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Hundreds of thousands of workers are walking out together next week – the latest wave in Britain’s strike tsunami. Not since the 1970s has the country seen such levels of industrial action. We must learn the lessons from this period of struggle.
As it stands, the majority of household chores and care duties fall on women’s shoulders. To end this burden, we need to transform society in order to automate and socialise these tasks. The fight for liberation is a fight for revolution.
Establishment golden boy Rishi Sunak has been receiving praise in the press recently, having negotiated a deal for the North of Ireland. But any hopes of lasting peace between Britain and the EU – or within the Tory Party – will quickly fade.
Yesterday marked 70 years since the death of Stalin. In recognition of this anniversary, Keelan Kellegher discusses why the Russian Revolution degenerated, the role of the Stalinist bureaucracy, and the reactionary legacy it left behind.
Recent polling shows that more and more young people across the world consider themselves communists. With capitalism in crisis, and workers on the move, revolutionary explosions lie ahead. Join the Marxists today in the struggle for socialism!
Driving has become the latest front in the ruling class’ culture war, pitting those who rely on their car against environmental campaigners. Instead, we need united class struggle to end travel chaos and congestion with clear socialist policies.
As British capitalism descends deeper into crisis, the bosses are turning the screws on workers across the board, in an effort to squeeze more profit from their staff. Many are being pushed to breaking point. But many others are fighting back.
Marking the one year anniversary since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, Alan Woods discusses Putin’s aims, the hypocrisy and lies of the imperialists, the perspectives for the war – and its impact on the class struggle.
As the crisis of British capitalism deepens, drama at the top is playing out alongside a rising strike wave from below. North and south of the border, the political establishment is being shaken to its core. Revolutionary explosions impend.
With the latest wave of UCU walkouts in full swing, general secretary Jo Grady has sapped momentum from the struggle by putting the strikes on pause. Rank-and-file members must mobilise to ensure that union leaders do not accept a rotten deal.
With students under growing pressure, and university workers under attack, a wave of direct action has broken out on UK campuses. To win, we must build a mass campaign of students and staff to kick capitalism out of education.
In recent weeks, western press and politicians have manufactured a hue-and-cry over supposed Chinese spy balloons. With crises and class struggle brewing back home, imperialist sabre-rattling provides a useful distraction for the ruling classes.