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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…
Elections 2011: A good day for the Tories – now we must answer on the streets
The elections illustrate the tremendous challenges ahead of the anti-cuts movement, but we can still answer the Tory menance with…
Marxism Today: London lectures 11 May – 20 July 2011
A world in economic crisis, growing social inequality, war in Afghanistan and Libya and revolutions across the Arab world. Neo conservative…
Yes to AV: why all socialists, workers, youth should back change on 5 May
Tomorrow will see the second referendum in British history and the first ever on electoral reform. All socialists, trade unionists,…
Record turnout for Leeds May Day
On 30 April over 300 trade unionists, workers, students and unemployed joined the Leeds ‘March for the Alternative’ May Day…
Wedding used for political clampdown
The Philip K Dick short story Minority Report, which was made into a film starring Tom Cruise, sees a futuristic…
Facebook joins wave of wedding repression
Fifty anticuts pages taken down under cover of royal celebrations At the same time as the royal wedding, alongside a…
Bin Laden is dead, the US war goes on
US "drone" bombers have been destroying Pakistan's northern provinces for years
Royal Wedding celebrates all that is wrong with the system
“For richer, for poorer?” A sick joke at our expense, writes Joana Ramiro The Royal Wedding comes at a time…
A threat to our right to protest
Nina Power comments in The Guardian on the intense and repressive police crackdown on anti-cuts protesters, just a few days…
Strike against the coalition's cuts
There have been two events in the last few months which have shown that we have the power to beat…
Lansley wants to destroy the NHS – stop him now!
Andrew Lansley’s NHS and Social Care Bill is a fraud. It’s no exaggeration to say that it will destroy the…
Andrew Lansley: Thatcher's man who's out to kill the NHS
Born in Essex, and son of a pathologist, Lansley’s first taste of politics came at the university of Exeter where…
Who wants NHS privatisation?
GIANT MEDICAL and outsourcing companies are salivating at the prospect of getting lucrative contracts for NHS healthcare. That’s why private…
New healthworker network launched
HEALTH WORKERS have formed a new rank and file network to stop the attacks on the NHS. NHS staff are…
May 1926: when workers stopped the country
AT A TIME when we are facing a major offensive on workers’ gains and the union movement, the 85th anniversary…
