Britain

Landowners revolt against tax break abolition

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

Andy Yorke  ·  04 December 2024

Church of England: living in sin

The Archbishop of Canterbury has resigned for his part in covering up a long-running child abuse scandal.

Rose Tedeschi  ·  04 December 2024

Labour faces budget backlash as bosses plead poverty

The bosses are threatening to pay for takes hikes by cutting jobs and hours.

George Banks  ·  04 December 2024

The ACR’s Ecosocialist Manifesto: a Trotskyist critique

A review of Ecosocialist Revolution: A Manifesto, Anti*Capitalist Resistance, July 2024.

Jeremy Dewar  ·  04 December 2024

ADHD medication shortage shows how private profit trumps public health

Shareholders are lining their pockets while public health services are starved of the resources they need

Rose Tedeschi  ·  08 November 2024

Stop Labour’s law and order crackdown

Labour are continuing the Tories' clampdown on the right to protest

Jeremy Dewar  ·  07 November 2024

Chris Kaba’s killer walks free

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

Jeremy Dewar  ·  07 November 2024

Labour’s budget: running to stand still

Rachel Reeves' first budget does nothing to fundamentally challenge the Tory legacy of a shrinking welfare state and profiteering from public services

KD Tait  ·  07 November 2024

Reparations requires a revolution

Real reparations for the injustice of slavery and colonialism requires breaking the bonds of imperialist domination

Millie Collins  ·  07 November 2024

Troublemakers 2024 Conference report

Rank and file activists build on success of first conference

Andy Yorke  ·  06 November 2024

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.

Andy Yorke  ·  06 November 2024

Local government strike action blocked by anti-union ballot threshold

The Tories' anti-union laws have blocked local government workers taking legal strike action to improve a pathetic 3% pay offer

Jeremy Dewar  ·  06 November 2024

Undercover: Exposing the Far Right review

Hope Not Hate go undercover to expose the changing dynamics of the international far right mixing racism, violence and conspiracy theories

KD Tait  ·  03 November 2024

Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrods review

By KD Tait This recent Panorama documentary examining the sexual assault allegations against Mohamed Al-Fayed, former owner of the Harrods department store, sheds critical light on the intersection of wealth, power and the systemic neglect of survivors of sexual violence.  In an era where accountability is urgently demanded, this film provides a necessary exploration of […]

Workers Power  ·  03 November 2024

Making trouble for Labour

Troublemakers at Work are holding their second conference at an opportune time. The Manchester gathering on 5 October offers trade union activists a chance to reflect on the tasks posed by the arrival of a Labour government, a stagnant capitalist economy and the ongoing war in Gaza and Lebanon. The first conference, in July 2023, […]

Workers Power  ·  15 October 2024

Time for working class action to stop the genocide

Israel stands on the brink of invading Lebanon, having doubled its war aims and placed a ceasefire way beyond the horizon. Reducing whole neighbourhoods to rubble, killing hundreds in pursuit of a single individual is another war crime – in Gaza and in Lebanon. But it is one Labour Britain persists in supporting under the […]

Workers Power  ·  15 October 2024

After Labour conference: prepare for battle

Despite learning how to smile, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves painted a grim picture of the ‘change’ workers can expect to receive in the coming months and years. Resurrecting Theresa May’s plan to means-test winter fuel payments and maintaining the Tories’ vindictive two-child benefit cap are just two of the headline austerity measures Reeves is […]

Workers Power  ·  15 October 2024

“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 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, […]

Andy Yorke  ·  06 October 2024

Labour has no new answers to prisons crisis

By Rose Tedeschi The prison population in the UK is at breaking point. The maximum capacity of UK prisons is 89,619; currently there are 88,521 people in custody. The Ministry of Justice’s latest projections estimate that the prison population could increase to as much as 114,800 by March 2028. Just days after entering office, Labour […]

Workers Power  ·  01 October 2024

Sri Lanka: will new left president prove a turning point?

By Peter Main The MASS protests that ended with the storming of the presidential palace and Rajapakse’s flight began when even the slightly better-off residents felt the impact of the rapidly deteriorating economic situation. They were soon joined by thousands of others, who established a permanent encampment on Galle Face Green. Entirely missing from the […]

Workers Power  ·  01 October 2024

US Elections: No vote for the capitalist parties

Since Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential election after his catastrophic debate with Trump, Kamala Harris has established a narrow lead in the opinion polls. But these are hardly safe or reliable majorities. Hence, amongst the liberal and reformist socialist left there is anxiety bordering on frenzy about Trump’s re-election. Adding fuel to the […]

Workers Power  ·  01 October 2024

The sordid history of housing discrimination in the United States

By Jeremy Dewar ‘RATS CAUSE RIOTS! Rats cause riots!’ chanted protesters as they stormed the Michigan House of Representatives in 1967. Weeks earlier Detroit had witnessed one of the fiercest of the uprisings that had erupted across the States that summer. Even the Republicans had to admit there was an ‘urban crisis’ and substandard housing […]

Workers Power  ·  01 October 2024

Labour conference fails to deliver hope for change

By KD Tait KEIR STARMER spent his first conference as prime minister under pressure to offer tangible evidence of the party’s commitment to its election slogan of ‘change’. Rachel Reeves responded to demands for the government to set out a positive vision by putting on a grin and declaring there would be ‘no return to […]

Workers Power  ·  26 September 2024

Grenfell inquiry exposes institutional contempt for working class lives

The inquiry into the Grenfell fire has confirmed this was a preventable disaster, caused by the collective greed of private manufacturers and government bodies.

Workers Power  ·  12 September 2024

Defend refugees against the far right

Labour's policy towards asylum seekers is little different to the Tories.

Millie Collins  ·  10 September 2024

SUtR: outsourcing anti-racism on behalf of labour bureaucracy

The SWP limit Stand Up to Racism's programme and tactics to what is acceptable to its reformist sponsors

Workers Power  ·  09 September 2024

TUC seeks to avoid fight over anti-union laws

The first TUC under a Labour government since 2009 is a chance to demand Labour restore workers' rights.

Workers Power  ·  08 September 2024

NHS theatre nurses on strike demand safe staffing

Operating theatre nurses are on strike against plans to extend their hours, as part of Labour's plan to run the NHS on overtime

Workers Power  ·  05 September 2024

Labour prepares to put working class on rations

Labour's promise of change has been revealed to be change for the worse. The trade unions and communities need to prepare to fight back.

Workers Power  ·  05 September 2024

How Bristol saw off the far right

Thousands came out to protest against the far right in Bristol. One of the organisers explains how it happened

Workers Power  ·  05 September 2024

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