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Socialist Party backs McCluskey, candidate of the Unite bureaucracy
RANK AND FILE candidate Jerry Hicks has now secured 84 validated branch nominations – with several days still to go…
The Leninist Party and Democratic Centralism
Here we republish an article from 1998 which sets out our own understanding of the role of democracy, leadership and…
Halifax march against cuts: report
On Sat 2nd Feb 250 people marched through Halifax town centre demanding an end to the cuts. Local residents are facing…
SWP line in Unite the Resistance: carry on regardless
Jeremy Dewar, Unison shop steward and elected member of Unite the Resistance steering committee, asks what effect the internal crisis…
Democratic centralism in the International Socialist tradition
We have covered the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) Central Committee’s mishandling of the dispute concerning a rape allegation. But what…
Mali: French boots on the ground – fire fighters or arsonists?
“France represents only humanitarian interests,” insists French president François Hollande. It is a solely a case of the war on…
Editorial: let's learn the lessons of 2012 | #369 February 2013
Read issue 369 here THE COALITION government is determined to start 2013 as it means to go on: by making…
Marxism and the Wages Struggle
Marcus Halaby and Jeremy Dewar take apart the bosses’ argument that keeping wages down helps preserve jobs. The pressure is mounting on…
Why can’ t rape victims get justice?
The vicious beating and gang-rape of a 23-year-old student in New Delhi, who died in hospital two weeks later, sparked…
The Arab Spring two years on
Marcus Halaby analyses the great – and as yet uncompleted – Arab revolutions of 2011, debunking a number of myths…
Teachers call for strike action – Gove’s attacks must be stopped
By Bernie McAdam, Sandwell NUT The National Union of Teachers (NUT) is gearing up for a national strike…
Socialist Workers Party: Rape, sexist behaviour and the working class movement
The following is a shortened version of an online statement (see) The Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is presently undergoing its…
Organise self-defence against loyalist flag riots
The task of the day is to organise citizens’ defence committees to defend the Short Strand and Catholic communities, says…
Why I'm standing – an interview with Jerry Hicks
This is the transcript of an interview conducted by Workers Power with Jerry Hicks. Credit where credit’s due, McCluskey’s speech,…
PCS ballots civil servants on pay, pensions and working conditions
By Rebecca On 16 January the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) NEC decided to ballot a quarter of a million…
Students – reorganise, refocus, resist
2012 was a year to forget for the Tories. It was, in the main, a year to forget for…
Tories cut welfare while MPs demand 32 per cent pay rise
The start of 2013 will mean even more cutting back for a lot of families as George Osborne announces…
Tories plot racist crackdown on Travellers
By Sally Turner The Tories are planning to pass new laws to stop Travellers setting up sites to live on….
Ireland: Finucane report a sham
Finally, Desmond de Silva’s report into the murder of Pat Finucane, the Belfast solicitor, has been released. The Report found…
Vote Jerry Hicks for UNITE General Secretary
Len McCluskey has called a snap election for the top job in Unite, even though he has over two years…
SWP rape and democracy crisis – what now?
The Socialist Workers Party, the largest revolutionary socialist organisation in Britain, and one of the largest in the world, is…
Castro’s Cuban road from populism to Stalinism
Excerpt from The Degenerated Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Stalinist States, D. Hughes and P. Main Eds., Prinkipo,…
Gaza ceasefire: now force Israel to end the siege without conditions
A temporary ceasefire has brought some relief to the besieged and oppressed 1.7 million people crammed into the 140 square…
BBC bashing is preparing for privatisation
Two TV programmes: one shown and one not, have plunged the BBC into crisis, with resignations of the director general,…
John McDonnell MP calls for general strike at London rally
An evening rally and demo called for solidarity with the 14 November European general strikes – but union leaders expose…
Where next for the student movement?
On November 21 the National Union of Students (NUS) will march in London under the slogan ‘Educate, Employ, Empower’. The…
Open Letter to the Unite the Resistance Steering Committee
Read the PDF version of our bulletin From Rebecca Allen and Jeremy Drinkall, candidates for the new steering committee to…
Education for exploitation
Gove’s reactionary policy for schools means… Education for exploitation, argues James Copley The Tories are making free gifts of local comprehensive…
The British General Strike of 1926 – Part Two
In Workers Power 367 we saw how the Communist Part of Great Britain (CPGB) initiated the powerful rank and file…
Will Israel attack Iran?
Imperialism in the dock by Marcus Halaby Two counties where people will have kept a close eye on the US elections…
