By Shahzad Arshad On 11 November, the Awami Workers’ Party was founded in Lahore. Initially, this party will organise some…

By Jeremy Dewar On 25 October, Ford stunned workers at its Southampton transit van and Dagenham stamping plants, announcing 1,400…

By Joy Macready Women council workers in Birmingham, including cooks, cleaners, caterers and care staff, have struck another blow against…

It’s no longer a question of if we need a general strike, but how can we get one. As 2012…

By Stu Bates On 15 April 1989, 96 Liverpool supporters attending the FA cup semi-final at Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough stadium…

By Joy Macready, at the Firenze 10+10 conference In November 2002 the first European Social Forum in Florence issued the…

By Andy Yorke A debate has opened up in the labour movement since the vote at the Brighton TUC to…

As the Coalition government gears up for the second half of its term in office, it is clear that the…

By Peter Main As we go to press, workers across southern Europe are gearing up for a coordinated, cross-border general…

By Peter Main Barack Obama has got his “four more years”. That there was any doubt, shows the contrast to…

Last week, the Tory front bench looked its smug worst again as economic data seemed to support their narrative that…

All Together! All Together! Yes! Yes! Yes! November 14 is a date to put in every activist’s diary. On that…

The 20 October demonstration in London and rally in Hyde Park were remarkable in that so many union leaders took…

Mineworkers are striking for a living wage in the face of repression from the ANC government, writes Keith Spencer Over…

Jeremy Dewar recounts how the anti-union laws shackled the unions and calls for defiance There is no legal right to…

By Peter Main The call for a rank and file movement is not a proposal for a new organisation. Like…

After TUC agrees to consider a general strike, step up the pressure for real action, argues Dave Stockton By a…

By Marcus Halaby London’s sparks have targeted rogue construction outfit BFK for some special treatment – flying pickets, direct action…

By Rebecca Anderson The government has tried to impose a 1 per cent pay cap on public sector workers after…

WHEN THE 2010 general election produced no outright winner, uncertainty gripped the markets: would a weak government push austerity hard enough?…

Rebecca Anderson picks apart the bizarre logic of Britain’s competing anti-cuts campaigns If we are to stop the cuts, beat privatisation and banish austerity…

‘Time to tackle the dumbing down’ is the new slogan of the Tory education ‘reforms’ which aim to make school…

When the Tories cobbled together the Con-Dem Coalition in May 2010, they were clear about how they were going to…

The continent is still deep in recession. Coordinated by Germany, France and the European Commission and Central Bank, savage austerity…

Marcus Halaby reports on the endgame in Afghanistan In late August the number of American troops killed in the war…

The 1926 General Strike is rich in lessons for today. Dave Stockton looks at how the ruling class prepared for…

It seems like only yesterday that America faced the question of whether Barack Obama would be the country’s first black…

The Trades Union Congress has agreed to consider the practicality of a general strike in response to the government’s austerity…

London’s sparks have targeted rogue construction outfit BFK for some special treatment – flying pickets, direct action and brand contamination. The…

This year’s Labour Party conference saw what has become an annual ritual: the Labour leader and his shadow chancellor trying…