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A rout for the parties of austerity – an opportunity for the left
The Greek elections have demonstrated a massive popular rejection of the governing parties who support the EU-IMF austerity memorandum that…
The Great Unrest: Organising the Rank and File 1910-1914
In this timely commemorative article, Dave Stockton looks at the lessons from the great working class struggles before World War…
French left returns to power after 17 years
THE VICTORY of Francois Hollande has raised huge expectations among workers across France and Europe of an end to austerity, posing…
A New Anticapitalist Initiative
A project is launched in Britain, bringing together activists from around the UK in a new network for united action and open…
Justice system exists to defend police injustice
The latest crisis in the police goes beyond individual racism, the whole system defends the police from accountability or prosecution….
Police are becoming more racist, not less
Only token changes have been made since the 1999 Macpherson report concluded that the police were “institutionally racist”, after an…
Police racism crisis is a chance to fight back
In the last week, the London Metropolitan Police have become swamped by a series of exposes of police racism dating…
Statement on the Abductions in Sri Lanka
International Council, League for the Fifth International, 9 April 2012 Our Council has learnt with dismay and anger of the…
A critical review of the anti-cuts movement
As we approach the second anniversary of the Coalition government coming to office, Workers Power conference looked back at the…
Tory Surveillance Plans Threaten Future Repression
Big Society is Watching You! Kady Tait After the budget, the petrol chaos and the pasty tax, the Tories’ latest…
Riot panel whitewashes racist police
By Andy Yorke The media and Tory ministers have jumped on this week’s report on the August riots to cover…
IT’S TIME FOR REAL OPPOSITION
No Cuts – No War – No Privatisation Left winger George Galloway stormed to victory in the Bradford West by-election…
Anthony Grainger executed by police
On 3 March Anthony Grainger, 36, was executed by police in a car park in suburban Manchester. He was sat,…
Italy: resistance mounts againt Monti
Italian workers have downed tools as political opposition grows to labour reforms. Unelected Italian Prime Minister, Mario Monti, is facing…
The murder of Trayvon Martin
The killing of 17 year-old black teenager Trayvon Martin by an armed Neighbourhood Watch man in Sanford near Orlando, Florida…
Spanish general strike unites millions against austerity
The 29 March one-day general strike witnessed massive participation across Spain as millions rallied to the unions’ call to resist…
Sri Lanka: a new party?
In the aftermath of Rajapakse’s victory in his war against the Tamils, the JVP, the supposedly Marxist party that backed…
China: No coup – many plots?
On 19 March, China awoke to widespread rumours of a coup in Beijing. The internet was alive with tales of…
Blood on your iPhone
A report by the Fair Labor Association into working conditions at three plants in China that supply Apple with iPads…
How we can save the NHS
Workers Power conference debated and passed another resolution specifically on the fight to stop the destruction of the NHS, recognising…
The anti-cuts movement
As we approach the second anniversary of the Coalition government coming to office, the Workers Power 2012 conference reviewed the…
Youth: at the sharp end of Tory Britain
Two years of Tory Britain has taken its toll on young people. Unemployment stands at 20 per cent and rising;…
Alfie Meadows: drop the charges, put the police in the dock
Sally Turner Monday 26 March was the first day of Alfie Meadows’ trial for ‘violent disorder’ after police beat him…
Grass Roots Left meets
On Saturday 31 March the elected leaders of Grass Roots Left, a national rank and file grouping in Unite, met…
Pensions dispute and the left: a tale of backsliding and cover-up
THE 28 MARCH strike by London schools and colleges showed just how impressive a nation-wide strike could have been. Around…
Sparks' campaign moves on
The electricians’ – or sparks’ – struggle against new contracts on the building sites that would have resulted in a…
Vote TUSC against the cuts in May elections
The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is standing a range of candidates from across the unions and campaigns in capital…
Tanker drivers: the Tories’ new ‘enemy within’
Tanker drivers have a legitimate dispute. If they win, it would destabilise the Tories further. Rebecca Anderson explains that this…
Countdown to Royal Mail privatisation begins
On 21 March the European Commission, in charge of…
'Come dine with Cameron' scandal
David Cameron must have hoped that the commotion over a threatened tanker drivers’ strike would take the heat off the…
