Behind Reeves’ spin, Labour budgets for the rich
Chancellor hikes taxes on workers, cuts public spending, shields the rich
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The White Working Class Myth: A review of Underdogs
Underdogs is a well-researched book attacking stereotypes of the ‘white working class’, though problematically it accepts the term itself.
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Where Farage leads, Labour follows
The Reform leader is sending the racist demagogy meter off the scale
Trump’s reign of terror over migrants
At his inauguration speech Trump threatened to deport ‘millions and millions of criminal aliens’.
The RCP declares ‘war on woke’
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.
Syria: women and workers get organised
By Andy Yorke The fall of the hated dictator Bashar al-Assad last year has left Syria devastated by fourteen years
The Trump ascendancy
Donald Trump’s second term sets the US on collision course with friends and enemies alike
Landowners revolt against tax break abolition
Special pleading by landed interests won’t solve real problems with British farming.
Employment rights bill gutted by bosses’ lobby
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.
“No money without reform”: Darzi Report kicks off Labour’s NHS plans
By Andy Yorke Lord Darzi’s 12 September report on NHS England has been widely welcomed for its defence of the
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Thames Water bankrupt: Nationalise the water companies
Free-market economists’ claims about the efficiency of privatisation don’t hold water.
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Save Port Talbot: strike and occupy for nationalisation
3,000 jobs are under threat at Tata Steel. The fight will have consequences across the whole industry.
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Leeds Palestine movement gets activists organised
Report of the Palestine solidarity movement in Leeds.
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USA: Auto workers take on Big Three
By Andy Yorke On 14 September 2023, contract talks expired between the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and the traditional Big
Thieves fall out in Khartoum
The outbreka of fighting has shattered illusions in the military-led ‘democratic transition’
‘What NHS crisis’ says government as it pushes private sector
By Andy Yorke WINTER IS here and along with it the deepest NHS crisis yet. Despite the respite from covid
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NHS strikes: organise to win
IN A historic first, nurses in the RCN union, pushed to breaking point, have joined the strike wave against the
Building collectivism, organising councils of action
Editorial July-August 2022, No. 395
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