Highlights and important articles from The Communist. See all of our articles by heading to ‘News and Analysis‘, or view our editorials at ‘Editorial‘.
Responding to reports of sexist practices and pay inequality in big business, liberal commentators have called for more women to be promoted to the top. But to end misogyny and discrimination, we need socialist revolution, not ‘girlboss feminism’.
Impasse for the independence movement, a messy leadership contest, and a string of scandals have caused the bubble to burst for the SNP. Holyrood’s ruling party is now mired in crisis. Workers and youth must fight for a Scottish Workers’ Republic.
Junior doctors have undertaken another round of strikes this week, while other health workers have voted on the Tories’ insulting pay offer. To advance, the struggle in the NHS requires militant coordinated action and bold socialist demands.
A leak of confidential material from the Pentagon, first shared by a group of video gamers, has caused embarrassment for Washington. These latest revelations once again expose the hypocrisy and cynical motivations of western imperialism.
Rejecting the reformism of the old nationalist leaders, thousands of youth in the Basque Country are turning towards revolution and class struggle. Similar processes are underway across the world. The communists are coming! Join the Marxists today!
This week marks the 25th anniversary since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. The establishment believed this would open up a period of peace and prosperity. Instead, decades on, sectarianism and instability still stalk the North of Ireland.
Recent years have seen one political earthquake after another send shockwaves across the landscape of American society. The criminal charges against Donald Trump are the latest example. These tremors are a harbinger of revolutionary explosions.
A new release from Wellred Books looks at the gains made by-and-for women thanks to the Bolshevik Revolution. Natasha Sorrell provides a valuable summary of this process, discussing how communists can fight for the emancipation of women today.
NEU delegates are meeting this week for the union’s national conference, which comes at a critical moment in the struggle over pay and conditions. Teachers have shown their determination to fight. Now is the time for militant coordinated action.
This week, Labour’s ruling body voted to prevent Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour MP. Subsequently, many on the left have raised the idea of a new workers’ party. The key unresolved question, however, is that of revolutionary leadership.
With the banks on the brink, a new global economic crisis looms. Workers are on the move, while young people are crying out for communism. But the left leaders are lagging behind. We must build the forces of Marxism and fight for revolution.
The British establishment is heralding the adoption of the Windsor Framework, the latest UK-EU trading arrangement. But this deal will do nothing to resolve the tensions in the North of Ireland. Only united class struggle can offer a way forward.