Britain
Bangladesh: Pandemic wreaks havoc on hyper-exploited garment workers
Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers have lost their jobs.
The house always wins: What we can learn from the GameStop stock war
The war between Wall Street and Reddit shows you cannot defeat the capitalists at their own game.
Zionism’s influence in the UK
Why Starmer said “I support Zionism without qualification”.
Marxism and nationalism
The origins, purpose and alternative to nationalist ideology
Nationalism and the working class
The working class is an international class.
The pandemic in Palestine
Israeli discrimination in vaccine distribution
European Court of Human Rights rules Israel boycotts are freedom of expression
Boycott, divestment and sanctions
Why Labour should support the Scots’ right to a referendum
By KD Tait Faced with record levels of support for Scottish independence in the run-up to Holyrood elections in May, Labour leader Keir Starmer has resorted to a tried and busted remedy patented by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. In a keynote speech on 21 December, Starmer claimed he was offering “a positive alternative to […]
Rosa Luxemburg’s contribution to Marxism
Luxemburg's will to advance the proletarian struggle lives on in her contribution to Marxist theory and practice
Pakistan: Down with state repression! International solidarity with Kashmir!
Major Pakistani police operation against Kashmiris.
Can India’s class struggle overcome communitarian divides?
Against racism and neoliberalism.
Statement on Trump’s fascist provocation
Despite the ignominious collapse of the putsch, its significance is two-fold.
Fight for workers’ control of the lockdown
The teachers' initiative is a model for workers to follow
Covid-19, Conspiracy Theories and Workers’ Resistance
Why do some people defy the public safety measures?
School closures can develop into fight for workers’ control of education
By KD Tait Following a mass online briefing attended by tens of thousands of education workers at the weekend, trade unionists are taking action to prevent the unsafe reopening of schools. This action is now essential because the government’s insistence on keeping schools open was a major contributory factor to the spread of a more […]
Stop schools, colleges, universities spreading disease and death
By Jeremy Dewar Novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-19 continues to test the world’s governments. None more than Boris Johnson’s Tory administration, it seems, with the recent discovery of a new strain, variant B117 in the south-east of Britain, which is proving to be 56% more infectious than previous iterations of the virus. Not only is this variant […]
Labour: no responsibility for Johnson’s Brexit!
By KD Tait Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal will be voted on by Parliament this week. With an 80-seat majority, the deal is certain to pass. It has already been unanimously backed by the remaining 27 EU member states. The campaign to leave the EU, based on the nationalist myth of reclaiming British ‘sovereignty’ was a […]
Boris Johnson’s Brexit heralds race to the bottom
Statement by the Political Committee of Red Flag Whatever a narrow majority of the electorate imagined they would get when they voted to Leave the European Union, the strategists who planned Brexit knew exactly what they wanted. Nigel Farage’ s UKIP and the European Research Group with Jacob Rees Mogg, like their co-thinkers in the […]
UNICEF feeding the child victims of British imperialism this Christmas – in Southwark and Yemen
By KD Tait This Christmas, the UN humanitarian aid agency is helping provide food to thousands of school children over the school break. In May, before the coronavirus outbreak, 2.4 million, or 17 per cent, of children were living in households without enough food. By October, 900,000 more children had been registered for free school […]
Open Letter: We need a united fight against Starmer’s purge
The Labour leadership is attempting to drive the left out of the party. In the past few weeks, over 100 elected branch and constituency officers have been suspended, including 54 on 19 December alone. In November, General Secretary David Evans issued a ban on CLPs discussing his suspension of Jeremy Corbyn. This attack on the […]
Zero Covid: A workers’ programme
By Peter Main The recent launch of the Zero Covid campaign brings a welcome breath of fresh air and sanity to the public debate on dealing with the pandemic. For all their talk of “following the science” and “balancing health and wealth”, Boris Johnson and his cabinet have ignored clear lessons from the rest of […]
Paul Embery: When the dog whistle becomes tedious
Tim Nailsea reviews Despised: Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class by Paul Embery
Purge plunges Labour into fresh crisis
By Dave Stockton On 29 October 2020, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Leader from September 2015 to April 2020, was suspended from party membership and had his membership of the Parliamentary Labour Party withdrawn. The action was taken by the Party’s unelected General Secretary, David Evans, in collusion with the party’s leader Keir Starmer. The pretext given […]
Grenfell inquiry proves endemic corruption
Negligence at every step.
Expiring Trump Administration declares Israeli land grabs “legal”
Mike Pompeo gives the green light to Israeli settlements.
Spy cops: stranger than fiction
We need a workers' inquiry.
Mental health crisis deepens
Class, oppression and mental health under lockdown.
Brexit talks hang in the balance
Deal or no deal, the working class loses.
Domestic violence: The shadow pandemic
More must be done for those needing to escape abuse.
Motion (TU branches): Reinstate Jeremy Corbyn
A motion for use in trade unions opposing Keir Starmer's suspension of Jeremy Corbyn
