Workers Power – Revolutionary communist organisation

No to war between India and Pakistan!

Workers Power

7 May statement of the Revolutionary Socialist Movement, on the India-Pakistan conflict

We Demand Change: movement or party?

Workers Power

A left reformist echo of Labour cannot provide the alternative leadership we need
Reform punishes Labour and Tories

Dave Stockton

Reform’s breakthrough and what the labour movement needs to do
British Steel: Nationalisation under workers’ control

Dave Stockton

It took just six hours for the government to take control of the Scunthorpe plant, but uncertainty remains

WORK & TRADE UNIONS

How can the Birmingham bins dispute be won?

Jeremy Dewar

Mass pickets and solidarity action could bring this strike to a rapid and successful conclusion
Angela Rayner’s staff to strike from 22 April

PCS Activists

Civil servants are on strike against imposed changes to working conditions and job cuts
Get paid to go on strike?

Workers Power

Unions are increasingly paying 100% strike pay. Sounds good — but there are downsides

LABOUR PARTY

Reform punishes Labour and Tories

Dave Stockton

Reform’s breakthrough and what the labour movement needs to do
Labour blames welfare claimants for unemployment

Rose Tedeschi

Liz Kendall is preparing to slash income support for the sick and unemployed
When out of ideas, attack the disabled

KD Tait

The markets demand public spending cuts, and Rachel Reeves is happy to oblige.

REVOLUTIONARY STRATEGY

We Demand Change: movement or party?

Workers Power

A left reformist echo of Labour cannot provide the alternative leadership we need
Trans rights: Counterfire gets it wrong

Millie Collins

Counterfire capitulates to the wisdom of the justices
The RCP declares ‘war on woke’

Andy Yorke

The rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform Party and Trump’s victory have seen the Revolutionary Communist Party downplay and excuse reactionary ideas in the working class in its 26 February issue of The Communist.

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INTERNATIONAL

After 100 days, Trump runs into resistance

KD Tait

Protests need a clear programme to avoid being diverted into regenerating the Democrats
The Nakba never ended

Zara Ali

After 77 years, the Nakba has morphed into open genocide
Gaza genocide: the final act?

Workers Power

After months of starvation, the Israeli army is preparing to occupy the strip indefinitely
No to occupation and war in Kashmir

Workers Power

A statement by communists in Pakistan against the new war danger in occupied Kashmir
‘No Other Land’: Oscar-winning film sparks BDS debate

Matthew Smyth

A powerful indictment of Israeli’s crimes is subjected to friendly fire

REVIEWS & CULTURE

Review: Smashing the Sexist System

Geilis Duncan

A review of Smashing the Sexist System: An SWP Pamphlet (2024)
‘No Other Land’: Oscar-winning film sparks BDS debate

Matthew Smyth

A powerful indictment of Israeli’s crimes is subjected to friendly fire
Review | SWP’s antifascism tails liberals and bureaucrats

Jeremy Dewar

The SWP’s idea of building a movement is to limit its demands to what is acceptable to the existing leadership

BOOKS & PAMPHLETS

Palestine: A Marxist Introduction charts the struggles of the Palestinians against colonial oppression, invasive settlement, mass expulsion and war.

Find out more about Palestine: A Marxist Introduction

The 1984–5 miners’ strike was the decisive class battle of postwar Britain. This pamphlet analyses the origins of the dispute, Thatcher’s strategy, and why the miners lost.

Find out more about the 1984 Great Miners’ Strike

The need to chart a way out of capitalist climate breakdown and war has never been more urgent. Our international programme is a contribution to this strategic debate.

Find out more about A Manifesto for Socialist Revolution

FREE PALESTINE

The Nakba never ended

Zara Ali

After 77 years, the Nakba has morphed into open genocide
Gaza genocide: the final act?

Workers Power

After months of starvation, the Israeli army is preparing to occupy the strip indefinitely
‘No Other Land’: Oscar-winning film sparks BDS debate

Matthew Smyth

A powerful indictment of Israeli’s crimes is subjected to friendly fire

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

COP29: World leaders abandon efforts to address climate change

Rebecca Anderson

The COP29 conference demonstrated the total inability of capitalism to solve the climate crisis.
Spain: floods unleash storm of protest

Frieda Koppler

Catastrophic flooding in southern Spain has provoked anger among residents who say the government’s inaction made the crisis worse.
Review | We Only Want the Earth

Geilis Duncan

A review of the rs21 pamphlet on climate change

WOMEN & LGBT+

The roots of Trans oppression

Jeremy Dewar

The origins of trans oppression and why women need a united struggle for liberation
Trans rights: Counterfire gets it wrong

Millie Collins

Counterfire capitulates to the wisdom of the justices
Review: Smashing the Sexist System

Geilis Duncan

A review of Smashing the Sexist System: An SWP Pamphlet (2024)

RACE & MIGRATION

Labour’s attacks on migrants won’t stop Reform

George Banks

Migrants are easy targets but chasing racist votes fails on its own terms
Child sexual exploitation scandal

Millie Collins

Racist myth-making obscures real causes of violence against women and girls.
Chris Kaba’s killer walks free

Jeremy Dewar

The acquittal of Martyn Blake has been seized on by police chiefs to demand immunity for killings