The 27 year campaign for truth and justice is a lesson in the value of courage and solidarity By Dave Stockton Hillsborough – which saw the death of 95 Liverpool fans on 15 April 1989 – remains one of the worst sporting tragedies. Given that that it took 27 years for the South Yorkshire Police […]
There has been no let up in the coordinated smear operation against Corbyn “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” It started in earnest in August 2015, at the point when it became obvious that Jeremy Corbyn was on course for a landslide victory in last […]
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By Bernie McAdam 21 March, 2015 “Sex Lessons at Five Under Labour”, “Sick Benefits – 75% are Faking”, “Immigrant Baby Boom” “Immigrant and Scrounging”… and so it goes on. Disgusting as it is predictable, this is a sign of what to expect from the Tory dominated press, as the election campaign gathers pace. And we […]
The November 2014 issue of Workers Power is out now. [scribd-url pubid=”24852238179500127593153362″ url=”https://workerspower.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/WP380p01-08small.pdf” ] Click here to read online (pdf) or select an article below Save the NHS – support the healthworkers’ strike No to the bombing of Syria and Iraq – solidarity with Kobane! Vote Labour – and build a socialist alternative UKIP: a racist, […]
The October 2014 issue of Workers Power is out now. Click here to read online (pdf) or select an article below We need a new leadership to beat austerity EDITORIAL: Organise the rank and file Defy the anti-union laws REVIEW: FBI’s Most Wanted – Assata: An Autobiography […]
The Summer 2014 issue of Workers Power is out now Click here to read online (pdf) or select an article from the links below The main enemy is at home Solidarity with Antifascists in Ukraine campaign founded Racist and sexual abuse rife at Yarl’s Wood […]
New world disorder Stop the ‘hospital closure clause’ Labour shuts door on collective working class participation Police spy on Lawrence family Is independent rank and file organisation the key to unlocking trade union potential? Teachers: all out on 26 March Next steps for People’s Assembly LU: strike forces management climbdown Kyiv: new regime rules under […]
The January-February issue of our monthly paper. Read as PDF
The row over a royal charter to regulate the press that erupted earlier this year was not about press freedom but about the desire of the billionaire newspaper owners to keep control of their moneymaking machines. Freedom of the press and of speech can only be guaranteed by the mass of people being involved […]
By Jeremy Dewar The Daily Mail is a rabid, racist and reactionary paper. It has history. So it was no surprise to see it fighting against Labour’s left turn. But even by its standards, its attack on Ed Miliband’s dead father was shocking. In an article titled, “The man who hated Britain”, the Mail quotes […]
Read online (PDF) The October issue featuring coverage of the party conferences, Left Unity, the upcoming postal workers’ strike, antifascism after Tower Hamlets and much more… Time for action Tory Party Conference: seven more years of austerity Labour’s left turn – and what we need to do Recovery […]
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The Trades Union Congress has agreed to consider the practicality of a general strike in response to the government’s austerity programme. Their first step should be to ask their 6 million members what they think. Are they willing to take action in defence of jobs, wages, pensions, health and education? The entire left should be […]
Joy Macready, an NUJ member, reports on the continuing struggle at the BBC
Is the News of the World crisis a mere tale of corruption, or does the whole affair expose the fundamental workings of the system? Marcus Halaby examines the way the media and the state function under capitalism Reactions to the News of the World phone hacking scandal have tended to focus on the issue of “corruption”, […]
How does the radical left capitalise on the Murdoch Empire crisis? In a thought provoking article on the OpenDemocracy website Guy Aitchison argues that we need to move beyond the language of corruption and develop democratic movements with a critique of the whole system. Read it here.
The ever-growing cast of the responsible but unaccountable is emblematic of the systemic corruption that has been laid bare, writes Gary Younge at Guardian.co.uk
Rebekah Brooks has fallen from power as the ongoing saga at News International, and across the political scene continues, writes Rachel Brooks
The News of the World, flagship paper for the Murdoch Empire, is up to its neck in corruption and illegal phone hacking which goes right to the heart of the state, writes Simon Hardy A small hand grenade has gone off at the centre of British politics. A complex web that connects the media […]