Special pleading by landed interests won't solve real problems with British farming.

Rank and file activists build on success of first conference

The TUC hailed a 'major boost to workers rights' that failed to abolish zero-hours contracts, fire and rehire, or deliver full rights from day one.

By Andy Yorke Lord Darzi’s 12 September report on NHS England has been widely welcomed for its defence of the beloved health service. One of the first acts of the new Labour government was to commission the esteemed academic surgeon to carry out ‘a rapid investigation of the state of the NHS, assessing patient access, […]

Free-market economists’ claims about the efficiency of privatisation don’t hold water.

3,000 jobs are under threat at Tata Steel. The fight will have consequences across the whole industry.

Report of the Palestine solidarity movement in Leeds.

And what is the role of BDS in the Palestine movement?

By Andy Yorke On 14 September 2023, contract talks expired between the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and the traditional Big Three American car manufacturers (General Motors, Stellantis, and Ford Motor Company). Thirteen thousand workers from three major factories, one each from the Big Three, walked out – GM’s Wentzville Missouri assembly plant, the Ford Michigan […]

The outbreka of fighting has shattered illusions in the military-led 'democratic transition'

By Andy Yorke WINTER IS here and along with it the deepest NHS crisis yet. Despite the respite from covid in 2022, waiting lists hit an all-time record of 7.2 million in December, with up to 500 excess deaths a week as a result of delays. A record number of patients waited over 12 hours […]

IN A historic first, nurses in the RCN union, pushed to breaking point, have joined the strike wave against the cost of living crisis. And despite media attempts to probe for public disapproval, they have massive support. A million patients are treated in the NHS every 36 minutes, and they are overwhelmingly grateful to and […]

Editorial July-August 2022, No. 395

By a CWU rep IT IS a sign of the times that workers across the three main sectors organised by the Communications Workers Union—Royal Mail, Post Office and British Telecom—could be striking together. This would be a first for the CWU. Post Office workers led the way earlier this summer, with 1,500 workers taking two […]

Post Office workers are preparing to strike on 3 May after a massive 97.3% vote for industrial action over pay.

The United States works on the principle that what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is a matter for negotiation.

The anti-vax movement took a new turn early this year with the launch of the freedom convoy.

The Higher Education strike has seen vibrant picket lines and a fighting mood up and down the country.

Racist judicial system frees right wing militiaman Kyle Rittenhouse, but murders Michael Reinoehl

Even more employers will use this tactic to attack terms and conditions.

Andy Yorke reviews The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic will Change Capitalism by Grace Blakeley

As the coronavirus crisis rips through society, International Workers' Memorial Day on 28 April is more important than ever.

ON 8 NOVEMBER Donald Trump rode a wave of anti-establishment anger to become the 45th president of the United States in the bitterest campaign of modern times. Trump used blatant distortions and outright lies to convince voters that only he was telling things as they are, only he recognised the sufferings of ordinary Americans, only […]