Workers Power issue 396

Obituary: Mikhail Gorbachev, 1932–2022

In death, as in life, the role and significance of Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on August 30 and was buried on September 3, remains disputed.

Peter Main  ·  13 September 2022

Climate change: Unnatural disaster in Pakistan

Pakistani capitalism has colluded with the imperialists to condemn the poorest to bear the brunt of the devastation.

Leigh Nin  ·  13 September 2022

‘Which side are you on?’ Labour has a crisis of leadership

Labour’s lead has narrowed to just four points.

George Banks  ·  13 September 2022

What are workers’ councils?

The significance of the soviet form of organisation and what its legacy means for working class militants today.

Dave Stockton  ·  13 September 2022

Belarus: ‘Railway partisans’ threatened with execution

The British press barely mentioned the resistance in Belarus.

Leigh Nin  ·  13 September 2022

Somalia: Millions marching to starvation

Somalia, Ethiopia and northern Kenya are facing severe famine.

Dave Stockton  ·  12 September 2022

How can the strikes win – and what would victory look like?

Will this strike wave, the biggest for 30 years, end in victory?

Jeremy Dewar  ·  12 September 2022

There is an international crisis and we need an international struggle against it

Editorial September 2022, No. 396

Jeremy Dewar  ·  12 September 2022

Left maintains NEC seats – despite Momentum

Four of the five candidates of the Centre Left Grassroots Alliance were elected to the NEC.

Peter Main  ·  12 September 2022

Royal Mail strikes must demand nationalisation

It is clear that nothing less than the future of Royal Mail itself is at stake.

A CWU Rep  ·  12 September 2022

Democratic local assemblies needed to unite cost of living campaigns

By R. Banks and Alex Rutherford The growing cost of living crisis and increasing public alarm at what it will mean pose the urgent need for a united front between all those affected by inflation. It needs to bring together union members and those who want to join a fighting union; the unemployed and underemployed; […]

Alex Rutherford  ·  10 September 2022

Dockers strikes spread from Felixstowe to Liverpool

Five hundred Liverpool dockers at England’s fourth-largest port, employed by MDHC Container Services, are to strike from 19 September to 3 October

Dave Stockton  ·  10 September 2022

Public sector pay ballots: press for co-ordination

Nurses, refuse collectors, youth workers, teachers, lecturers and civil servants are being balloted.

Rebecca Anderson  ·  10 September 2022

When crime doesn’t pay (even the minimum wage)

Criminal Barristers are escalating their action to an all-out strike.

Alex Rutherford  ·  10 September 2022

Liz Truss PM: Fight fire with fire

With an ‘electorate’ of 160,000 geriatric Tory party members, 0.3% of the population chose the country’s leader.

Jeremy Dewar  ·  05 September 2022

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