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Syriza's modest proposal
By Tobi Hansen and KD Tait 19 January 2015 A snap general election in Greece looks set to end in…
London buses: 80 different rates – one solid strike
By Bernie McAdam On 13 January over 20,000 London striking bus drivers in Unite paralysed services. Pickets were held outside…
Rajapaksa's defeat offers opportunities for the Left in Sri Lanka
By Peter Main Despite his characteristic boasting that he would win with ease, Mahinda Rajapaksa was defeated in the Sri…
Charlie Hebdo: Islamist terrorism and Republican Racism
The 7 January attack on the offices of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people were killed,…
Ukraine's European dream is a neoliberal nightmare
By KD Tait Ukraine’s parliament has approved a programme of economic shock therapy described by an MP from the ruling…
2015: their New Year's resolutions and ours
Chancellor George Osborne’s early Christmas present came in the form of the Autumn Statement, which threatened to cut public spending…
Police, politicians and the NUS can't stop the fight for free education
By KD Tait 2014 was the year the student movement moved decisively from the defensive to the offensive. Tax the…
Britain: left unprepared for stormy election period
As Britain approaches its most unpredictable election in many decades, Workers Power surveys the state of the economy, the labour…
What's at stake in the Mexican student revolt?
By Rico Rodriguez On 26 September, a protest by students in Iguala, a city of over 100,000 people, in the…
Left Unity Conference: doing what differently?
By KD Tait Left Unity’s Policy Conference on 15-16 November in London saw members pass a series of policy documents…
A response to the SWP – yes to principled unity
By KD Tait The Socialist Workers Party (SWP) has published an appeal for the left to discuss the formation of…
Smears and social-imperialism, the politics of the “third camp” on Ukraine
By Marcus Halaby Why hasn’t Richard Brenner answered the AWL broadsheet’s claims (and the comments, above)? Why doesn’t Workers’ Power…
Is UKIP a threat to Labour in 2015?
UKIP slashed a Labour majority from 5,971 in 2010 to 617 in Heywood and Middleton last month, setting the pundits…
£10 minimum an hour – now!
By Joy Macready The campaign for a £10 an hour minimum wage is gaining momentum – and it’s about time….
Ferguson: the cops re-arm
By Peter Main November is expected to see a Grand Jury decide not to indict Darren Wilson, a white policeman,…
Ireland revolts against water tax
By Bernie McAdam and Darren O’Coghaidhin Ireland is in the midst of a massive revolt against its government’s attempts to…
USA: low paid fight for $15
As the fight for a living wage begins to take off here in Britain, Chris Clough takes inspiration from the…
UKIP: a racist, big business party
Andy Yorke is bemused and disgusted in equal measure by the airspace and column inches afforded to UKIP’s Nigel Farage….
Vote Labour – and build a socialist alternative
By Marcus Halaby As next year’s general election approaches, working class people across Britain will be thinking about who to…
Ukraine votes: fascists enter mainstream
By KD Tait Negotiations to form a government are underway after parliamentary elections held on 26 October delivered an overwhelming…
Workers Power No.380 November 2014
The November 2014 issue of Workers Power is out now. [scribd-url pubid=”24852238179500127593153362″ url=”https://workerspower.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/WP380p01-08small.pdf” ] Click here to read online (pdf) or…
Which way forward for the unions?
As the Autumn’s coordinated strike action stalls, Jeremy Dewar reviews the unions’ record and asks how we can stop the…
South Africa: unions debate forming new party
The giant metalworkers’ trade union Numsa has been campaigning for the labour movement to break with the ruling ANC and…
No to the bombing of Syria and Iraq – solidarity with Kobane!
By Marcus Halaby As the Western powers bomb Iraq and Syria under the pretext of fighting the Islamic State, attention…
Save the NHS – support the healthworkers' strike
By Bernie McAdam As health unions call a second strike on 24 November, NHS England’s five-year plan demands more funding….
Can Podemos be won to class politics?
By Christian Gebhardt Podemos, the expression of what has been called “the new politics” in Spain, has just held its…
On 19 November students can put free education back on the agenda
By KD Tait The ritual central London march for free education, a staple of the student activist’s Autumn calendar…
Bureaucrats crawl away from the battlefield
Union leaders across the public services have called off many of their planned strikes in the run-up to the TUC’s…
Hot autumn or winter freeze?
Britain’s public sector unions launched a coordinated strike on 10 July to break the pay freeze. With a further strike…
Nato summit lays plans for new cold war
Editorial from Fifth International no. 15 The decision of the 2014 Nato Summit in Wales to station permanent military forces…