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Austerity against the workers: who will rule in Greece?
Dave Stockton looks at why the formation of a workers’ government in Greece is necessary to mobilise the popular forces…
How SYRIZA is caught between reform and revolution
SYRIZA is no revolutionary party, but neither is it a normal reformist one. Since 6 May, Syriza has become wildly…
Is the Greek left suffering a crisis of leadership?
It’s no wonder that the opinion polls, immediately after 6 May gave Syriza between 23 and 28 per cent. People…
A Greek tragedy? No, a courageous fightback!
WHY HAS Greece taken the lead? Quite simply because its ordinary people have been subjected to five austerity packages…
Antarsya and the far left
ANTARSYA HAS recognised the importance of the massive swing of voters behind Syriza as an act of rejection of the…
Greece: what direction will the struggle take?
AT THE moment, it is vitally necessary for revolutionaries to pursue such a tactic within Syriza and to campaign for maximum electoral…
After Hollande's victory – workers need to fight for their own demands
Celebrations on the streets, in the Place de la Bastille and across France, greeted François Hollande’s victory in the second…
Pham Binh: many criticisms, few solutions
Pham Binh, an American socialist, has written a series of articles criticising far left groups on his Planet Anarchy website….
The Great Unrest: How militant miners created a movement of the rank and file
In part two of this commemorative article, Dave Stockton looks at how the miners built the first rank and file…
Egypt: elections open road to counter-revolution
By Marcus Halaby The principal demand of the February 2011 protests that marked the beginning of Egypt’s revolution was for…
Why socialists shouldn't vote for the Muslim Brotherhood
After a heavily contested first round, the Egyptian presidential election came down to a run-off between two candidates, representing two…
PCS must learn lessons of pensions debacle or repeat mistakes
Delegates to this year’s PCS conference were clearly in favour of further strike action in defence of pensions, pay and…
Coalition in crisis – it's time to go on the attack!
THE COALITION took a drubbing in the local elections. The Tories and Lib Dems lost 741 seats and 13 councils, including…
Editorial: Europe turns left
As we go to press, news is breaking of victories for the left in France and Greece. François Hollande, first…
Bring racist police to justice
The recent police killings of Mark Duggan and Anthony Grainger expose the racism rife in the police force. Conditioned to…
17 June – March for Anthony Grainger
The #justice4grainger campaign is growing – and it will not stop until it gets justice. It now counts more than…
Labour wins local support – now make them fight the cuts
Joy Macready takes stock of the results ot the local council elections and asks where now for Labour? Thursday…
UK Economy: the Great Depression
Britain is experiencing “the deepest recession and weakest recovery for 100 years,” according to Michael Saunders, an economist at Citigroup….
No sunshine for Eurozone as crisis returns
The Eurozone crisis is the main immediate threat to world economic stability and could spark another worldwide recession. Now the…
A Fracking disaster in the making
THE CAPITALISTS’ LUST for oil and gas knows no boundaries. From wars to extortion, economic sanctions and environmental disasters, these are…
Free Marian Price
VETERAN IRISH Republican Marian Price has been imprisoned without trial since May 2011. This harks back to the British government’s…
Say no to Olympic guns
By Marcus Halaby THE HEADY combination of big business, land development, local and national politics, and the struggle for…
Disable the government – not Remploy!
By Sally Turner REMPLOY, a government-owned company that provides disabled people with employment, is closing 36 of its 54…
PCS: New strategy needed
By Rebecca Anderson The issue of overriding importance at this year’s conference of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS)…
All aboard for London Bus strike
Photo: Paul Mattsson BUS DRIVERS in the capital are to ballot for strike action in pursuit of…
Support the Tanker drivers!
By Sally Turner As soldiers prepare to scab on tanker drivers, it is clear that the threat of a…
NHS: All out with Unite on 10 May
The fight to save the NHS starts with the pensions strike on 10 May, argues NHS worker Dara O’Connell …
NUT leaders dither as teachers lose out
By Bernie McAdam, Sandwell NUT The National Union of Teachers (NUT) Conference this Easter made abundantly clear to its leaders…
Why we need a rank and file movement
WE ARE IN the midst of the biggest capitalist offensive for generations and yet the response from the trade union…
Support the self-determination of the Balochi people!
PAKISTAN’S MILITARY has intensified its fifth operation in Balochistan, battling a resistance movement against national oppression. Thousands of Balochi political…
