History

Good Friday at 25: celebrations can’t mask failures

The GFA promised much but delivered little—except a breathing space for British imperialism

Bernie McAdam  ·  24 April 2023

Iraq 20 years on: lessons in how not to stop a war

Why did the biggest protests in British history fail?

Dave Stockton  ·  27 March 2023

Archive: NHS rank and file must take the lead!

Archive article about the 1982 NHS strike.

Workers Power  ·  18 December 2022

What are workers’ councils?

The significance of the soviet form of organisation and what its legacy means for working class militants today.

Dave Stockton  ·  13 September 2022

1972: When dockers fought the law—and the dockers won

The 1972 dock strike has important lessons for today as we enter a new period of industrial struggle

Bernie McAdam  ·  05 July 2022

Lessons on the 40th anniversary of the Malvinas War

Forty years ago, Margaret Thatcher’s Tory government fought an undeclared war against Argentina for control of the Malvinas.

Bernie McAdam  ·  04 May 2022

May 1937: When Spanish workers rose up to defend their revolution

In the first week of May, 85 years ago, the tragic end to the Spanish revolution played out on the streets of Barcelona.

Chris Clough  ·  30 April 2022

Teaching the British Empire

The Tories are desperate to put a positive spin on the teaching of the British Empire

Jeremy Dewar  ·  20 March 2022

Luxemburg, Zetkin and Kollontai: socialist women against imperialist war

RECENT EVENTS in Ukraine have been a sharp reminder that under capitalism, inter-imperialist rivalries inevitably lead to brutal wars that cause mass death and devastation. While some of these wars […]

Alex Rutherford  ·  20 March 2022

Bloody Sunday: 50 years without justice

On 30 January 1972, Bloody Sunday, the British Parachute Regiment shot dead 13 unarmed civil rights protesters in Derry and wounded 15 others.

Bernie McAdam  ·  30 January 2022

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