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German capitalists push for fiscal powers as second credit crunch looms
None of the problems from 2008 have gone away; in fact many have become worse, argues Richard Brenner. What are the European…
Now we can stop the pensions robbery
Two million strong strike shows unions have power to bring down the government – but, argues Jeremy Dewar, only if…
Motormouth's sinister joke
ON THE evening of the public sector strike Jeremy Clarkson, presenter from BBCs Top Gear programme said he wanted to see…
No to sanctions – hands off Iran!
Iranians besiege the British embassy
The growing social crisis in Britain
The government’s policies are making things much worse, writes John Bowman, particularly for the most vulnerable George Osbourne’s Autumn Statement…
Is European social democracy in irreversible decline?
Deafeated: Socialist Workers Party of Spain (PSOE) holds a mass rally
Sparks: We must not let judges stop our actions
We can’t let the courts or the bureaucrats stop our actions, argues Jeremy Dewar ELECTRICIANS IN Unite won an 82 per…
What’s wrong with the union lefts today?
Simon Hardy and Jeremy Dewar take a critical look at the broad left strategy Many militant trade unionists are active…
Capitalism against democracy
Not since 1989 has the demand for democracy been so loud across the world. But everywhere police and governments are…
Radicalising the US workers’ movement
Extract from Workers Power US conference document www.workerspower.net Beginning in late September with only a few dozen activists in New…
Syria – the dangers posed by foreign intervention
The future of Syria is being fought out town by town as the resistance grows against Assad’s regime. Marcus Halaby…
Egypt: The threat of counter-revolution grows as Islamists make gains
The magnificent Egyptian revolution is in danger of defeat, warns Dave Stockton NOVEMBER HAS proved to be another crucial month for…
Disability welfare cuts – the hardest hit are fighting back
Joy Macready reports on the cuts to disability welfare and the growing resistance “THE PAST 12 months have seen a string…
EDL join forces with BNP splitters
The British Freedom Party and the English Defence League has announced a merger reports Dan Edwards THE FASCIST English Defence League…
Undead capitalism
Zombies are big business, with more games and films coming out every year cashing in on the idea of the…
Review: The Riots by Gillian Slovo
Joy Macready reviews The Riots at Tricycle Theatre on between 17 November – 10 December THE RIOTS, written by Gillian Slovo,…
What Christmas means for capitalism
It is that time of the year again, writes Simon Hardy. But what is the real meaning of Christmas under…
Socialist measures against the capitalist crisis
WITH BRITAIN predicted to go back into recession next year, and with a new credit crunch and the collapse of…
N30 Birmingham: 15,000 join mass city-wide protest
Around 15,000 marched in Birmingham yesterday. Huge contingents of teachers, civil servants, careworkers, nurses and local government workers from across…
N30 Leeds: over 10,000 take to the streets against Tories
November 30 in Leeds saw a solid strike, with the city covered in picketlines, and a massive demonstration and rally…
Manchester: a whole city behind the strikes
It seemed that everywhere you turned in Manchester city centre there was a picket line somewhere – and the strikes…
After 30 November – escalate the action to win!
Workers Power leaflet for the picket lines and protests on N30 • No concessions on pensions • Link up all…
N30 – All out tomorrow!
Biggest strike since 1926 • Government on the defensive • Serious public support for strikes Across the country trade union…
N30 We are the 99% – Protest, Strike, Occupy!
• All out on 30 November • Joint strike committees in every town • Workers and students unite – forward…
Motion to Unite Resistance Convention
This is the motion which was submitted to the Unite the Resistance conference, but not taken, on 19 November 2011…
Unite the Resistance: a missed opportunity
Up to 1000 trade unionists gathered in London on Saturday to discuss the public sector pensions strike on 30 November….
Marxism Today – the Gramsci Enigma
Luke Cooper on Gramsci’s Marxism (followed by discussion and summing up below)
Editorial: Anticapitalism hits the streets
November is a crucial month in the fightback against the cuts. Demonstrations and protests by students and electricians will hit…
The rich get richer…
DIRECTORS OF the FTSE 100 – the top 100 British companies – saw their incomes rise by an average of 49…
… and the poor get poorer
CHANCELLOR GEORGE Osborne famously claimed that, “We’re all in this together.” But when it comes to wealth and living standards,…
