On 25 January 28 activists from different campaigns and leftwing groups met in Leeds and after discussions agreed to set up an anti-capitalist alternative.  Activists from Leeds Against the Cuts, Keep Our NHS Public, Occupy Leeds, Coalition of Resistance, Workers Power, and the youth organisation Revolution were present along with independents. There was a good […]

Do we need a new anticapitalist left? How can we link ideas to action – what can of tactics and strategy do we need to move beyond capitalism? Around 40 students at Sussex University came together on Wednesday 1 February to discuss these questions and to launch a new project. The meeting was called as […]

Mark Booth student nurse at Kings asks why, in the face of massive opposition, more is not being done to stop the government’s privatisation of the NHS?

Joy Macready reports on the recent government set backs and how we can get more of them

AN ISRAELI military strike against Iran in 2012 are now considered more and more certain by international commentators. Israel war drums beat louder by the day. And in an election year neither US party is likely to exert any restraint against their closest ally.

2011 was a remarkable year for protest movements, mass uprisings, general strikes – and revolutions.Millions of young people and workers across the world have taken to the streets and workers have taken strike action in the fight for more control over their lives. No wonder Time magazine made ‘the protester’ its Person of the Year […]

Ed Ball’s announcement, rapidly endorsed by Ed Miliband, that a future Labour government would not promise to reverse a single cut and supports a pay freeze on public sector workers has caused outrage amongst Labour’s working class base.

The Labour left will find it very hard to beat back the right wing turn, argues Simon Hardy THE LABOUR Left, aka John McDonnell MP, was outraged by the new turn. The left union leaders from non–Labour affiliated unions; Bob Crow and Mark Serwotka,have denounced Balls and Miliband in even sharper terms. But, again, there is no political […]

The move to the right is shaking the link between Labour and the unions, argues

The electricians dispute is continuing, writes Joy Macready, and the sparks have Balfour Beatty in their sights

THE UK is facing a double dip recession, the first since 1975, according to recent economic data, writes Simon Hardy

Marcus Halaby reports on the latest developments in the Syrian revolution as international monitors send back their reports

Dave Stockton DESPITE MASSIVE mobilisations in Tahrir Square and other city centres in November and December, Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) still maintains its illegitimate rule. The focus of the popular upsurge was to force SCAF to withdraw from power and hand over to a genuinely independent civilian government. The generals, however, […]

Millions of people in Nigeria took action against the government’s cut in fuel subsidies, writes Dave Stockton, but the union leaders have betrayed them

After nearly 20 years two murderers have been convicted of a racist killing. Why did justice take so long, and have things really changed?

Ron Paul, standing to the be the Republicans presidential candidate, has some support on the left because he is antiwar and anti–bank bailout. Mike Wilhelm examines his actual political message

Mass protests have broken out in Hungary against antidemocratic laws, writes Tobi Hanse Late at night on 2 January, tens of thousands demonstrated against Hungary’s new constitution in front of the Budapest Opera, where prime minister Victor Orban and his cabinet was celebrating its coming into force. With its two-thirds majority, the ruling Fidesz party […]

Martin Suchanek reports on the latest attack on Italian workers by the new government

JANUARY HAS  seen days of mass militant action against the government, as thousands of people took to the streets across Romania to protest against austerity and corruption. Clashes in many cities have seen police attack protesters with tear gas and batons.

On the fortieth anniversary of the Battle of Saltley Gate Norman Goodwin, then a shop steward at GKN Salisbury Transmissions plant in Witton, recounts his memories of the day when Birmingham engineering workers struck in solidarity with the miners against the Tory government. ON 10 FEBRUARY 1972 I started out for work. But I would do […]

AN ‘INTERNET blackout’ on 18 January by industry giants including Wikipedia and Google succeeded in blocking attempts to pass new laws against ‘internet piracy’ through the US congress.

THE COLLAPSE of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) in the US congress might appear to be a victory for those who champion internet freedom.

IN A move calculated to appeal to investors, Twitter has announced it is now able to censor tweets by country of origin. Previously, if a tweet was deleted, it disappeared from worldwide search results. The new technology allows Twitter to selectively target content and remove it from search listings within a particular country. Twitter said they […]

Despite the best efforts of the French and German leaders, the Eurozone crisis is not going away, writes Andy Yorke

Anyone reading the #NCAFC Twitter feed over the weekend will have got the impression that the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts descended into uncontrollable orgy of bickering and sectarianism. The truth was quite different. Read more here

Saturday saw the second meeting of Greater Manchester Anticapitalists, again bringing together a diverse audience of radical activists wanting to work together to build a stronger left in the city, and a stronger movement against the Tory government. The meeting saw an open discussion of how to take things forward after the 30 November strikes, […]

The government has dropped controversial proposals to make it easier for private businesses to set up universities, after several months of protest by students. The White Paper drawn up last year was to lessen the criteria for the track record investors would have to demonstrate before setting up a new institution. Liberal Democrats in the […]

The government has dropped controversial proposals to make it easier for private businesses to set up universities, after several months of protest by students. The White Paper drawn up last year was to lessen the criteria for the track record investors would have to demonstrate before setting up a new institution. Liberal Democrats in the […]

Forty Unilever workers from the night shift, USDAW reps and officials and supporters joined picketlines outside the big Leeds plant at Seacroft to kick off the second 24-hour strike. Workers were angry that the giant company is closing their final salary pension scheme, a huge cut to future retirement funds, while it is still making […]

Last week, British Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg were presenting John Lewis as an example of “popular capitalism”, a model of corporate responsibility that not only increased its profits but gives its workers a share in the profits.