Manchester workers. Why do these liberal papers feel the need to criticise a theoretician who died over a century ago?
Communists in Sheffield have garnered national media attention after refusing to back down from protesting the genocide in Gaza on campus. This has set them apart as the most resolute and forthright fighters on campus.
‘Iron Ladies’ is a new documentary billed as “a celebration of the iron-willed women who maintained the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike as they fought for the future of their communities”. In selected cinemas now, this is a must-watch for budding revolutionaries.
A recent Guardian report has exposed how several UK universities are spying and surveilling students to protect arms companies on campus! Whilst in financial stress, it seems universities have plenty of resources to keep students in check to protect the interests of war.
In the latest issue of The Communist, we hear from our readers about the UCU’s ballot over job cuts and below-inflation wage increases; nearly 3,000 arms workers going on strike; and more!
In her latest column for The Communist, Fiona Lali reflects upon the enormous Palestine demonstration, the far right attempting to march through East London this weekend, and Your Party. But all illustrate the need for revolutionary ideas.
While Britain’s children go hungry, and pensioners fear freezing to death, Starmer’s Labour decided to set aside time in parliament to overturn a ban on violent Zionist hooligans from attending a football game in Birmingham. What a sick joke!
Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film is an action thriller set against a backdrop of revolutionary struggle. Depicting individual terror, brutal repression of immigrants and the left, and racist elites pulling the strings, this cinematic masterpiece captures the zeitgeist of Trump-era America.
A revolutionary wave sweeping has been sweeping the world, from Indonesia, Nepal and Madagascar. The wave has even spread to the continent in Italy and France. Capitalism is being put on trial. But we need a sword to land the final blow!
The latest discoveries from the Mars rover are our most promising signs of extraterrestrial life. But with funding for space agencies slashed, it’s unlikely we’ll retrieve these samples for decades. Other letters include: Sadiq Khan’s hypocrisy, and graduate visa trouble.
Not content with supporting arch-bureaucrat Christina McAnea in Unison’s elections, the misnamed ‘Communist Party’ of Britain have backed Starmer’s favourite Bridget Phillipson in Labour’s deputy leader challenge.
BBC Panorama’s undercover footage exposes deep-rooted racism, misogyny, and violence in the Met Police. While scandalous, this footage comes as a surprise to exactly no one – and hardly scratches the surface of this unsalvageable institution’s rot.
This year’s ‘autumn offensive’ has been our most successful yet, with thousands signing-up to our student societies, hundreds attending meetings, and dozens joining our ranks. The RCP is tapping into the widespread desire for revolutionary change.
We have amazing news: the last issue of The Communist was our best-selling ever! This success is down to the turbulent situation, people searching for answers, and the strength of the RCP. But we’re just getting started…
This year’s Tory party conference left many asking “what’s the point?” The lacklustre affair was plagued by empty seats, misspelt novelty chocolate bars, and a stream of Tory MPs defecting to Farage’s Reform like rats from a sinking ship.
In her latest column for The Communist, Fiona Lali discusses her ‘Why you should be a Communist’ university tour, the ‘Gen Z revolutions’ sweeping the world, and the need for revolutionary leadership in the wake of the renewed upsurge in the Palestine movement.
Hundreds of new recruits have joined the RCP in the past few months, taking the first steps on their journey towards mastering Marxism. Here, the RCP education team provides a brief guide for where to get started with your communist studies.
The European mass movement must act as a wake-up call for the British trade union leaders, who have so far been passive. We invite our members and supporters to pass this motion at all levels of the labour movement.
Across Europe, millions have taken to the streets to protest the genocide in Gaza, alongside Israel’s assault on the flotilla last week. The RCP enthusiastically participated in protests in London, Edinburgh, Cambridge, Cardiff, Leeds and Sheffield. Block everything for Palestine!
Former prime minister Tony Blair has risen from the dead to potentially oversee Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace” in Gaza. The fact that this war criminal has anything to do with a so-called ‘peace’ plan exposes the cynical nature of the entire project.
Stalin’s bureaucracy waged a campaign of hate against artists who defied their narrow doctrine of ‘Socialist Realism’. Dmitri Shostakovich’s ‘Anti-formalist Rayok’ lambasts these cultural crimes, and defends the spirit of cultural freedom unleashed by the October Revolution.
The Revolutionary Communist Party is taking campuses by storm! Over 70 new recruits have joined since September, most of which are young students angry at the capitalist world on fire. If you’re starting university and want to get organised, join your party today!
The first question on the mind of people radicalised by capitalism is: “what can I do?” A Bolshevik worker tells us her experience: using ideas, patient explanation and organisation to turn her union branch from passivity to militancy.
Anti-racist protestors massively outnumbered the far right in Newcastle over the weekend. But this victory came in spite of the political and tactical mistakes of the movement’s liberal leaders. The RCP had great success putting forward a communist alternative.
Universities are back for a new academic year, and so returns to the fore the crisis facing higher education. Across the country, students and workers are threatened with cuts, cuts, and more cuts. We need to kick capitalism off campus!
Over the past year, Bristol RCP has transformed into four branches, and are now targeting themselves to recruit 20 students and become the biggest political force on campus!
Since ‘working-class warrior’ Angela Rayner was ditched from Starmer’s cabinet, the union leaders have been inconsolable. Their ‘woman on the inside’ is gone, their Employment Rights Bill is being butchered, and their strategy of cosying up to Labour is bankrupt.
Next month, ballots open for the general secretary election in Unison, Britain’s largest trade union. Scandalously, the so-called ‘Communist’ Party of Britain is supporting right-wing incumbent and arch-bureaucrat Christina McAnea against left candidate Andrea Egan.
The youth in revolt is the theme unfolding across the world – and it is why the RCP has been preparing to take campuses by storm. We share here reports from this work in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sheffield, Norwich, and Cambridge.
In the return of her regular fortnightly column, RCP campaigns coordinator Fiona Lali discusses the turbulent events taking place globally, the protests she and our comrades have joined recently, and her upcoming tour of UK campuses.
Miles Todd was one of ‘the 250’ – the stalwarts of our organisation, who swam against the stream for thirty years. Miles spoke daily about the Party, particularly the International, and paid his last dues from hospital, surrounded by his favourite Marxist texts. Rest in peace, comrade.
Britain is broken! In this issue of The Communist, our readers expose how the insatiable greed of the capitalists means that we are left to deal with toxic waste fires, council housing death traps, and soaring poverty.
We continue our series ‘Here to fight, here to stay’ illustrating how black and Asian workers and youth fought racism and the far-right. We now turn to Loughborough where, against all odds, saw the first successful immigrant strike!
With students returning to campuses, the RCP will be holding events at dozens of universities to discuss the burning questions facing our generation: Why is there war, poverty, and crisis? And how can this system of misery be ended once and for all?
Days after brutal mass arrests of Palestine protesters, a Banksy mural appeared on the Royal Courts of Justice depicting a judge beating a defenceless, bloodied protester. This powerful artwork has now been removed, further exposing the establishment’s moral bankruptcy.
From deficits, funding cuts, and bankruptcies, to complicity in Israeli genocide, this week Scottish students will be turning up to a higher education system in turmoil. Strikes and struggle are on the agenda. Fight for your future! Join the Communists on campus!
Palestine solidarity and calling out the genocide in Gaza has been criminalised by the British state. From Arsenal FC to housing officers, our readers show how this is the real two-tier justice system that exists in Britain today!
RMT Tube strikes are due to start 5 September. The bosses clearly feel threatened, predicting an Autumn of Discontent as ballot victories multiply. Let’s give them something to tremble about! Victory to the RMT, for joint action across the public sector!
In the latest issue of The Communist, our readers recommend two books. One, James S. A. Corey’s sci-fi war novella ‘Livesuit’; the other, ‘Another Day of Life’ which sees Ryszard Kapuściński offer a first-hand account of the 1975 Angolan revolution.
Over the weekend, the leadership of the RCP met to assess Britain’s ongoing political and economic crisis – a crisis fueling youth radicalisation, especially among students. We aim to organise and train these young people into class fighters.
Pro-Palestine musicians continue to be censored by the British establishment in an attempt to silence the crimes of western imperialism and Israel. But every attempt to do so simply discredits the establishment as defenders of a genocide.
In the first online instalment of ‘Bastard Boss of the Week’, a worker in the “best airport bar in the world” exposes his bosses’ profit-hungry practices; while a coffee shop worker in London tells us about his successes organising in the workplace.
In the latest issue of The Communist, our readers recommended Stanley Kubrick’s period drama Barry Lyndon, cold war drama The Americans, and China Miéville’s ‘weird fiction’ novel The City & The City.
The lead single of Irish songwriter and musician CMAT’s upcoming album ‘EURO-COUNTRY’ tackles Ireland’s post-2008-crash trauma through personal, poetic songwriting, blending pop-country sounds with sharp political critique and emotional depth. Could we finally be getting good recession music?
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.
Today is GCSE results day, with hundreds of thousands of school students set to head to college or sixth form in the coming month. Here, Communist school students in Cambridge report on how they’re organising the next generation of young revolutionaries.
Today, Liam Óg’s trial hearing for trumped-up terrorism charges turned into a thousands-strong protest against the British government’s rank hypocrisy. If Starmer thought he could get an easy win, he was wrong. Hands off Kneecap! Lock up the real terrorists!
This month, the British establishment has ramped up its hysterical baiting of the pro-Palestine movement. From mass arrests on Parliament Square to odious media hypocrisy – the cynicism is off the scale. We say: hands off the Palestine movement!
Writing from a recent Kneecap/Fontaines D.C. concert in Manchester, a comrade of the RCP details the electric, radical atmosphere, which felt more like a Palestine rally. They even managed to sell several copies of The Communist before Kneecap took to the stage!
After almost three months of protest across dozens of countries, all political prisoners from the Awami Action Committee Gilgit-Baltistan (AAC-GB) have been released on bail! Our victory shows the immense power of international solidarity.
While claiming to be a party for workers, Starmer’s Labour has become a home for profiteers and parasites. While former homelessness minister (!) Rushanara Ali turfed out her tenants, Tulip Siddiq denies profiting from her auntie’s corrupt, murderous regime in Bangladesh.
Several unions representing NHS workers have come out emphatically against Labour’s poor pay offer. The next step is to unite strike action across the unions, with a mass campaign against austerity and privatisation, and for bold socialist policies.
“Just like last summer’s riots, the police have proven useless in fighting off the far right. More often than not, they have protected these thugs from counter-protests. Clearly they have better things to be doing – such as locking up hundreds of peaceful Palestine protesters.”
In the latest issue of The Communist, we answer a question from a reader in Sussex: are religion and communism mutually exclusive? And do communists believe religion needs to be eradicated in order for communism to work?
In this issue of The Communist, our readers cover the rising costs of food, housing, and childcare; Rachel Reeves playing the knight in shining armour for crooked car dealers; Palestine solidarity repression; and how to really fight oppression.
The Edinburgh Fringe festival begins today, but as tens of thousands pour into venues, restaurants, and hotels, many have simply been priced out or face extortionate costs to attend. In response, the Scottish comrades of the RCP will be calling out to reclaim the Fringe!
The billionaire press has shared no shortage of lies and distortions this week. From blaming the doctors who look after us for the NHS crisis, to yet more BBC hypocrisy in their coverage on Gaza, here our readers ‘read between the lines’.
Just weeks after his final show, heavy metal pioneer and legend Ozzy Osbourne has passed away at age 76. When they first came onto the scene in the 1970s, Black Sabbath reshaped music, reflecting working-class struggles with a revolutionary sound.
A recent report by Reunite Families has outlined the devastating impact of the government’s immigration policies which has torn families apart. Under the glory of capitalism, you can fall in love with anyone you want, but only if you are rich.
Readers expose the deep rot in Britain’s capitalist institutions – from the police and MI5 to local councils. They reveal how justice, safety, and safeguarding come second to profit and private property. The system protects abusers, punishes dissent, and puts the most vulnerable at risk.
After years of rumours and hearsay, an interim report commissioned by Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has revealed a “pervasive fraud environment”. Corruption, bureaucracy, and shady backroom deals disarm the workers. Clear out the bureaucrats!
On 30 July, the Revolutionary Communist International is calling a day of action outside of Pakistani diplomatic buildings to demand freedom for imprisoned leaders of the Awami Action Committee – Gilgit-Baltistan. Contact your local RCP branch to join our solidarity protests!
Resident doctors are on the march again, after winning a strike ballot to resounding support. Strike dates are set for 25-30 July. This is a battle for the heart and soul of the NHS – to win, the BMA will need to pose a radical, socialist alternative to austerity.
In the latest issue of The Communist, readers shared their recommendations from the rich world of Russian literature: Turgenev’s ‘Fathers and Sons’, Ilf and Petrov’s satire ‘The Twelve Chairs’, and Dostoyevsky’s short story ‘The Dream of a Ridiculous Man’.
During our summer recruitment drive, we have received many questions from some of our newest comrades. In this instalment of Ask The Communist, we dive into questions of revolutionary tactics, our approach to imperialism, and what socialism will look like.
Sheffield revolutionary communists recently joined a mass picket in support of Sheffield’s bin workers, on indefinite strike for nearly a year. The mood is militant – but union-busting Veolia will stop at nothing to keep its superprofits. To win, the strike must be broadened out against the anti-union laws!
Yesterday, the racist Home Office worked hand-in-hand with the police to arrest migrant delivery workers in Birmingham. An outraged crowd gathered, and RCP members gave speeches exposing the real criminals: Starmer, Labour, and the capitalist class.
The hypocrisy of the British state, from the BBC blocking their own commissioned documentaries about Gaza, to the Met police arresting elderly people for their opposition to genocide, is Orwellian. Their dishonesty stinks!
Starmer recently met with the French President in yet another choreographed (and irrelevant) display of statesmanship. One product of these talks is another hare-brained scheme to appear ‘tough’ on immigration. These reactionary attacks on migrants are a divisive distraction.
With Starmer’s government presiding over chaos, this year’s ‘Big Meeting’ came at a turning point for the labour movement. Trade union and left leaders must now turn their radical words into action, and build genuine opposition to Labour’s austerity and militarism.
12 days ago, after being spooked by popular support for New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, the Financial Times wrote in defence of billionaires. We respond to their false claims. Billionaires should not exist – we need a revolution against them and their system!
In this issue’s letters, our readers expose the failures of capitalism, from attacks on workers and the oppressed to the crimes of British imperialism. While record numbers of young people are seeking solace in religion, many more are searching for radical solutions.
Communist publishing house Wellred Books has republished one of its most popular books: The Classics of Marxism Volume 1. Fred Weston, who wrote a brand new introduction to the book, launched this title for the RCP’s newest recruits last night.
Eight years have passed since the Grenfell Tower tragedy, one of the most horrific acts of social murder in living memory. Meanwhile, flats in Merseyside are being evacuated due to safety concerns, and Labour’s housing ‘plan’ is putting profit before people and planet.
In ‘Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949–1990’ Katja Hoyer, provides an eye-opening left-wing perspective on life in the GDR, featuring personal stories, and a powerful look at reunification’s impact.
Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later is a fantastically crafted piece of cinema. From its creative use of cinematography and montage, to its touching meditations on adolescence and death – anyone expecting a run-of-the-mill zombie flick will be caught off guard.
The UK’s largest fibreglass factory is set to close imminently. At the same time Starmer is launching an industrial strategy. The farce of the situation illustrates the bankruptcy of British capitalism.
“It is not enough to have a small handful of theoreticians and a party of followers. We aim to train up every comrade in the method of Marxism. And for this task there are no shortcuts.” Comrades Ben and Katya report on last weekend’s double-bill of communist day schools.
Last Saturday, Communists from all over Scotland gathered for the second Scottish Conference of the RCP, to discuss the world crisis of capitalism, the life and ideas of James Connolly, and the perspectives and tasks for Communists in Scotland.
The SNP has faced another embarrassing setback following their defeat to Labour in a recent by-election. With nothing on offer to fight Starmer’s austerity or secure Scottish independence, the party is in a vulnerable position. One wrong move could easily upend the status quo.
Last month, our so-called ‘free’ and ‘impartial’ press went gung-ho for war – manufacturing consent for Israel and the US’s bombing campaign. As bombs rained down over densely populated areas in Tehran, media moguls were salivating this wanton death and destruction.
The Birmingham bin strikers remain resolute in their desire to fight Labour’s pay onslaught – but the council has thrown down the gauntlet with their picket line policing. To win, Unite’s leaders must broaden out the struggle: down with the anti-union laws!
One year ago, Fiona Lali stood in the 2024 UK general election as the Revolutionary Communist Party’s candidate. She ran as a revolutionary, not a politician. Independent film maker Teilo Vellacott captured the historic moment in a film set to premiere this weekend.
As musicians like Kneecap and Bob Vylan speak out for Palestine at Glastonbury, the Revolutionary Communist Party’s Central Committee met in London to analyse global crises, draw lessons from the history of our movement, and build a clear revolutionary leadership for today’s struggles.
Palestine Action activists, ‘The Filton 18’, have been held under anti-terrorism legislation for months on end without a trial. Yesterday, our comrades in Woolwich joined those protesting their detention, and explained how this reflects the British state’s growing weakness.
From surrealist social experiments to revolutionary cinema, this Reader’s Recommend dives into Nathan Fielder’s boundary-pushing The Rehearsal and the Soviet epic Red Square (1970).
Our readers expose the brutality of capitalism: from, grieving mothers criminalised, nature destroyed for profit, evidence lost, and hollow protests that mask true betrayal.
Klarna is in trouble, with its losses doubling and an increase in customers failing to pay back their loans. Both the rise of ‘buy now, pay later’ lending and the crisis of speculative tech companies indicate that the debt-laden capitalist system is living on borrowed time.
Thousands protested against Britain’s role in the criminal actions of the Israeli state on Saturday. Public anger around what’s happening in the Middle East has only grown, but to turn this into a successful struggle, the movement needs direction.
Leading members of the Awami Action Committee in the Pakistan-administered region of Gilgit-Baltistan have been arrested. The Revolutionary Communist International is running a global campaign to secure the comrades’ release – and we need your help!
The Norwich district of the RCP has had a great few weeks, recruiting four new revolutionaries to the party. Here, they explain how regular political discussions using ‘The Communist’ newspaper have driven their success.
In response to Trump’s brutal campaign against immigrant workers and families, demonstrations have erupted across the United States. The ground is being prepared for a massive upheaval, and one spark could turn into a mass conflagration.
The recent Unison NEC elections saw the left-wing ‘Time for Real Change’ lose seven seats, with the right wing gaining ground. In order to galvanise rank-and-file members, the left must campaign widely for a fighting programme against austerity and attacks.
Legendary musician Brian Wilson has passed away at the age of 82. He leaves behind a legacy of revolutionising his craft, proving through his songwriting and production that pop music can be an art form in its own right.
Far from being a ‘decentralised’ alternative to money, the cryptocurrency industry has been embraced and centralised by the bankers and capitalists as yet another means of speculation. The entire system must be overthrown if we’re going to ever see an end to this insanity.
Last month, US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on films “produced in foreign lands” coming into the USA . Although unclear what this will amount to, it only looks set to create more uncertainty and pain for the 195,000 film workers in the UK.
Written under Napoleon’s dictatorship, Gounod’s 1859 operatic version of ‘Faust’ contains none of the literary and philosophical soul of Goethe’s 1808 masterpiece. What is left is little more than a reactionary celebration of Catholicism and the French state.
Capitalism is destroying the beauty of the Scottish Highlands, where residents live in poverty amongst an obscene amount of wealth. In recent years, there have been strikes and even land seizures which show the way forward.
The billionaire media and right-wing politicians would have us believe that the poorest in society are lazy freeloaders. But with unpaid wages at Sheffield Wednesday and in the food industry, readers of The Communist expose the real scroungers: the capitalists!
Since the Second Congress of the RCP, comrades, supporters, and sympathisers of the Party have given generously to our fighting fund. We need all the support we can find. Make a donation today to the best cause worth fighting for – the liberation of mankind from the billionaire class!
From rail to healthcare, vital services are being suffocated by the parasitic ruling class. Starmer’s Labour offer no solutions. To overturn decades of capitalist decline, we say: expropriate the billionaires!
Claude McKay, an immigrant from Jamaica, was a poet of the 1920s and 30s Harlem Renaissance in the US. Through his poetry he stood as a steadfast advocate for the American working class, confident in its capacity for change.
Last month, the Pakistani state arrested leading members of the Awaami Action Committee – including RCI comrades – for mobilising against the ruling class’s robbery of the people. We call on our readers to support the solidarity campaign to free our comrades!
This week marks the anniversary of the crushing defeat of the 1871 Paris Commune, where the working class briefly seized power for the first time in history. Continuing our series on the revolutionary press, Joe Russell outlines how the written word was the lifeblood of the Communards’ struggle.
Here, we review two novels by Soviet sci-fi pioneers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. ‘Roadside Picnic’, a story of an alien visitation to Earth, is a thoughtful reflection on philosophy, technology, and human nature, while ‘Hard to be a God’ depicts cosmic class struggle.
A debate has erupted over the scaling-back of festivals in a South London park. This has been whipped-up into an ‘old-vs-young’, ‘gentrifier-vs-local’ culture war divide. But if we get rid of capitalism, we can have good parks, affordable housing, and cultural events!
The British establishment has ramped up its witch hunt against Kneecap, with band member Mo Chara charged with a terror offence. The RCI opposes this blatant political attack, which is nothing but a distraction from the ruling class’s crimes in Palestine and at home.
A report from the Royal College of Midwives has exposed the conditions of Scottish student midwives. Holyrood politicians promise meetings, talks, and discussions; but nothing short of militant action will force these career politicians to remember their promises.
From modern slavery in Oxford, police violence in Ely, job cuts in Rotherham to course closures in Norwich and Greenwich — the real criminals wear robes, sit in boardrooms, and rule from Westminster. Our readers expose their crimes and shed light on the harsh realities facing workers and youth: poverty, repression, and climate catastrophe.
The Sunday Times ‘Rich List’ has once again provided us with a rogue’s gallery of Britain’s biggest parasites, profiteers, and perverts, who have grown rich off the back of the working class. This is why we are fighting for a revolution against the billionaires!
The Leeds Beckett branch of the RCP is now the strongest it has ever been. With seven dedicated members, our meetings are lively, educational, and politically engaging, preparing us for the week ahead. But this transformation did not happen by chance.
In the last few issues of The Communist, our readers have sent in their recommendations for cinema, television, and music. From Sergei Eisenstein’s classic ‘October’ about the Russian Revolution, to Jesse Welles’ class-conscious folk ballads, there’s something for everyone!
Half a million people took to London’s streets last weekend on the 77th anniversary of the Nakba. While the Palestine movement has subsided in previous months, the anger in society has continued to pile up – and is desperately looking for an outlet.
As elections to the biggest union in the country take place, Unison’s right-wing bureaucracy have launched a new witch hunt against the left. Members should vote Time for Real Change – but a fighting programme is needed to transform the union.
In 1848, Europe was plunged into revolutionary struggle. It was in context that the young Marx and Engels laid the foundations of scientific socialism. Alongside the famous Communist Manifesto, they used the revolutionary press to analyse the unfolding struggle.
Reform wasn’t the only party to make gains in the recent local elections, with the Green Party picking up support amongst those opposed to climate change, austerity, and war. However, the Greens’ confused reformist programme offers no way forward.
From exporting arms to the genocidal Israeli regime, to murdering civilians and children in Afghanistan – British imperialism and its agents are responsible for a multitude of crimes. We say: Down with all the warmongers! Down with capitalism!
Over 400 workers mobilised last Friday in a ‘mega picket’, in support of the Birmingham refuse workers. This is an important step forward in the battle against Labour austerity. Escalate the strike to boot out the unelected commissioners and expropriate the billionaires!
For our second instalment of the series ‘Here to fight, Here to Stay!’ we go to Preston. This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Preston Red Scar Mill Strike which saw the first immigrant strike in Britain. The inspiring struggle raised many questions including if black workers should fight separately.
During a Communist Society meeting a question was raised about the limits of freedom under capitalism. Can capitalism, despite its promises ever guarantee us a ‘free’ life?
In the latest issue of The Communist, current and prospective RCP members share what led them to revolutionary communism. Our readers also expose the hypocrisy of bankers, denounce corrupt politicians, and celebrate the resilience of the Turkish working class.
In the latest issue of The Communist, our readers expose how the NHS is falling apart, the elderly are left destitute, students are extorted to live in pest-ridden flats, and workers are facing the sack because their employers can’t afford the minimum wage increase.
From a nationwide ‘Pillars of Communism’ tour, to campaigning in four student union elections on a revolutionary programme, the RCP is reaching new heights on campuses across Britain. RCP youth organiser Lubna Badi explains our success, and where we go from here.
Last weekend in Leeds, a man shot two women in a self-proclaimed misogynistic terror attack. Horrors like this are becoming all the more common in Britain. They are products of a rotten, declining system, and the reactionary ideas of the ruling class.
In March, an Indian student tragically took his own life in Liverpool, squeezed by the pressures of student debt and graduate unemployment. Sadly, he is only one of countless overseas students tortured by capitalism – a system that can no longer provide for the future.
On the anniversary of the Bristol Bus Boycott, we present ‘Here to fight here to stay’ – a series on Britain’s anti-racist struggles. The boycott marked the first significant anti-racist victory in Britain’s post-war period, and provides crucial and inspiring lessons today.
This issue, readers of The Communist dive into feudal-esque, loathsome landlords and bootless bosses who lord over us from on high – touting progress while dragging humanity backward. Don’t let the capitalists feed us to the wolves – let’s make their system extinct!
Some anti-racist activists suggest that Labour is a ‘lesser evil’ in upcoming elections, compared to the likes of Reform UK and the Tories. But Labour’s track record on attacking migrants – both in words and deeds – is giving both parties a run for their money.
As Birmingham gets buried in bins, refuse workers continue their all-out battle against Labour council leaders, Starmer’s government, and both’s austerity programme. Their fight forebodes the titanic struggles to come for Britain’s workers. Victory to the strike!
Teachers across Britain are simmering with anger against years of cuts to pay, crumbling teaching conditions, and the pressure of overwork. Strike action is on the cards. To win against Starmer’s austerity, the NEU needs a militant strategy!
RCP members protesting against King Charles’ Durham visit were intimidated and harassed by the Durham Police last week, partly for the ‘crime’ of carrying communist literature. This is a flagrant violation of our hard-won rights to free speech and assembly.
Anger has erupted following the Supreme Court’s vicious attack on trans people last week, with large protests across Britain. RCP members found that attendees are fed up with the entire system, and are open to a revolutionary, class-based approach to fighting oppression.
RCP members across Britain have been holding weekend schools to discuss Leninism, dialectical materialism, and revolutionary history. These cadre-training events also fostered camaraderie and party pride ahead of our National Congress.
Low-budget sci-fi horror video game ‘Mouthwashing’ leaves players controlling a stranded space freighter’s crew. Released to rave reviews, the game explores the dehumanising impact of low-paid, high-stress work, and how exploitation poisons human relations.
The Mancunion has published a shameful defence of imperialism which parrots ruling-class propaganda, smearing student protest while whitewashing Britain’s bloody war machine. But students see through the lies – and will continue to fight.
In the latest instalment of our series on the revolutionary press, we turn to the Chartist movement. Their paper, the Northern Star, played a key role in transforming the movement into a genuine revolutionary force, and paved the way for Lenin’s conception of the revolutionary press.
This week, we have allegedly witnessed history. For a glorious ten minutes, an all-female spaceflight took place! But while the billionaires throw money into the void and call it ‘progress’, back down on Earth things are only getting worse.
In India, millions of tyres are sent each year from Britain to be burned in dangerous furnaces. In Brazil, miles of rainforest are being cleared to make way for the COP climate conference. Everywhere, the capitalists’ ‘solutions’ to the climate crisis are being exposed.
While campaigning on campus for a communist programme to fight the university cuts, some people we spoke to branded our demands as “unrealistic”. But is this the case? Is it any more ‘realistic’ to expect crumbs from the bosses’ table if we ask nicely?
Revolutionary candidate Alice Nicholson won 1,000 votes for a communist programme in Cardiff University Student Union elections. In this letter, she reveals the political lessons she learned and the obstacles she had to overcome during the campaign.
Faced with an onslaught of attacks from the university bosses, lecturers and academic staff organised in the UCU are stepping into struggle in several places. In Newcastle, the Communists have made waves among the staff and students on the picket lines.
University cleaners are incredibly exploited, despite the critical role they play in the upkeep and functioning of students’ learning spaces. But City Uni’s staff are fighting back. Their fight is the same as students’ and academics’ against marketisation and cuts: victory to the cleaners!
After declaring bankruptcy, the Labour-led Birmingham City Council is slashing spending and attacking working conditions to ‘balance the books’. The bin workers, however, are standing strong and fighting back, with militant pickets and all-out strike action.
The Scottish government has axed rent controls, leaving workers and families at the mercy of greedy landlords. Meanwhile, waiting lists for social housing balloon, and leaseholders are being duped by dodgy developers. Here, our readers expose Britain’s housing horrors.
In the latest issue of The Communist, our readers sent us letters on the cold indifference from the bosses of King’s College London towards a student death, a conversation with an angry, anti-capitalist cab driver, the ‘Show Israel the Red Card’ campaign, and more.
The forces of communism are growing rapidly in Cardiff. To strengthen the Party, comrades have been putting ‘The Communist’ at the forefront of their recruitment, education, and student work. Here, they share their lessons from building the revolutionary press.
Last month, Sheffield communists made a splash in the Students’ Union elections, gaining 10 percent of the vote. The boldly ran campaign called out the complicity of the university in the genocide in Gaza, and explained the need for a revolutionary way forward.
Last week, a pro-Palestine student was violently attacked at Edinburgh University while security stood idle. Both the university and the capitalist press have been silent about this. Solidarity with the attacked students! For organised self-defence to counter these attacks!
Clad in Trumpian pomp, Farage launched his party’s May local election pitch in Birmingham, taking aim at the establishment who he blames for the state of broken Britain. Without a viable alternative from the left, this demagogy has won the ear of a layer of workers.
In response to a Reform UK rally in Birmingham, hundreds of workers and youth turned out in protest. Their anger isn’t just directed at Farage, but at Starmer and the rest of the establishment. A radical, left alternative is needed to fight them both.
Revolutionary Communist candidate Alice Nicholson won almost 1,000 votes in the Cardiff University Student Union election. This fantastic result is testament to the bold campaign run by our party, and the growing appeal of revolutionary ideas amongst young people.
In the latest instalment of our series on the revolutionary press, we turn to pioneers of revolutionary journalism like Marat and Hébert, who represented the most radical elements of the Great French Revolution, and paved the way for future revolutionaries.
In the latest issue of The Communist, our readers wrote to us about their disappointment with the capitalist media, factional strife within Farage’s Reform UK, Starmer’s plans to carve up the NHS, and the tribulations of trying to find employment in Britain today.
For all their progressive posturing, the leaders of the Scottish National Party are subservient to Washington. The independence movement can only retain its progressive character on an anti-imperialist and working-class basis.
A recent report found that one in ten women murdered in the last 15 years were killed by their son. Strikingly, most of these women were acting as carers for their adult children, filling in for services at breaking point.
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Neville Wright, a long-standing comrade involved in our predecessor organisations; Militant and Socialist Appeal. From the Miners’ Strike to the Poll Tax campaign and Labour under Corbyn, he fought tirelessly. We publish here an obituary penned by a close comrade.
Keir Starmer has hatched a ‘Trumpian’ plan to balance the state’s books: slash the civil service; and abolish NHS England in the name of “democratic control”. But behind this bold scheme lies one small detail: workers are getting the short end of the stick.
A recent study has provided significant evidence of women holding prestigious positions in Iron Age Britain. These findings substantiate the Marxist understanding of the origins of women’s oppression – and put a spanner in the bourgeois historian’s propaganda machine.
In its latest bid to boost Britain’s economy, the government has announced plans to expand Heathrow airport. But this has caused turbulence within Labour, and concern amongst locals. To improve our transportation, the working class must be in the flight deck!
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.
In the latest issue of The Communist, we received a letter from an arms factory worker, an exposé of an abusive Labour minister, a report from a strike at a Manchester restaurant, as well as experiences from the frontlines of the NHS crisis.
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.
In recent weeks, university bosses have clamped down on pro-Palestine student activists, taking advantage of the movement’s ebb. Individual acts of bravery cannot revive the struggle at this stage. It is time to draw lessons and prepare for future battles.
The Met Police is mired in more scandal, following a sexual misconduct case in which an officer admitted that “coming onto victims is positively encouraged”. Meanwhile, the Met has been taken out of ‘special measures’. The police is rotten to the core!
Recent storms have laid waste to large areas of Britain, exposing how utterly inadequate the country’s infrastructure is in the face of climate-related disasters. Only socialist planning can ensure that society adapts and averts a catastrophe.
This winter has seen the return of pitched battles in the poor neighborhoods of Edinburgh, between working-class kids and the Police. The state and the media offer nothing but demonisation. But the blame lies squarely with austerity and social decline.
While workers struggle to get by, the super-rich are having a field day. From Farage’s lavish £25,000-per-head dinner party, to Starmer handing out peerages to his pals, to corporate tax-dodging, readers of The Communist expose Britain’s class divide.
This month, TikTok was briefly banned in the US, in a sabre-rattling move against China. But this backfired spectacularly, with millions of American users flooding onto RedNote, where they discussed class issues and communism with Chinese youth.
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, where over a million Jews, Poles, Roma and communists were murdered by the Nazis. But today’s commemoration was tarnished by the hypocrisy of western imperialism.
The world is on fire. Capitalist chaos impacts all of our day-to-day lives. While students suffer, political life on campus stands at an impasse. The RCP is training young revolutionaries at universities up and down the country. Join our ranks today!
Filmmaker David Lynch, who passed away last week, was a singular artist whose works were surreal and unsettling. Although not a ‘political person’, his films and TV shows explored alienation and the absurdity of everyday life under capitalism.
Earlier this month, Keir Starmer announced his vision for a “decade of national renewal” powered by artificial intelligence. But can Britain become an “AI powerhouse” as Starmer hopes, or is this just austerity with a shiny new label?
The RCN’s recent report on “corridor care”, which exposes the depth of the NHS crisis, has shocked Britain’s workers and youth. Labour health secretary Wes Streeting’s pathetic response shows Labour has no solutions. Only bold measures can save our NHS.
On Saturday, the Metropolitan Police launched a massive crackdown on the national Palestine demonstration, with 77 arrested. These measures are a sign of weakness, not strength. The burning anger against western imperialism has not gone away.
Last weekend, thousands gathered across Britain to express anger at the rise of sexism, fuelled by figures like Andrew Tate and Donald Trump. RCP comrades found an appetite for revolutionary ideas on how to fight women’s oppression.
Bad Bunny’s ‘Debí tirar más fotos’ blends Puerto Rican rhythms with fierce resistance, exposing the scars of US imperialism and celebrating a culture’s resilience. Embraced by Latin American youth, the album inspires cultural pride and reflection on shared struggles.
The Edinburgh district of the Revolutionary Communist Party has grown by ten members since its launch last summer. Continuing our series on party building, we take a look at how the comrades achieved this growth.
After four years in the post, trade unionist Mick Lynch has announced his retirement as leader of the RMT. While Lynch inspired thousands during the strike wave of 2022-23, his recent overtures towards Starmer reveal the dead-end of reformism.
Not impressed with Reeves’ autumn budget, and concerned about the long-term health of British capitalism, leading investors are ramping up the pressure on Labour to get the economy back on track. It is high time we expropriated these parasites.
In this latest installment in our revolutionary press series we turn to examine the American Revolution. Known as a revolution of ideas, it saw the press transformed into an essential weapon of popular anger – and a disseminator of revolutionary ideas.
A major exhibition of the golden age of Mughal art and culture is currently on display at London’s V&A Museum. The treasures inside display the magnificent artistic developments and achievements of this once great civilisation and their lasting impact on the sub-continent to this day.
Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, who is tasked with investigating corruption for the government, has been engulfed in corruption scandals of her own! Her ties to the deposed tyrant Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh have come to the surface. Tulip, you’re in a blooming mess – time for you to go!
Visually, Robert Eggers’ iteration of the horror classic ‘Nosferatu’ provides viewers with a technical masterclass in its execution of the modern vampire myth. Yet beneath its ghoulish, gothic melodrama is a muddled social commentary that leaves the film faltering.
In the 17th Century, the decaying feudal system clashed with the emerging bourgeois class, leading to revolutionary upheaval. Illegal revolutionary pamphlets fueled this dissent – not only commenting on events, but agitating amongst radicals to organise against the rotten feudal order.
Adrian Tchaikovsky’s recent novel ‘Alien Clay’ is an excellent read. Set in a dystopian future where all knowledge and scientific progress is stifled by an authoritarian regime, the story deftly explores the relationship between science, society, and revolution.
‘Archive of Dissent’ exhibits 50 years of the work of Peter Kennard. Best known for his powerful photomontages and iconic anti-war images, Kennard’s art unapologetically exposes the brutal ties between capitalism, war, and poverty.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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 upcoming issue of The Communist, readers review Mach-Hommy’s latest album, Enda Walsh’s film adaptation of ‘Small Things Like These’, Netflix’s ‘Arcane’, the 1954 classic ‘Salt of the Earth’, and the 1937 documentary ‘Tsar to Lenin’.
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.
Former Labour deputy prime minister John Prescott died yesterday. The ex-union official played a key role in Blair’s government, serving as a left cover for New Labour’s big business agenda. The lesson for the left is clear: beware of false friends.
Ridley Scott’s sequel to his previous sword-and-sandal epic offers more of the same: Colosseum battles, degenerate emperors, and a portrayal of imperial decline. Olive Ruadh compares the film’s fictionalised story to Rome’s historical reality.
Britain faces an impending water crisis. Decades of privatisation have saddled water companies with debt, and have left infrastructure crumbling into disrepair. We say: expropriate the parasitic owners! Take the water industry back under public ownership!
With imperialist tensions on the rise, Armando Iannnuci’s new stage adaptation of Kubrick’s Cold War comedy ‘Dr Strangelove’ couldn’t come at a better time. Steve Coogan’s performance accentuates the biting political commentary.
For decades, antibiotics have been irresponsibly overused in healthcare and agriculture, leading to the rise of unstoppable infections. Meanwhile, capitalism and the pharmaceutical giants are holding back the deployment of a viable alternative.
This year’s COP summit is off to a farcical start, with the head of the conference caught brokering lucrative fossil fuel deals, and many world leaders not even bothering to show up at all! The capitalists are incapable of solving the climate crisis.
Starmer’s Labour have promised to tackle Britain’s housing crisis by delivering 1.5 million homes in five years. But relying on the crisis-ridden private construction sector offers no way forward. We need a socialist housing programme!
Sean Baker’s latest film – out in cinemas now – is a tragic drama for modern times; a portrayal of the inevitable despair and destruction that the rich and powerful leave in their wake, with the exploited and oppressed always left paying the price.
In the run-up to election day, ‘Crooked Kamala’ assembled a ‘celebrity avengers’ squad, including big names like Beyoncé, JLo, Taylor Swift, and Eminem. But this only fed resentment towards the out-of-touch Democratic establishment.
Ali Abbasi’s latest project ‘The Apprentice’ charts the early years of Donald J. Trump, whose rise to fame and fortune was marked by unscrupulousness and sleaze. But beneath the salacious drama, the film fails to capture the truth behind Trump.
In his latest bid to become even more hated by young people, Starmer has hiked tuition fees to a record level. Labour is drowning students in debt to protect universities’ bottom-lines. We say: Down with this austerity government! Free education for all!
Security guards from the Natural History Museum have been on strike for a real living wage, and demand to be brought in house. Our correspondent from inside the museum reports on the strike, and the impact it is having on wider layers of workers.
One of the outstanding achievements of the Soviet planned economy was its space programme, which took man (and dog) to space for the first time. Only socialism can wrest space travel from the billionaires, and take humanity to the stars.
Security guards at King’s College London are rising up against the super-exploitative conditions imposed on them by the university bosses. The Revolutionary Communists have been involved in this struggle from the beginning.
Starmer recently blamed Russia for disrupting food aid to Gaza, and having no respect for international law. Meanwhile, Britain’s allies in Israel starve, bomb, and massacre tens of thousands, with Labour’s full support. Down with imperialist hypocrisy!
In ‘fair’, ‘free’, ‘democratic’ Britain, journalists and activists are harassed by the state for standing with the oppressed, and exposing the crimes of imperialism. Workers and youth must organise to defend our democratic rights and freedoms.
With Labour’s health secretary proposing weight loss injections for the unemployed, and DWP coaches stalking mental health wards to get people back to work, there’s no need for scary movies this Halloween. As Lenin remarked, capitalism is horror without end.
From landlords shutting down community cultural hubs, to public health scientists being ‘rewarded’ with gift vouchers for their work during the pandemic, readers of The Communist share their stories of the class divide under capitalism.
With the earth’s natural carbon sinks collapsing, and 15,000 scientists warning that we are entering “an unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis”, it is clear that something drastic must change. We say: fight the climate crisis! Fight capitalism!
Yesterday, the Met police officer who killed Chris Kaba, an unarmed black man, was acquitted. Once again, the state has closed ranks to protect its hired thugs. We can have no faith in this broken system – we must tear it down.
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Terry Harrison, a stalwart of socialism in Merseyside. Terry was a founding member of Ted Grant’s Militant Tendency, and dedicated his life to Marxist ideas and the class struggle.
At the recent International Investment Summit, Starmer delivered a programme of deregulation and attacks on workers, in order to woo his paymasters. We say: down with this billionaires’ government! Expropriate the rich!
The number of drug-related deaths in Scotland – already the highest in Europe – rose sharply last year. Small tweaks and measures have failed to solve anything. The substance abuse crisis is the product of the poverty capitalism creates.
Starmer’s Labour have wasted no time in taking up the Tories’ mantle of attacking the NHS and its staff, and pushing for privatisation. We can’t trust crooks like Wes Streeting to save our NHS – we need workers’ control and socialist planning!
RCP members working in education are beginning to organise within their unions to link questions like pay, conditions, and funding to the fight against imperialism. From schools to universities, our slogan ‘Books Not Bombs’ is finding an echo.
The criminal destruction of our environment and the suffering of the working class are small change to the billionaires and trillionaires of the world. As readers of ‘The Communist’ point out, the rich are living on another planet to the rest of us!
Earlier this month, Starmer announced that the Chagos Islands, a British colony, will be handed over to the Mauritian government. But far from ‘righting injustice’, this backroom deal with the USA will only strengthen the grip of western imperialism.
During our autumn growth campaign, the Party has received various questions about Marxist theory, revolutionary history, and communist tactics. In our first instalment of Ask The Communist, we cover Stalinism, the USSR, Mao, and the vanguard party.
Support staff at London universities, including cleaners and security guards, are fighting back against the exploitative practices of the employers. RCP comrades offer their full solidarity to these struggles. Workers and students: unite and fight!
The apocalyptic drama ‘Threads’ (1984) explores what could happen if war in the Middle East escalated into nuclear annihilation, and Britain was obliterated into a barbaric wasteland. 40 years later, this film remains a haunting watch.
On Saturday, a year since the start of Israel’s war in Gaza, London saw one of its biggest pro-Palestine protests yet. RCP comrades formed a vibrant bloc – denouncing the Westminster warmongers, and calling for revolution to overthrow imperialism.
The RCP’s autumn growth campaign has gone from strength to strength. Students and young people are seeking out a revolutionary alternative to austerity, imperialism, and war. Fight for your future! Join the communists on campus!
Featured in the upcoming issue of The Communist, readers review two recent cinema releases: Coralie Fargeat’s Cronenbergian satirical body-horror ‘The Substance’, and poignant Palestinian tragedy ‘The Teacher’.
Things aren’t looking good for Scotland’s ruling party. Having suffered a humiliating loss of seats in the general election, the SNP is increasingly being discredited for pursuing an austerity agenda. Workers and youth must mobilise against the cuts.
Construction giant ISG has imploded, sending shockwaves across the entire sector. As ever, workers in the industry are set to foot the bill, without thousands of jobs at threat. We say: nationalise the monopolies under workers’ control!
In Fiona Lali’s latest column for The Communist, she outlines the work she has been doing to drum up support for the RCP’s anti-imperialist ‘Books Not Bombs’ campaign. Find out whether Fiona is coming to a city near you!
Nurses organised in the RCN have voted to reject the government’s pathetic pay offer, which does nothing to address the years of wage erosion that NHS workers have faced. The stage is set for a new wave of struggle across the public sector.
Billionaire pop star Taylor Swift is the latest celebrity to endorse Kamala Harris for US President. Despite the liberal establishment’s delusions, this will not win over the youth, who are fed up with the anti-worker, pro-imperialist Democrats.
As delegates arrive in Liverpool this weekend for Labour’s annual conference, they will be met by a display of protest from Palestine solidarity activists. Starmer and his government are complicit in the Gazan genocide. Down with the warmongers!
As the new academic year begins, Britain’s universities are facing a deep financial crisis. The burden is being placed on staff and students, with attacks on teaching and learning conditions. Join the communists in kicking capitalism off campus!
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.
Recent revelations have highlighted the pernicious role played by the Jewish Chronicle in spreading lies on behalf of the Zionist lobby – including the part this newspaper played, in league with the Blairites, in the anti-Corbyn smear campaign.
This week saw the latest TUC congress, with delegates debating the demands that the trade union movement should make of the new Labour government. Rather than placing hopes in Starmer, the union leaders must prepare members for battle.
In the first instalment of her new column in The Communist, Fiona Lali recounts her summer of revolutionary organising. From supporting the struggle in Bangladesh, to mobilising against the far-right, she’s learned that there’s no shortage of appetite for united class struggle.
“kamala IS brat” proclaimed popstar Charli XCX, only a couple of months ago. And so began an unholy alliance between her, Killer Kamala, and the drone-dropping Democrats, keen to lure in Gen Z voters with the saturated, viral cacophony of ‘Brat’.
As part of the RCP’s ‘Books Not Bombs’ campaign, we want to expose how industry, education, banks, and the state all feed the imperialist war machine; as well as how workers can organise to fight back. Send your stories to ‘The Communist’ today!
A Grenfell inquiry report has uncovered further details of the corruption and negligence that led to the loss of 72 lives. But seven years after this tragedy, there is still no justice. We must fight to do away with this murderous system.
At last weekend’s SNP conference, a closed meeting heard new leader John Swinney’s postmortem of the party’s recent devastating setbacks. Just like their Westminster counterpart, however, all that the Scottish government can offer is austerity, attacks, and decline.
Last weekend, the leadership of the Revolutionary Communist Party met to plan our most ambitious autumn growth campaign yet, which will hit universities, schools, and workplaces in the coming weeks. Forward to 1,500 organised communists in Britain!
We are sad to announce the passing of Lee Waker – a longstanding class fighter, Marxist, and supporter of our organisation. He will be sorely missed by all those who knew him, and by the workers’ movement that he dedicated his life to.
Kicking off our series on the history of the revolutionary press, we look at the origins of the printing press, Martin Luther’s sensational denunciations of the Catholic Church, and the role of the printed word in the revolt against feudalism in Germany.
The Edinburgh Fringe has wrapped up for another year. Despite being celebrated for its diversity, however, the festival encapsulates the economic disparities which plague the entertainment industry, and prevent comedy from reaching its full potential.
Horrifying scenes of a blazing inferno engulfing an East London block of flats earlier this week have brought back bitter memories of the 2017 Grenfell fire. Seven years on, and those responsible for these crimes have never been brought to justice.
With GCSE and A-level results out, and young people preparing to head to college and university, readers of ‘The Communist’ share their experiences of studying and working in the crisis-ridden education sector. We need to kick capitalism out of education!
The media is awash with heart-wrenching eulogies, after a British multimillionaire met a sorry end aboard his luxury yacht. Meanwhile, barely a word is printed about the slaughter of innocent Gazans, nor those fleeing the ravages of imperialism.
The Great Miners’ Strike, 40 years ago, saw working-class women fighting alongside striking men. This experience of united struggle began to cut away at sexism, providing a glimpse of how socialism could transform relations between men and women.
In a charged resignation letter, former Foreign Office civil servant Mark Smith has come forward accusing the UK government of aiding the Israeli regime’s war crimes in Palestine. We say: Down with the Westminster warmongers! Down with imperialism!
Social care support staff in Lancashire are striking over pay and conditions, in a long-running dispute with their council employers. This action is yet another symptom of the sorry state of Britain’s public services, and a sign of things to come.
Workers providing logistical support to the Royal Navy are striking today and tomorrow in a dispute over pay and conditions, with picket lines in Merseyside, Plymouth, Portsmouth, and Dorset. This reveals how frail the British state has become.
This month sees the annual Fringe festival take over the centre of Edinburgh. RCP comrades in the city are using this opportunity to agitate amongst the event’s workers, raising socialist demands to reclaim arts and culture for the working class.
The labour movement has the power – and responsibility – to lead the fight against racism and fascism. In these letters, trade union readers discuss how, with militant leadership, the organised working class could easily quash the far right menace.
This weekend saw another round of large-scale mobilisations against the far right across the country. This shows the way forward in the fight against the racists and fascists. Workers and youth must mobilise to overthrow this entire rotten system.
Across the country, university jobs and courses are facing the chop, as education bosses look to balance their books at the expense of workers and students. Here, readers of The Communist explain why we need to kick capitalism out of education.
This year’s Edinburgh Fringe, the renowned annual arts festival, starts tomorrow, lasting from 2-26 August. The popular event is set to be plagued by problems, however, as workers and residents pay the price for the commercialisation of culture.
The recently-released initial report from the COVID-19 inquiry found that the Tory government was ill-prepared for the outbreak, and directly responsible for needless death and suffering. We publish here our readers’ stories from the pandemic.
In the new issue of The Communist, our comrades report on the latest developments taking place on the industrial front: from the junior doctors’ pay dispute, to strikes by G4S security guards, to unscrupulous bosses in Wales.
Earlier this month, an eruption of anger burst onto the streets of Leeds, with residents mobilising in response to a police provocation. Comrades visited the community in the subsequent days, reporting a widespread picture of burning indignation.
One key policy in Labour’s manifesto was a promise to establish a National Wealth Fund to stimulate investment in green industries. But far from addressing the climate crisis, this greenwashing proposal provides public subsidies to profiteers.
A viral video recording a vicious assault by Manchester police has sparked anger and protest, in the city and beyond. Workers and youth are disgusted by these endless incidents of state brutality and racism. End police violence! End capitalism!
Two-part documentary film ‘How music got free’ explores the creative destruction brought about in the music industry by streaming services. But the program fails to explain the real barriers to culture and art: private property and profit.
Years of betrayals in power in Holyrood have taken their toll on the SNP, with the party haemorrhaging Westminster MPs, income, and activists. Now is the time to build a revolutionary alternative, and plant the red flag across Scotland.
As with other key sectors like water and steel, UK supermarkets are facing a deepening crisis, as costs rise and debts mount. While fat-cat bosses and shareholders line their pockets, retail workers are footing the bill. We need nationalisation.
This Saturday, after weeks of visits to new towns and cities, comrades across Scotland will gather in Edinburgh for a special RCP Scottish conference, as we look to build the forces of Marxism north of the border. Join the communists today!
Last night, rioting erupted in a deprived Leeds suburb, sparked by a disturbance involving the West Yorkshire Police. Social explosions like this are the direct product of a sick system, and offer a taste of what is to come under Starmer’s government.
An ongoing exhibition at the British Museum explores the later work of Renaissance master Michelangelo, including drawings exploring the living motion of the human body – marking a dynamic break with the stultified picture painted by his predecessors.
In the current issue of The Communist, our comrades report on the latest developments taking place on the industrial front: from the junior doctors’ pay dispute, to strikes by G4S security guards; to the proposed billionaire takeover of Royal Mail.
This year’s Big Meeting provided an early opportunity for the trade union leaders to present their perspectives and strategy for the labour movement. But instead of preparing workers for a period of struggle, they are sowing illusions in Starmer.
Those in Britain attempting to show solidarity with Palestine continue to face repression at the hands of the state. Students are being spied on by university authorities, and prominent activists are being arrested. But we will not be silenced!
Labour’s landslide election victory obscures the real picture in society – one of sharp political polarisation and fragmentation. This sets the stage for a period of explosive volatility, instability, and bitter class struggle in the years ahead.
The establishment and its mouthpieces have praised Labour for winning a massive parliamentary majority at the recent elections. But the truth is that Starmer’s government has dynamite built into its foundations. Prepare for explosive events!
Having dominated Scottish politics for the past decade, the SNP suffered a painful defeat in the recent Westminster elections. None of the major parties offers a way forward for workers and youth. Join the RCP and help build the forces of communism.
In this election, Fiona Lali’s campaign in Stratford & Bow has garnered particular support amongst young Muslim women, angered by the atrocities in Gaza. Below, four comrades from similar backgrounds recount their journey to becoming communists.
Billionaire-backed Manchester City are taking the Premier League to court in a bid to protect their profits. Top clubs have become mere investment schemes for the super-rich. To return football to its roots, we need to kick profit out of the game.
After 14 years of Tory rule in Westminster, and an even longer period of SNP domination in Holyrood, the class struggle in Scotland is set to intensify. Help build the forces of communism north of the border. Join the RCP today!
In an effort to outflank the Tories and whip up xenophobia, Starmer is threatening to continue the government’s deportation policies and anti-migrant attacks. This is only adding to the anger against Labour. We say: the real enemy is in Westminster!
The latest national and sectoral conferences of Unison, Britain’s major public sector union, took place last week, in the context of an imminent Labour government. The widening gulf between the union leadership and membership was evident throughout.
Junior doctors in England will return to the picket lines again tomorrow, continuing their long-running struggle over pay. Starmer’s Labour will not save the NHS. Only militant action and socialist policies can win for health workers and patients.
With the Tories hated and Starmer’s Labour mistrusted, many on the left are considering voting for the Green Party in this election. But the Greens’ own programme and record are dubious. Workers and youth should fight for a communist alternative.
We publish here an exemplary report about workplace agitation and organisation by a comrade in our US section. We encourage readers to emulate Milos’ efforts, and to write in about any efforts to establish communist cells amongst your colleagues.
‘Hadestown’, a musical adaptation of famous tales from Greek mythology, is showing now in London’s West End. Exploring themes of exploitation, poverty, and climate catastrophe, this new theatrical production is well worth a watch.
Staff at Goldsmiths University in London are facing a wave of layoffs, as management looks to balance the books at the expense of workers and students. But UCU members are fighting back. Solidarity with the #Goldstrike! Kick capitalism off campus!
Computer-game-turned-TV-series Fallout paints a harrowing picture of the apocalyptic future facing humanity if capitalism and imperialism are not overthrown. The alternative is clear: socialism or barbarism. We must fight to smash the profit system.
Games workers at Sumo Digital are facing huge layoffs, as the crisis in the video games industry spreads. It’s time for workers to get organised, demand the opening of the books, and fight for workers’ control.
Surprising no one, the latest British Social Attitudes survey has found that trust in British politics has hit a record low. The entire establishment is discredited, as it attempts to manage a system in decline. This has revolutionary implications.
Donald Trump is now the first American president ever convicted of a felony. Yet in reality “equality before the law” still remains a fairytale. Trump may be the first presidential felon, but the entire ruling class is criminal.
The housing crisis in Britain gets worse every year. Whilst rents, evictions, and homelessness rise, the number of social housing units is falling. The market has failed: only a planned economy can put people before profit.
In this week’s issue of The Communist, we have a review by readers of ‘Kill Zone: Inside Gaza’, a harrowing new Channel 4 documentary that shows the stark, brutal reality of imperialism and war.
The Tories’ election campaign, like their whole time in power, has been an utter farce. But it is workers and youth who are made to suffer this sick joke. Instead of national service for young people, we demand votes at 16! Fight for your future!
In the new issue of The Communist, our comrades report on the latest developments taking place on the industrial front: from events in Port Talbot, to upcoming strikes by BMA members, to the debates at the UCU’s recent annual conference.
Welsh First Minister Vaughan Gething faces a vote of no confidence this week, following a series of embarrassing scandals in recent months. All the other major parties and politicians are just as crooked and corrupt. We say: kick them all out!
After decades of government cover-up, and a long public inquiry, UK victims of a contaminated blood scandal are set to see partial justice. But the capitalist criminals remain at large. We say: Make the billionaires pay! Nationalise Big Pharma!
PCS activists recently gathered for the union’s annual conference – taking place in the context of an ongoing dispute with the employers, and in the midst of a general election announcement. Whoever ends up in No.10, members must prepare for battle.
The crisis of capitalism poses the need to urgently build a Revolutionary Communist Party capable of providing militant leadership for our class. But this requires material means. We appeal to all our supporters to invest in your party today!
As the encampment movement spreads across the country, the police in Oxford arrested a number of activists. This must not be cause for surrender, but a further escalation of the movement.
Tory minister Michael Gove has accused the RCP of antisemitism on national television. Not only is this a blatant smear against the Palestine movement, but it is rank hypocrisy. In reality, it is the Tory Party which has a shocking history of antisemitism.
The western imperialists and their Arab allies have spent months launching airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen, in an effort to protect the profits of the big shipping firms. But this expensive bombing campaign has been an utter failure.
In this week’s issue of The Communist, we have reviews by readers of two powerful cultural works: ‘Mapantsula’, a film showing the oppression in Apartheid-era South Africa; and ‘Prophet Song’, a recent Booker-Prize-winning dystopian novel.
With Sunak and his party on the ropes, the government is manufacturing a distraction by targeting migrants and refugees. But working-class communities are fighting back, uniting and resisting the Tories’ racist policies with solidarity and struggle.
In the new issue of The Communist, our comrades report on the latest developments taking place on the industrial front: from NEC election results in PCS, to union-busting efforts at Amazon, to solidarity between train drivers and student protestors.
Keir Starmer has welcomed Tory headbanger Natalie Elphicke into the Labour Party. P&O bosses are in the spotlight for their modern-day piracy. And social murderer Rishi Sunak is trying to wash the blood off his hands. Throw the lot of them overboard!
Amidst the biggest student protest movement since the Vietnam War, Macklemore’s new song ‘Hind’s Hall’ breaks the music industry’s conspiracy of silence on Palestine, posing the question: “Why is nobody talking about the genocide in Gaza?”
On 4 May 1978, Bengali textile worker Altab Ali was murdered in a racially-motivated attack. A recent TV series looks at the struggle against racism and the far right in this period, revealing how militant mass action can curb oppression.
On 3 May 1968, police brutally attacked student protestors in Paris, setting in motion a revolutionary struggle that could have toppled French capitalism. Given the parallels with the Palestine movement today, we must study the lessons of this rich experience.
This Thursday, voters in the capital will go to the polls for the London mayoral election. But none of the candidates for City Hall have any solutions to the problems facing workers and youth. We must fight to build a revolutionary alternative.
In the new issue of The Communist, our comrades report on the latest developments taking place on the industrial front: from Unison service group elections, to train drivers’ strikes, to efforts by PCS members to stop UK arms exports.
Thanks to the planned economy, the Soviet Union saw remarkable advances in science, technology, and culture. And musical innovation was no exception. The life and inventions of Leon Theremin are a testament to these achievements.
Writer and director Alex Garland’s latest release portrays a near-future conflict within the USA, where the motivations and interests of the opposing sides are purposefully left vague. This artificial ambiguity makes for a disappointing watch.
Across the country, arts funding and cultural institutions are under attack. In west London, the cherished Watermans Arts Centre is set to be closed, with fat-cat property developers likely to move in. Capitalism is killing culture.
Fear and frustration stalks Port Talbot, as the town’s future hangs in the balance. After much delay, steel unions are balloting for potential strike action. Unite members have signalled their intention to fight. It is time to prepare for battle.
In the latest issue of The Communist, out now, our readers review two films currently available in the cinema and via streaming services: Dev Patel’s revenge-driven thriller ‘Monkey Man’, and a recent French release about capitalist alienation.
From schools to the arts: the impact of the cuts can be felt across Scotland. The SNP points the finger at Westminster, but they have no solution for ending austerity. Join the communists in a revolutionary struggle for a Scottish Workers’ Republic.
Leading Black Panther Fred Hampton was murdered by the US state, due to his calls for revolutionary struggle, solidarity, and socialism. In the current issue of The Communist, comrades review a biography examining Hampton’s life and ideas.
Education workers are gathering in Bournemouth this week for the NEU’s annual conference. The main item on the agenda is the prospect of upcoming strike action at schools. While union leaders drag their feet, members are raring for action.
A new play at the National Theatre explores the life and legacy of Nye Bevan, the Labour MP credited with creating the national health service. To save our NHS today, we cannot rely on capitalist politicians, but must trust only in our own strength.
Writing in the latest issue of The Communist, our readers highlight the glaring class divide in Britain today. While ordinary people are working hard, MPs are hardly working. Child poverty is reaching dire levels. Time to smash the bosses’ system!
In the new issue of The Communist, our readers report on the latest developments taking place on the industrial front: from the fight for union recognition at the Coventry Amazon warehouse, to the renewed mandate for strike action by BMA members.
Tata bosses are deploying salami tactics against steelworkers in Port Talbot, taking advantage of union leaders’ foot-dragging to dismantle the plant. It is time to chuck out the rule book, and organise militant action to prevent a jobs massacre.
We publish here a range of letters from the latest issue of ‘The Communist’ touching on a variety of environmental questions: from the anxiety over climate change amongst the youth, to the greenwashing practices of big business and charities.
Crises are mounting in the video game industry. Thousands of developer jobs are on the line. The quality of hasty releases is deteriorating. And safe-bet sequels are proliferating at the expense of creativity. But workers are fighting back.
Outlining its plans for foreign policy under independence, the SNP has stated its ambitions for Scotland to be a member state of the UN, EU, and NATO – a trifecta of imperialist clubs. But these aims collide with commitments to nuclear disarmament.
Across the country, public art funding is being slashed. Creatives attempting to produce political work are being blackmailed and censored. And jobs, pay, and conditions for performers are being eroded. Capitalism is killing culture
In an effort to distract from their own crises and crimes, and to demonise those protesting against genocide in Gaza, the Tories are promising to ramp up repression, in the name of ‘protecting democracy’. In truth, they are the real extremists.
The second instalment of Denis Villeneuve’s epic sci-fi adaptation is a scintillating watch. Its story of imperialist plunder, war, and oppression provides a striking parallel with modern real-life events. Head to your nearest cinema to check it out.
After years in power, the SNP is looking increasingly weathered and worn out. Humza Yousaf faces threats from within and without. Budget woes are causing political damage, while the Tartan Tories are lurking. Crises are mounting in Holyrood.
The struggles of steelworkers in Port Talbot and of council staff in Birmingham are at a crossroads. Civil servants in PCS are balloting for action. And UCU leader Jo Grady has been reelected. Read all our latest reports from the industrial front.
From the jobs massacre at Port Talbot, to the ongoing farmers’ movement, to last year’s riots in Ely: an explosive mood is building across Wales, following years of neglect. It is time for the Welsh working class to reclaim its militant traditions.
In our latest issue of The Communist, comrades in Scotland report on the plethora of crises piling up for the SNP government – including holes in healthcare budgets, delays to CalMac ferries, and scandalous revelations about Police Scotland.
New musical ‘Cable Street’ does an excellent job of portraying the eponymous 1936 battle, when the working-class community in East London rose up to block Mosley’s fascist thugs in their tracks. These inspiring events are full of lessons for today.
In every issue of The Communist, we carry news on the latest strikes and struggles in Britain. In this week’s paper, comrades highlight disputes in Scottish colleges, Liverpool museums, and Birmingham council. First up: a report from an RMT member.
The Tories are facing the prospect of another humiliating by-election, with MP Scott Benton suspended for his willingness to sway Parliament on behalf of betting firms. This reveals the pernicious influence of the gambling industry on politics.
Britain’s strike wave may have ebbed. But battles are still breaking out across the country, with junior doctors on the picket lines, and other workers taking action. Examples of solidarity in South Wales show the way forward for these struggles.
In the latest issue of The Communist, out this week, comrades review two recent cinema releases: Jonathan Glazer’s Auschwitz drama ‘The Zone of Interest’, and Romanian black comedy ‘Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World’.
We are proud to defend the ideas of genuine communism, and to establish a new revolutionary paper and party on these foundations. It is necessary to answer any myths and lies, however, and explain the real methods and traditions that we uphold.
On Valentine’s Day, thousands of delivery workers took part in wildcat strike action to demand higher pay. Reporters from The Communist spoke to strikers in London to find out about their struggle against ‘gig economy’ exploitation.
Malnutrition haunts humanity. There is hunger amidst plenty. An obesity epidemic weighs down on the working class. Meanwhile, the food monopolies are making fat profits. Capitalism is killing us. To protect our health, we need planning, not profit.
The massive strike wave of 2022-23 may have ebbed. But industrial battles are still raging across Britain. In these reports from the latest issue of The Communist, out this week, comrades highlight the militant mood on the picket lines.
This May, we are launching the Revolutionary Communist Party. To prepare for this, we are looking back on the history of our organisation – beginning with the firm position taken by the Trotskyists in the ‘40s against the partition of Palestine.
Councils are facing a wave of bankruptcies, which will devastate already threadbare services. Instead of Labour’s ‘dented shield’, we need a fighting approach to make the bosses pay for this crisis. It’s better to break the law than the poor!
Fast-food delivery riders are taking wildcat strike action across Britain in a struggle for better pay and conditions. Communists joined a picket line in London to show solidarity, and discuss the next steps. Victory to the riders!
Ongoing Tate Britain exhibition ‘Women in Revolt’ explores the role of feminist art and activism in the fight against oppression. But the eclectic ideas portrayed offer no real solution. Only united class struggle can liberate humanity.
Workers organised by Unite at Cambridge University have recently stuck for better pay. It’s been revealed that whilst the uni pleads poverty, it is sitting on billions in cash. Staff and students should be in control, not uni fat cats.
Workers at Amazon’s new warehouse in Birmingham recently went on strike. The Birmingham Communists visited their picket line to offer solidarity, and to find out the latest about the Amazon strike movement. Victory to the Amazon workers!
Tata’s decision to close its Port Talbot steelworks will devastate the town. With no lead coming from the trade union tops, the communists have launched a campaign for workers to get organised, occupy the plant, and demand its full nationalisation.
Recent cinema release ‘Poor Things’, a wonderfully surreal comedy by director Giórgos Lánthimos, is deserving of its many award nominations. But its postmodern political message about women’s oppression leaves a sour taste in the mouth.
From war games in the Baltics, to bombing impoverished Yemenis: the bellicose British imperialists have been puffing their chests out. But as The Communist readers note, the UK’s Armed Forces are at breaking point. Britain is a third-rate power.
The teams behind Revolution Scotland and Socialist Appeal have combined forces to launch The Communist – a new paper produced by the Marxists in Britain. In our first issue, editorial board member Shaun Morris looks at the crisis facing the SNP.
The TUC held a march in Cheltenham over the weekend against the Tories’ Minimum Service Level law. But more than one demo is needed. The mood exists for a mass campaign of resistance, including strike action.
Writing for the first issue of The Communist, readers highlight some of the most egregious examples of the global elites’ debauchery and depravity: from eye-watering inequality, to sordid scandals, to hypocritical hedonism. Overthrow their system!
Staff in higher and further education have repeatedly taken action in recent years, as crises mount in universities and colleges. But union members have been consistently let down by their leaders. This is the backdrop to the latest UCU elections.
The Tories are using public sector workers in the North of Ireland as pawns in their efforts to end the political paralysis at Stormont. But workers across the sectarian divide are refusing to be passive observers, and are moving into action.
Tata bosses have confirmed plans to cut thousands of jobs at the company’s steelworks in Port Talbot, south Wales. With the unions failing to put up a fight, workers must mobilise, organise, and occupy to protect their livelihoods and community.
The Tories are attempting to steamroller academisation in schools across the country. But education workers – such as those at Castle Wood in Coventry – are resisting this push, standing up in the interests of staff and students.
We are keen to fill the pages of The Communist with readers’ thoughts on art and culture, including the latest releases in cinemas, on stage, on streaming services, and in print. Here, comrades review two recent films to hit the silver screen.
A new television series has helped to shine a light on the horrific torment faced by former managers of local Post Office branches. The response of the capitalist establishment, in turn, has laid bare the double-standards of them and their system.
Journalist and documentary-maker John Pilger sadly died recently. For decades, he dedicated his work to uncovering the crimes of western imperialism. We pay tribute to his tireless efforts, and strive to continue this legacy of struggle today.
The Tories are intent on persecuting protestors, migrants, and homeless people. But the most blatant abuses and scandals are being perpetrated by senior figures in their own party. These reprobates must be swept into the dustbin of history.
2024 is set to be a dire year for workers in local government, and for residents reliant on council services, with a tsunami of bankruptcies predicted for local authorities across the country. We spoke to those bearing the brunt of Tory austerity.
A new television drama has brought attention to the shocking scandal experienced by Post Office workers, falsely accused of stealing and then hung out to dry. Only democratic workers’ control can prevent such horrific miscarriages of justice.
PCS members in Defra have launched a campaign for a 4-day-week with no loss of pay. This would be a significant conquest for workers to achieve, and would be an inspiration to workers everywhere. But it requires bold tactics for its success.
Disgraced Tory MP Peter Bone has been kicked out of office by a recall petition. Whilst we’re glad to see him go, we should have no illusions that whoever replaces him will represent workers’ interests, so long as capitalism is left intact.
The unions’ responses to Tata Steel’s threatened furnace closures don’t go nearly far enough. Unite’s ‘Workers’ Plan’ is a step in the right direction. What is needed is militant action, based on the rank and file, fighting for bold demands.
PCS leadership elections are now over, with Fran Heathcote elected to General Secretary. The union’s leadership must now put serious time and effort into rebuilding its grassroots rank and file, taking radical, fighting demands to every corner of the union.
Activists across Britain have blockaded arms factories supplying the Israeli regime. Trade union leaders have failed to give a lead. To escalate the movement, workers inside the factories must be convinced to take solidarity action themselves.
A new film adaptation of The Peasants is a genuine visual spectacle. It faithfully depicts the contradictory nature of the peasantry as a class, the weight of village tradition, and the crushing oppression of women that exists to this day.
Our comrades at the University of Nottingham have come under attack for showing solidarity with the Palestinian people and calling for a struggle against imperialism. We will not be silenced!
The Tories and the police are continuing their clamp down against pro-Palestine supporters, harassing activists who attempt to show solidarity, in an attempt to intimidate others. The movement must not be cowed, but instead organise and mobilise.
Architecture is often considered a well-to-do profession. But the industry is plagued by burnout and unpaid overtime. Architects are getting organised. The unions must fight for public ownership and workers’ control across the construction sector.
The Westminster ethics chief recently stated that MPs do not deserve criticism for their perceived parasitism and corruption. But evidence of scandalous side-hustles and expense claims by these ‘representatives’ tells a very different story.
A recent investigation has revealed that the British crown is sucking up wealth from its subjects who pass away without any clear inheritors. It’s time to sweep away this feudal relic. We say: Abolish the monarchy! For a socialist republic!
Benjamin Zephaniah (1958-2023), an acclaimed British poet and political activist, passed away yesterday. Through his work, he shone a light on the injustices of capitalist society, calling for united struggle against oppression and exploitation.
Having been strung along for months by the government, junior doctors have announced a new wave of winter walkouts. This determined action must be linked to a mass campaign across the trade union movement to kick out the Tories and save our NHS.
The recent conference for young members in Unison showed the appetite that exists for organising around burning class issues. To channel this enthusiasm, a transformation is required across the union, putting grassroots activists in control.
Long-running action on Go-Ahead’s bus routes in the North East has won significant gains for striking drivers. Fresh layers of militant workers have shown their will and determination, providing confidence for future battles against the bosses.
Ridley Scott’s much-hyped Napoleon biopic is an epic flop. In place of any serious historical narrative, cinemagoers are force fed poundshop psychoanalysis. This film ultimately fails both as a work of art, and as a representation of history.
Rail workers organised in the RMT and employed by UK train operating companies have accepted a pay deal that halts cuts to jobs and conditions. But further attacks are coming from the Tories and bosses. The trade unions must prepare for battle.
A recent police raid against the London Kurdish community reveals the complicity of British imperialism in Erdoğan’s repression of the Kurds. We must fight to overthrow the real terrorists: the warmongers in Downing Street, Washington, and Ankara.
Drivers working on bus routes operated by London Transit are out on strike tomorrow, in a dispute over pay and conditions, following previous days of action this month. Victory to the bus drivers! Fight for nationalisation and workers’ control!
With news that their treasured and trusted mouthpiece might fall into foreign hands, hypocritical Tories have begun shouting about the threat to editorial ‘independence’ posed by a possible UAE-Telegraph sale. Help us build ‘The Communist’.
The movement in support of Palestine has continued over the last week, with further mass demonstrations in cities across Britain, and student walkouts at schools and universities. To stop the slaughter, we must organise to overthrow imperialism.
Today is ‘Black Friday’ – the busiest day of the year for the retail sector. Staff at the Amazon distribution centre in Coventry marked this occasion by taking the latest day of strike action in their long-running dispute. Victory to the workers!
Further education staff at multiple colleges have been out on the picket lines this month, fighting over pay, workload, and conditions. As our comrade reports, new layers of workers are being drawn into activity through this struggle.
Director Emerald Fennell’s latest film is a dark comedy that skewers the wealthy elites, shining a spotlight on their pomp and privilege. Just like the spoilt residents of Saltburn, today’s capitalist class will eventually get their just deserts.
Celtic FC supporters have hit the news in recent weeks, defying football’s authorities to show their solidarity for Palestine at the team’s matches. The establishment is attempting to whitewash sport. Fans must fight for community control of clubs.
Judges have frustrated Tory plans to deport refugees to Rwanda. But Sunak’s government remains determined to pursue this reactionary strategy. We cannot rely on the courts to protect migrants. Instead, we need organisation and united action.
Thousands of engineering construction workers employed on the NAECI agreement have voted to strike, in a dispute over pay. These workers hold enormous power in their hands. They must use this to deliver a militant blow against the bosses.
Thousands of jobs are on the line in the UK steel industry, with the threat of cuts at Tata in Port Talbot and British Steel in Scunthorpe. The unions must launch a militant fightback, and demand immediate nationalisation and workers’ control.
Horror stories emerge on a daily basis of the appalling conditions and eye-watering costs that millions of tenants face across the country, due to the anarchy of the market. Instead of government regulation or rent caps, we need workers’ control.
Under its current left leadership, civil service union PCS has played a key role in defending public sector workers against Tory attacks. To continue on this path, and rise to future challenges, members should vote for Left Unity candidates.
A recent documentary by Laura Kuenssberg, former political editor of BBC News, reveals the full extent of the pandemonium that has gripped Westminster during the last decade of Tory rule – a reflection of the deep crisis of British capitalism.
IMT comrades have been harassed by the police, as part of a wider Tory crackdown on the Palestine solidarity movement. One of our activists caught up in this repressive wave speaks out against this brazen political attack.
As part of their hostile environment strategy, the Tories have attempted to whip up anger against migrants, blaming asylum-seekers for the lack of housing and jobs. We must fight their cynical culture war with class war.
The opening of a new ‘safe consumption room’ for opioid addicts in Glasgow has opened up a debate about drug use and addiction. Neither criminalisation nor legalisation offer a real solution under capitalism. We must tackle the problem at its root.
The latest wave of storms and floods has left a trail of destruction across the UK. It is clear that British capitalism is completely ill-equipped to face increasingly frequent and extreme weather events. The billionaires must pay for this crisis.
Kirklees Council has been involved in a scandalous witch hunt against prominent trade unionist Paul Holmes in recent years. The latest development in this case is an outrageous data leak by the council. The labour movement must fight for justice.
Misogynistic attitudes are prevalent in capitalist society – drip fed by the ruling class, and regurgitated in their crudest form by reactionary demagogues like Andrew Tate. To tackle sexism in schools, students and staff must unite and fight
Recent years have seen demand for weight-loss medication soar, with Big Pharma firms making fat profits in the process. But expensive drugs are no alternative to genuine access to healthy diets and lifestyles. Capitalism is to blame.
Facing attacks from the establishment press, and meddling from university and student union bureaucracies, the communists are continuing their efforts to mobilise solidarity with Palestine. We say: Intifada until victory!
With budgets already under attack, schools and colleges are being forced to step in to deal with the severe effects of austerity, child poverty, and the mental health crisis. Students and staff must organise to fight this rotten system.
Palestinian trade unionists have called for international solidarity of the working class to halt the Israeli war machine. Workers in the arms industry have the potential to strike a powerful blow against the Israeli state and imperialism.
Recent cinema release ‘The Old Oak’, by acclaimed left-wing director Ken Loach, highlights the local tensions and racism being stirred up by the ruling class over the question of asylum-seekers. We must fight their culture war with class war.
Struggles are breaking out across the country, as the bosses and Tories go on the offensive against the working class. Socialist Appeal comrades are actively participating in these battles. We provide here the latest reports from the workplace.
Protests have exploded onto the streets in Britain over the last few days, in response to the ongoing occupation of Palestine and the escalating oppression of its people. Throughout, IMT comrades have raised the banner of revolution.
As part of the Tories’ austerity agenda, provision of education for those with special needs and disabilities is coming under increasing pressure. This is yet another symptom of the dire crisis facing schools and public services under capitalism.
Dozens of Socialist Appeal comrades from across the north joined the protest outside the Tory conference last Sunday, forming a communist bloc with bold revolutionary slogans. Capitalism is crumbling. It’s time to overthrow their system.
September has been a busy month for the Marxists in Britain, with comrades recruiting for revolution at schools, colleges, and universities across the country. Everywhere, we see a clear thirst for communist ideas and organisation. Join us today!
A determined struggle by bin workers employed by Tower Hamlets council has ended with an improved deal for the strikers. This solid action shows the potential strength that workers everywhere have, when organised, mobilised, and united.
Unison members at Birmingham University are taking action in a struggle for decent pay and conditions. Students and lecturers should offer their full solidarity, and join forces with striking support staff in the fight against marketisation.
Thousands of union members at important industrial hubs are currently balloting for action. If successful, strikes could disrupt refineries, chemical plants, and power stations across the country next month. The lesson is clear: militancy pays!
Multinational steel company Tata has again come cap in hand to the British government, demanding another huge handout. As part of this, the bosses and Tories are planning thousands of job cuts. We say: nationalise the steel industry now!
As in previous years, the recent Edinburgh Fringe Festival highlighted the squeeze facing artists under capitalism, with performers facing an uphill struggle to make a breakthrough in the industry. For culture to blossom, we need a revolution.
Socialist Appeal comrade Nicholas Baldion is amongst the contenders for this year’s John Moores Painting Prize – the winner of which will be announced later this week. We spoke to Nicholas about his artistic work and his communist politics.
Following wave after wave of determined struggle by rank-and-file UCU members, union leaders have led the disputes in higher education into a dead end. These events show the crucial importance of militant leadership – which we must build.
After years of attacks on jobs, pay, and conditions, further education staff in the UCU are balloting over whether to strike. With pressure building, industrial action looks likely. Union activists in colleges must prepare for struggle.
Rail unions and campaigners are mobilising against threatened closures of station ticket offices, tapping into a mood of anger amongst passengers. To defend against the bosses’ attacks, we need militant action, nationalisation, and workers’ control.
Across the country, as the new school year starts up, communist students are getting organised. Socialist Appeal comrades recently held an inspiring day school, with students discussing how to build the forces of Marxism in their colleges.
As a new generation of freshers prepares for university, higher education continues to come under attack. The new academic year is set to be full of strife and struggle. Students and staff must unite and fight to kick capitalism off campus.
A comrade from the Irish Marxists explains why he left People Before Profit (PBP), Ireland’s largest self-styled ‘Marxist’ organisation, to join the International Marxist Tendency. Unsatisfied with a lack of attention to theory and the electoral reformism of PBP, Nathan explains why the IMT in contrast fits the bill as the serious, revolutionary outfit he had been seeking.
Workers at the Hinkley Point C site have taken successful wildcat strike action, inspiring others to follow their lead. Rank-and-file committees organising workers across different trades and employers will further strengthen these struggles.
Workers at Amazon have successfully shut down a distribution centre in Coventry, as part of their ongoing battle for a living wage and union recognition. In order to beat the bosses, this struggle must be escalated to the wider workforce.
The humble chippy is the latest victim of the crisis of capitalism, with the industry warning of mass closures of fish and chip shops due to rising costs. To save these seaside stalwarts, we need to plan the economy along socialist lines.
Workers at two Amazon UK warehouses are striking this week, marking a year since the first walkout by staff at the Coventry site, in a long-running struggle over pay and union recognition. The whole labour movement must offer their solidarity.
On this day 50 years ago, an inferno at the Summerland leisure centre claimed dozens of lives, in a tragedy reminiscent of the Grenfell disaster. These were both cases of social murder. The capitalist criminals are to blame.
Support staff at City of Liverpool College are preparing to take action over pay. Across the sector, further education workers are being hammered. We need national coordinated action to save our colleges. Workers and students – unite and fight!
Thousands of school buildings across the country are in a state of disrepair, at serious risk of collapse. The Tories are cutting maintenance budgets, and construction firms are cutting corners. The capitalists are putting profits before lives.
This month has seen a volley of strike days on the railways, with RMT members walking out in protest over ticket office closures. Visiting picket lines, comrades have found that the mood is hardening. It is clear that this battle is far from over.
Thanks to determined strike action, outsourced hospital staff in London have scored an impressive victory, winning a bumper wage rise. With NHS struggles continuing, this provides an inspiring example for the rest of the trade union movement.
Along with other unions, after months of action, civil servants are taking stock in their struggle over pay. PCS members must absorb the lessons from the strike wave: militancy pays and coordination is key. We must prepare for future battles.
Britain’s pub industry is getting hammered by the crisis of capitalism, as costs soar and workers’ budgets are squeezed. These important places for socialising and community life are calling last orders. We need public ownership of public houses.
Recent surveys show that belief in conspiracy theories is widespread in the UK population. The liberal establishment patronisingly point the finger at all manner of scapegoats for this. But it is they who are to blame. We must fight for revolution.
Birmingham City Council is facing a particularly acute crisis, with workers and residents being made to pay for Tory austerity, corporate plunder, and the employers’ crimes. The trade unions must organise a militant fightback against austerity.
This coming week will see renewed action on Britain’s railways and on London’s Tube network, with the bosses and Tories making further attacks on passengers and workers. To save transport services, we need militant action and nationalisation.
While other unions sign up to subpar pay deals, BMA members are continuing to battle on. With the Tories digging in, and the movement divided, doctors must prepare for a bitter struggle. To save our NHS, militant health workers must get organised.
Last week, after months of struggle by teachers, union leaders announced that they would recommend acceptance of the government’s below-inflation pay deal. Members should mobilise to reject this offer, and organise to forge a militant leadership.
Starmer’s Labour recently announced its programme for education. But as with other questions, the party is promising little but Tory-lite policies. To save our schools, staff and students must fight for a clear socialist alternative.
This year’s Miners’ Gala was marked by a palpable sense of anger at the crisis of capitalism. Armed with revolutionary ideas, members of the International Marxist Tendency planted the red flag of communism at the Gala, with a focus on recruiting for revolution.
Unison members in local government will not be joining this summer’s strike wave, after turnout in the recent ballot for action fell short. This highlights the need for activists to transform the union into a fighting weapon for members.
Far-right elements in South Wales have opportunistically hijacked anger over local job losses, in order to stir-up hatred against refugees. The labour movement must respond with class struggle methods and clear socialist policies.
Amazon workers in Coventry are back on the picket lines today, in their long-running struggle for £15 per hour. The bosses, meanwhile, are desperately trying to thwart unionisation efforts. Solidarity to the Amazon workers! Spread the strike to win!
Last week saw teachers in England returning to the picket lines, with two more days of walkouts. But there are rumours that NEU leaders could be on the verge of accepting a below-inflation offer. Members must mobilise and escalate the struggle.
This year’s Durham Miners’ Gala takes place tomorrow – an annual commemoration of the labour movement’s historic struggles. Socialist Appeal activists will be energetically joining the march, calling on communist workers and youth to get organised.
To mark the 75th anniversary since the NHS was founded, Socialist Appeal comrades working in healthcare are calling on nurses, doctors, and hospital staff to join us in campaigning to kick out the profiteers and save our NHS with socialist policies.
Industrial action on North Sea oil and gas rigs is continuing this month, with hundreds of workers across different contractors set to down tools. To win, the unions must coordinate action and unite workers around bold socialist demands.
Workers at homelessness charity St Mungo’s have escalated their struggle over pay and conditions, starting all-out strike action this week. This militant example should serve as an inspiration for the whole of the labour movement. Solidarity!
A struggle against academisation and course closures at NewVic college in London has seen angry students joining forces with striking teachers. Students everywhere should get organised and fight to kick capitalism out of education.
After years of being witch-hunted by the employers, judges have ruled against Paul Holmes – a prominent trade unionist and former Unison president. Grassroots activists must offer Paul their full solidarity.
As part of our ‘Are you a communist?’ campaign, and with the end of term approaching, we are calling on students in schools and colleges to get organised and help us build the forces of Marxism. Get in touch today – and join the revolution!
Across the world, women’s freedoms are under attack. On the one hand, abortion rights are being eroded. On the other, those wanting children increasingly cannot afford to do so. Only under socialism will we truly be in control of our own lives.
Factory workers at multinational industrial firm Sulzer, based in Leeds, are taking action in demand of a proper pay increase. In the process, they are having to face down strike-breaking bosses. The unions must fight for a sliding scale of wages.
In an effort to continue their pay campaign, the NEU has called two more days of walkouts for the final weeks of term. Teachers must build for these strikes, and use them as a platform to escalate and expand the struggle – in schools and beyond.
Junior doctors recently returned to picket lines at NHS hospitals across England and Wales, with a growing mood for escalation. Radical junior doctors must get organised to spread these demands and raise the need for revolutionary ideas.
The summer festival season is well underway. And with it comes the usual horror stories of dangerous safety issues, rip-off prices, and endless reappearances by ageing bands. Capitalism is suffocating the music industry. Only socialism can save it.
Britain’s largest union Unison recently met for its annual conference, where the left lost overall control of the NEC. This setback highlights the need for the left to organise the rank and file for the transformation of the union, and wider society.
Junior doctors are back on strike this week, as the Tories refuse to yield to their demand for full pay restoration. With other struggles in healthcare continuing, it is vital that the unions coordinate action to kick capitalism out of our NHS.
Debates and protests have broken out amongst the Tories recently, over suggestions that supermarkets should sign up to price caps on essential goods. To genuinely fight the menace of inflation, however, we need a socialist plan of production.
Delegates are meeting this week for the Unison national conference. With struggles ongoing in local government, the NHS, and schools, it is vital that Britain’s biggest public sector union rises to the challenge. This requires fighting leadership.
Jamie Driscoll, the left-wing North of Tyne Mayor, is the latest victim of Starmer’s purge, having been blocked by the party from standing as a Labour candidate. This episode emphasises once again the need to build a revolutionary leadership.
The government recently put forward new legislation aimed at giving tenants more security. But this regulation is powerless to curb rising rents and evictions. To solve the housing crisis, we must expropriate the landlords and monopolies.
Lorry drivers at concrete supplier Maen Karne are striking this week in a fight for union recognition. With struggles breaking out across the construction industry, the labour movement must fight for nationalisation and workers’ control.
Workers at Allied Bakeries in Merseyside are striking in demand of a real pay rise. At the same time, the bosses are recording bumper profits. We say: Nationalise the food industry under workers’ control! No to crumbs! Demand the whole bakery!
Another wave of rail strikes is currently underway, with RMT and ASLEF members both out this week. The bosses and Tories are digging their heels in, looking to smash this industrial militancy. United, escalated action is needed for workers to win.
The recent UCU congress saw a radical mood amongst delegates, with motions to ‘kick capitalism out of higher education’ and to censure general secretary Jo Grady both passing. Members need fighting leadership and clear socialist policies.
Unite members at homeless charity St Mungo’s have begun an unprecedented month-long strike over pay. The crisis in society, reflected across the charity sector, has pushed workers to the brink. Only a bold socialist solution will suffice.
The recent PCS national conference reflected the militant mood within the union, with activists – old and new – showing a determination to ramp up the fight against the Tories and their austerity agenda. Civil servants are preparing for battle.
Delegates are meeting in Glasgow this weekend for the UCU annual conference. This year’s event takes place amidst a bitter struggle between university bosses and academic staff. Workers and students must unite and fight to defend education.
The Unison local government strike ballot has now opened. With other council workers, teachers, and civil servants all mobilising, the potential exists for mass coordinated action across the public sector. The unions must seize this opportunity.
Today marks the anniversary of the Irish Rebellion – a mass revolt against landlordism and colonialism, which began on the dawn of 24 May 1798. Revolutionaries in Ireland, Britain, and beyond should study the lessons of these inspiring events.
UCU members at Queen Margaret University in Scotland have won an important victory, resisting the bosses’ attempts to punish lecturers with pay deductions. This provides valuable lessons for the whole of the union in its ongoing struggle.
Delegates are meeting in Brighton this week for the PCS annual conference. This is taking place against a backdrop of strikes and struggle, including walkouts by civil service workers. To win, coordination and escalation is vital.
North Sea rig workers are mobilising and taking action over pay, jobs, and conditions. Their strikes show where the real power in the energy industry lies. The labour movement must fight to expropriate the monopolies, and put workers in control.
Leaked correspondence relating to the buyout of Newcastle United FC has revealed the close links between the Tories and the rotten Saudi regime. The ruling class are mudding the ‘beautiful game’. We must fight to kick capitalism out of football.
On Saturday, activists marched through the streets of London in protest against the continued oppression of the Palestinian people at the hands of the Israeli state. Socialist Appeal comrades joined the demo, calling for a revolutionary way forward.
As Britain’s largest public sector union, Unison has a vital role to play in the struggles taking place in health, education, and local councils. With elections underway for the union’s NEC, a recent local win for the left offers hope.
Following months of struggle, CWU members at Royal Mail are being offered a deal. But this fails to meet any of posties’ demands over pay and conditions. Postal workers should vote to reject, and prepare for further battles.
Unite’s EC elections have drawn to a close. Results show members want a fighting union. To deliver, the new leadership will have to transform the union into a militant, democratic one – prepared to fightback against the Tories and capitalism.
‘Sir’ Keir Starmer has predictably thrown students under the bus by finally scrapping his pledge to abolish tuition fees. We demand free and high-quality education for all, by expropriating the wealth of the bosses.
A major exhibition of self-proclaimed communist artist Alice Neel is currently on show at the Barbican Centre in London. Neel’s politically conscious portraits brilliantly bring to life the hidden history of the American working class and oppressed.
Teachers in the NEU and nurses in the RCN have recently resumed their strikes against the Tories’ insulting pay offers. Socialist Appeal supporters spoke to workers on the picket lines, where there was a fighting mood for escalation.
As higher education comes under attack, staff at UEA face the threat of mass layoffs. Marxist students are mobilising to support campus workers, calling to kick capitalism out of our universities. Students and workers: unite and fight!
A string of scandals has hit the world of rugby union in recent months. The inequality and oppression seen in sport is a reflection of that which pervades capitalist society. We must fight to remove profit and put the working class in control.
A review into conditions at hospitals in Birmingham has revealed a toxic culture of intimidation and fear – adding to the stress on overworked staff, and undermining patient safety. Health workers must fight back with clear socialist policies.
A recent report from the government’s advisory body on climate change has revealed that Britain is totally ill-equipped for the impacts of warming temperatures. Only socialist planning can ensure that society adapts and averts a catastrophe.
Now in its final season, popular HBO series ‘Succession’ has been lauded for its dramatic portrayal of a ruthless media mogul and his degenerate children. To end the corruption and control of the billionaires, we need a workers’ media.
In recent weeks, ‘Sir’ Keir Starmer has attempted to outflank the Tories on the question of policing and crime. The Labour leader is desperate to prove to the establishment that he will defend their system. Instead, we must fight to overthrow it.
Recent Netflix release ‘Bank of Dave’ portrays one man’s battle to save his deprived community by establishing a new local lender. To bring about genuine change, however, we need to nationalise the big banks and expropriate the billionaire class.
A recent theatrical adaptation of John Reed’s ‘10 Days That Shook the World’ portrays the inspiring events surrounding the 1917 Russian Revolution. In doing so, this play highlights the key task today: to build a Bolshevik organisation.
Britain is in the midst of a deep housing crisis. While millions of tenants struggle to pay their rent and face the threat of eviction, the bankers and landlords are laughing. Only bold socialist policies can ensure decent, affordable homes for all.
Every week brings new announcements of rising costs and delays for HS2. Many are calling for the entire project to be cancelled. But the Tories cannot fathom another U-turn. Only socialist planning can modernise Britain’s decrepit infrastructure.
Recent data shows that life expectancy in Britain has plateaued over the last decade, and has even fallen for the poorest. Hundreds of thousands are dying before their time, due to austerity, inequality, and overwork. Capitalism is killing us.
International students have been caught up in the Tories’ cynical culture war, as this myopic government looks to bring down immigration numbers. Only by kicking capitalism off our campuses can we provide free, high-quality education for all.
Last month, a fire broke out in an overcrowded flat in east London, revealing the scourge of slum housing in Britain. To solve the housing crisis, we need to expropriate the wealth and properties of the big banks, landlords, and developers.
Following a determined challenge and campaign, Socialist Appeal comrades in Harrow have successfully overturned the draconian fines imposed by the local Tory council. The Marxists will not be cowed or censored! Get organised and fight back!
Voting is underway in the elections for the Unite executive council. A left-wing slate is standing, attempting to continue the transformation of the union that has taken place under Sharon Graham. Members should select a fighting leadership.
Workers at National Express West Midlands have won an inflation-busting pay rise, despite the bosses’ union-busting efforts, following indefinite action across the local bus network. This shows the way forward for striking workers everywhere.
The struggle by UCU members in higher education is at an impasse. While the leadership is prettifying the employers’ ‘offers’, members show a determination to keep fighting. To break the deadlock, the rank and file must be put in control
NEU leaders have correctly called on members to reject the pathetic deal being offered to teachers, and are preparing for further walkouts. To win, we must escalate the action, unite the struggles, and fight to kick capitalism out of education.
The Tories have recently announced plans to provide extra childcare for parents. But with nurseries squeezed by cuts and inflation, this will do little to alleviate the pressures on families and staff. We say: make the bosses pay for this crisis!
Energy workers across Britain have been mobilising in recent weeks, in a struggle over pay. Their victories show where the real power in society lies – and why it is vital for the labour movement to lead the fight to transform the energy sector.
RMT members at Network Rail have voted to accept an improved pay deal, secured thanks to months of determined strike action. But the threat of attacks on jobs and conditions still looms. Workers must remain vigilant and fight for nationalisation.
Yesterday saw the biggest trade union mobilisation in Britain in over a decade, with teachers, lecturers, civil servants, and lecturers all out on strike. Socialist Appeal comrades across the country joined the protests and picket lines.
School student protests have broken out across the country, fuelled by growing anger against austerity and academisation. The struggles being waged by teachers, workers, and pupils must be brought together into a common fightback against the bosses and the Tories.
Midway through their walkout, the mood amongst striking junior doctors is one of confidence and enthusiasm. Tomorrow they will be bolstered by action across the public sector. The trade unions must unite and escalate their struggles to win.
Junior doctors organised in the BMA are striking this week, joining other public sector workers in the struggle for decent pay and conditions. Austerity and privatisation are killing our NHS. Only bold socialist policies can save it.
Socialist Appeal comrades in Harrow, London, are facing consistent harassment from the local Tory council, as part of a wider clampdown on left-wing activists. We call on our readers and supporters to help them fight back.
A trove of leaked messages between former health secretary Matt Hancock and other cabinet ministers reveals the callous and cynical attitudes held by the Tories. Our schools and services are not safe in their hands. We must kick them all out.
To celebrate International Working Women’s Day, Wellred Books is proud to announce the publication of a new book called Women, Family, and the Russian Revolution. Pre-order your copy of this fantastic read today!
As the UK economy slumps, and new infrastructure investment dries up, the construction industry is grinding to a halt. Accompanying this is a swathe of sackings amongst archaeology workers. Capitalism is destroying our history and heritage.
In an effort to break the ongoing strike by UCU members, university bosses are resorting to all manner of dirty tricks to divide staff and students. In response, workers and students must unite and fight to end the marketisation of education.
With a mood of confidence, enthusiasm, and militancy on display, the recent young members’ conference of the RMT set the tone for the battles ahead, as rail workers prepare to continue their struggle in the weeks ahead. Victory to the unions!
Amazon warehouse workers in Coventry were out on the picket lines again yesterday, continuing their struggle for decent pay and conditions. Confidence is growing, as the strike grows. To win, it must spread across Jeff Bezos’ e-commerce empire.
A wave of regional strikes by NEU members is taking place this week, over pay and conditions in education. To save our schools, this struggle must be linked to that of other public sector workers, to fight the Tories and their austerity agenda.
Following their first walkout last month, Amazon workers in Coventry are back on the picket lines this week, fighting for decent pay and conditions. To win, the strike must be spread to the rest of the workforce – and to other warehouses.
Recent TV thriller series ¡García!, available on HBO, explores Spain’s dark fascist past. But the show’s political message is confused from start to end. Only the revolutionary struggle of workers and youth can bury Francoism one and for all.
With the class struggle sharpening, the Tories are reaching for every tool at their disposal to divide workers. To this end, the government is dusting-off its ‘Prevent’ programme once again. Workers and youth must fight their racist fear-mongering.
As living costs soar, more and more people are relying on ‘buy now, pay later’ loans to cover weekly shops and essential purchases. Regulation cannot tackle this dangerous debt bubble. We must tackle the problem at its root: capitalism.
Following a period of consultation and discussion across the union, RMT members are continuing their struggle on the railways, with a further wave of action beginning next month. To win, we need escalated, coordinated, militant action.
Museum workers organised in the PCS union at institutions up-and-down the country are walking out as part of the strike wave sweeping across Britain. To defend art and culture, we need militant coordinated action for bold socialist policies.
Following disturbing scenes of racist violence in Merseyside recently, anti-fascist activists mobilised a strong counter-demo in Rotherham last Saturday, stopping the far right in their tracks. This shows the potential power of workers’ unity.
While university workers strike over pay and conditions, undergraduate students are also suffering from the cost-of-living crisis, with huge real-terms cuts to maintenance loans. Students and staff must unite and fight for free education.
The uncertainty and chaos of capitalism finds its reflection in the epidemic of mental health issues amongst young people. At the same time, austerity and inflation are restricting access to services and support. We must fight to transform society.
Following several rounds of walkouts, and with the Tories refusing to budge, nurses are set to step up their strike action over pay and conditions. To win, health workers must unite with other unions and fight for a clear socialist alternative.
Recent research has revealed that increasing numbers of children are dying of trauma and sudden, unexpected causes. Poverty, malnutrition, and unhealthy living conditions are driving this surge in child mortality. Capitalism is the culprit.
Over five years on since the Grenfell tragedy, and thousands of families are still trapped in high-risk homes. Neither fat-cat developers nor the criminal Tory government are willing to cough up. We say: make the bosses pay for this crisis!
UCU members in higher education will be out on strike again from tomorrow, continuing their fight over pay, pensions, and conditions. Debates are taking place in the union about how to advance the struggle. Indefinite action is needed to win.
Recent release ‘Till’ tells the real-life story of a black teenager in Jim-Crow-era USA, who becomes yet another victim of racist violence. As Malcolm X stated: capitalism is racist. The fight against oppression must be a fight for revolution.
Civil servants are continuing their struggle over pay, pensions, jobs, and conditions – and are leading the way by coordinating action with other unions. The whole labour movement must mobilise together to kick out the Tories and end austerity.
Following a decade of real pay losses and one in five jobs cut, the FBU has voted to join the strike wave sweeping the country. We speak here with David Pike, secretary of the Manchester FBU, about the ballot and the conditions leading to it.
Teachers and pupils will be joining forces on the picket lines today. Similarly, in 1911, school students walked out, inspired by the movements of the working class. Both then and now, the radicalisation of the youth terrifies the ruling class.
This Wednesday, teachers across England and Wales will be walking out in a protest over pay, workloads, and conditions. It is vital that students offer solidarity to striking staff, in order to defend schools against austerity and academisation.
Compulsory redundancies are on the cards at the University of East Anglia – a reflection of the dire situation facing higher education institutions everywhere. Workers and students must come together to fight against austerity and marketisation.
With the struggle of workers and peasants in Peru sharpening, internationalist activists in London gathered last night at a solidarity meeting co-organised by the Marxist Student Federation. We offer our full support to this inspiring movement.
A new book by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò argues that the establishment has co-opted and ruined identity politics. But these ideas were pernicious from the start. Instead of ‘reclaiming’ idpol, the left must fight on a class basis for socialist revolution.
Despite repeated disasters, outsourcing is thriving in Britain’s public services. This is the logical outcome of capitalism in crisis, as parasitic bosses seek new sources of profit. The labour movement must fight for public ownership.
Nominations are underway for the latest NEC elections in Unison, Britain’s public sector behemoth. With the class struggle sharpening, it is vital that the left learns the lessons of recent events, and mobilises militantly to transform the union.
NEU members have shown their will to fight, voting to strike over pay and conditions. Public sector unions are mobilising for coordinated action on 1 February. To stop the cuts, these struggles must be linked around a clear socialist programme.
As the new year begins, Marxist students are preparing for a busy term of activity: showing solidarity with striking workers; discussing revolutionary events past and present; and building the forces of Marxism on UK campuses. Join the MSF today!
A new harrowing Netflix film explores the devastation inflicted upon the people of Palestine through the Zionist creation of the state of Israel – a story that strikes a chord today, as the struggle for Palestinian freedom continues.
The latest census figures have revealed a drop in support for Christianity, highlighting the diminishing influence of the Church. This has important implications for the class struggle, representing a blow to the capitalist establishment.
Striking ambulance workers are taking a stand against attacks on their pay and conditions. We spoke to workers at the picket lines, who are ready to fight tooth and nail for victory and the future of the NHS.
Students across the country are facing worsening living conditions, as revealed by the crisis of student housing. The only solution is the nationalisation of student housing, alongside democratic control of universities by students and staff.
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Nurses in the RCN have taken their first ever day of national strike action, to combat the severe crisis in the NHS. We spoke to nurses at picket lines across the country, who were determined to win their struggle against the bosses and the Tories.
Despite a barrage of attacks from the capitalist media, striking rail workers are determined to continue their struggle and beat the bosses. Joined by posties and nurses, Socialist Appeal supporters visited RMT pickets in solidarity.
Workers at the housing charity Shelter are out on strike, fighting against a real-terms pay cut. A Unite rep explained to Socialist Appeal the causes behind the strike and the mood amongst workers on the picket. Solidarity to their struggle!
The super-rich are set to enjoy a bumper lavish Christmas. Whilst they struggle to spend their vast fortunes, the rest of us are struggling with a cost-of-living catastrophe. After a year of growing class struggle, we look forward to a red 2023.
Britain’s supermarkets are rationing the sale of eggs, and farmers are warning of shortages of many fruit and vegetables to come. Empty shelves and rapidly rising prices are increasingly revealing the need for a National Food Service.
A new generation is being drawn into action by capitalism’s crises. School students have been at the forefront of the movements against climate change and oppression. We call on young activists to join us in the fight for revolution.
As the class struggle sharpens in Britain, with industrial action spreading from one sector to another, Marxist students are getting organised to build solidarity for striking workers. Students and workers – unite and fight!
Staff at the Environment Agency, responsible for regulating UK waterways, are set to take action short of strike, in a struggle over pay and conditions. This must be linked to bold demands for public ownership of the country’s natural resources.
With Royal Mail bosses digging their heels in, CWU members across the country will be walking out on six more dates in the run-up to Christmas. Socialist Appeal spoke to one striking postal worker on the real issues at stake in this struggle.
Recent data has revealed the dire state of UK rail services, which suffer from chronic cancellations and delays. Meanwhile, rail workers are fighting for decent pay and conditions. To end the profiteering and chaos, we need nationalisation.
UK campuses have been shut down over the last week by a national walkout of UCU members. The Marxist Student Federation has been active in mobilising students to offer support and solidarity. Workers and students: unite and fight!
Workers at the Fawley oil refinery are continuing their struggle over pay and conditions. With the bosses digging their heels in, it is vital that the strike spreads. The labour movement must offer solidarity and fight for workers’ control.
The recent tragic death of toddler Awaab Ishak due to mould exposure has revealed how damp, dilapidated homes are harming our health. The Tories and landlords have scapegoated occupants. But it is they and their profit system that are to blame.
Ruben Östlund’s latest film aims its sights at the privilege and opulence of the super-rich. But while this comedy offers a scathing indictment of capitalism’s class divide, its liberal outlook offers no solutions.
Nationwide strike action across UK universities begins tomorrow, as UCU members continue their struggle over pay, pensions, and conditions. With workers and youth everywhere mobilising, the time is ripe for a militant united fightback.
The latest series from documentary maker Adam Curtis looks at life within the dying days of the USSR and in the period following capitalist restoration. But those looking for genuine analysis of these historic events should look elsewhere.
The working class in Britain faces a perfect storm of recession, inflation, and austerity. Every day, tragic stories emerge of the disaster facing ordinary people in their daily lives. This is social murder. Capitalism is killing us.
This week, university staff organised in the UCU are walking out across the country. The marketisation of education is eroding conditions for students and workers alike. It is vital that we unite and fight against the Tories and the bosses.
The latest series of ‘The Crown’ has provoked uproar amongst the establishment, for daring to depict the monarchy ‘warts and all’. By contrast, the Marxists welcome anything that exposes the reactionary reality of this decrepit institution.
The RMT has been at the forefront of this year’s growing strikewave. And now rail workers have voted to continue their struggle. With NHS staff, civil servants, and education workers also mobilising, the stage is set for mass coordinated action.
Hundreds of thousands of teachers and school staff are currently voting over potential strike action. Austerity and academisation have driven down teaching conditions and learning conditions. Only a bold socialist fightback can save education.
PCS members in the civil service are the latest section of workers to vote for action, following on from nurses and university staff. With other public sector workers balloting, the potential for a mass campaign of coordinated strikes is clear.
Wellred Books is proud to announce the release of a new edition of ‘Ireland: Republicanism and Revolution’ by Alan Woods. Join Socialist Appeal activists for the book launch – live in London or online – on 26 November, and get your copy today.
UK care homes are facing a perfect storm of staffing shortages, soaring costs, and continued austerity. The industry is running on fumes, with workers and residents paying the price. We must fight for a clear socialist alternative.