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Homophobic Britain
Chris Newcombe reports on the rise of homophobia in Britain today From the presence of Elton John and his partner…
Gay rights – a class issue
Capitalism does all it can to preserve its form of the family and with it the oppression of women, lesbians…
Where does homophobia come from?
WHY IS homophobia still so prevalent around the world? Can lesbians and gay men achieve equality under capitalism? To answer these…
Will the SNP break up Britain?
The SNP have posed left to win an election victory, taking them one step closer to their proposed referendum, asks…
Labour: shame on you for turning blue
The new Blue Labour movement is a dangerous turn to the right, argues Luke Cooper IT IS testament to the…
Obama: President of war
Jamie Traska from Workers Power USA explains how Obama is starting more wars and being just as aggressive as Bush…
SlutWalk: women fight back against misogyny and rape
The SlutWalk movement has struck a chord with young women across the world and has put the issue of rape…
Marxism and the state
Police attack students during the anti-fees protest of Winter 2010 By Simon Hardy Many people think…
Disabled activists fight Atos Healthcare
Over 8,000 people demonstrated for disability rights outside Westminster on 11 May, making the Hardest Hit march the biggest disability…
Youth see no future under Con-Dems
As the majority of UK working class youth face a future without further…
Unpaid internships: an exploitive trick
Increasing numbers of young people are being forced to work for free as school leavers, college leavers and university graduates…
Regimes and West plot to crush Arab revolt
Every revolution is at some stage confronted by a counter-revolutionary struggle. Egypt’s Mubarak and Tunisia’s Ben Ali may have been…
PCS conference declares war on cuts
PCS Annual Delegate Conference 2011 will be remembered as the conference that declared war – class war – on the…
Nepal trapped in political deadlock
Rajesh Thapa, a Workers Power supporter from Nepal, outlines why the government is still unable to agree a constitution, despite…
Debate: Marxism versus Keynes – will taxation alone stop the cuts?
Simon Hardy asks if we can we just tax the rich to solve the capitalist crisis, or whether more serious…
Mladic: Western hypocrisy over war crimes
The arrest of Ratko Mladic exposes the connection between the war criminals of the former Yugoslavia and the western powers,…
Will there be a third intifada?
In the wake of the Arab Spring, many Palestinian activists are discussing the possibility of a third intifada, by Kady…
Review: Attack the Block – when aliens invade south London
Directed by Joe Cornish Attack the Block is a fast-paced and extremely funny sci-fi movie, set in modern-day south London….
Obituary: Gil Scott Heron – Poet, musician, author, fighter
Jeremy Dewar reviews the life of GIl Scott Heron, who died 27 May 2011The revolution will not be right back…
Unite the Union NEC: cuts are not the answer
Unite’s executive last week hardened its policy against government cuts, distancing itself from the Labour front bench “too far, too…
Draft Constitution of the Grassroots Left (GRL) proposed by the London GRL
1. Preamble The GRASSROOTS LEFT is an organisation that is worlds apart from the ‘broad lefts’. We aim to build…
Jerry Hicks’ supporters found Grass Roots Left in Unite
A national conference of around 50 trade union activists saw the official launch of the Grass Roots Left, a rank…
CWU conference calls for 24 hour general strike 'before its too late'
The TUC came under pressure today to call a 24-hour general strike against the coalition government’s all-out assault on workers…
Tory teacher launches campaign for flagship ‘Free School’
Katharine Birbalsingh wowed the Conservative Party conference with her tales of a south London school, which was “out of control”…
Youth uprising in Madrid
Thousands of people have begun protests across Spain in the run up to the elections, a camp modelled on Tahrir…
Civil servants vote for ballot over mass strikes
Cairo conference can unite resistance across the globe
Revolutionaries and anti-imperialists from across the world will be gathering in Cairo between 3-5 June to discuss the next tasks…
Know your enemy – never underestimate the Tories
Last Thursday’s election was a worked example of the power of the traditional British political establishment: the dinosaurs won the…
National unity talks in Palestine
The Arab revolutions have pressured the Palestinian leaders in Fatah and Hamas to sign a unity treaty. Peter Main considers…
Victory of Scottish nationalists exposes Labour’s failures
The Scottish National Party (SNP) wiped the floor in last weeks Scottish Parliament elections, gaining 23 seats at the expense of…