A living wage for all
By Jeremy Dewar Workers in Britain are being hit by a triple whammy this month: inflation heading towards 5%; a […]
Battle of Blair Mountain: When miners took on the US state
By Chris Clough One hundred years ago, a five-day bloody battle raged in the US. A million rounds of ammunition
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SPD: Life in the old dog yet
By Jaqueline Katherina Singh (Berlin) The Social Democrats (SPD), led by Olaf Scholz, topped the polls with 25.7% in the
Texas abortion ban is a class issue
By Marcus Otono (Nashville, Tennessee) Texas has become the testing ground for a new approach to the nearly 50 year-long
We need system change to stop climate change
By Chris Clough The world’s eyes will be fixed on the COP26 governmental conference on climate change in Glasgow from
National Insurance hike will make workers pay for Tory health and care crisis
By Reginald Banks The Tories have fired an initial salvo at the working class in the battle over who is
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Aukus is an escalation of inter-imperialist rivalry
By Alex Rutherford The Aukus security pact between Australia, the UK and the US represents one of the most dramatic
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Met boss keeps top job – for now
Despite a career of abuse, cover-up and racism, Cressida Dick will be reappointed as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
COP26 won’t avert climate catastrophe
Only a rapid and radical economic transformation can save us from climate disaster.
How Black and Asian workers fought bosses and unions in the 20th century
Jeremy Dewar reviews The Making of the Black Working Class in Britain by Ron Ramdin
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GKN: Car workers fight against offshoring and climate change
Under threat of outsourcing, 550 Unite members at GKN’s plant in Erdington vote to strike.
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Strategy and tactics in Unite after Graham’s election
Remember the old slogan – “with the union leaders where possible, without them where necessary”.
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Berlin votes to expropriate rip-off landlords
Berliners vote to approve the expropriation of all landlords with more than 3,000 properties.
HGV crisis: Argos workers show the way
The pandemic revealed just how much British capitalism relies upon transport workers
Uber drivers step up fight for fair pay with two days of action
Two trade unions have called on Uber drivers to stop work.
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