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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…
Pakistan: Awami Workers’ Party founded
By Shahzad Arshad On 11 November, the Awami Workers’ Party was founded in Lahore. Initially, this party will organise some…
Car pile-up ahead: may cause strikes
By Jeremy Dewar On 25 October, Ford stunned workers at its Southampton transit van and Dagenham stamping plants, announcing 1,400…
Bolshie Women: waging a war on inequality
By Joy Macready Women council workers in Birmingham, including cooks, cleaners, caterers and care staff, have struck another blow against…
Editorial – Fight for a General Strike
It’s no longer a question of if we need a general strike, but how can we get one. As 2012…
Hillsborough police cover up exposed
By Stu Bates On 15 April 1989, 96 Liverpool supporters attending the FA cup semi-final at Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough stadium…
Florence summit fails
By Joy Macready, at the Firenze 10+10 conference In November 2002 the first European Social Forum in Florence issued the…
The left and the general strike
By Andy Yorke A debate has opened up in the labour movement since the vote at the Brighton TUC to…
Where is Britain going? – Economic and political perspectives
As the Coalition government gears up for the second half of its term in office, it is clear that the…
Support grows for Europe-wide general strike
By Peter Main As we go to press, workers across southern Europe are gearing up for a coordinated, cross-border general…
Obama wins four more years – what does it mean for workers?
By Peter Main Barack Obama has got his “four more years”. That there was any doubt, shows the contrast to…
Growth up, unemployment down… is the recession over?
Last week, the Tory front bench looked its smug worst again as economic data seemed to support their narrative that…
14 November: support grows for Europe-wide general strikes
All Together! All Together! Yes! Yes! Yes! November 14 is a date to put in every activist’s diary. On that…
TUC’s Future that Works demo: 150,000 march – and vote – for a general strike
The 20 October demonstration in London and rally in Hyde Park were remarkable in that so many union leaders took…
South African miners rock the ANC
Mineworkers are striking for a living wage in the face of repression from the ANC government, writes Keith Spencer Over…
Fighting for the right to strike
Jeremy Dewar recounts how the anti-union laws shackled the unions and calls for defiance There is no legal right to…
