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.
Climate change: Unnatural disaster in Pakistan
Pakistani capitalism has colluded with the imperialists to condemn the poorest to bear the brunt of the devastation.
‘Which side are you on?’ Labour has a crisis of leadership
Labour’s lead has narrowed to just four points.
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What are workers’ councils?
The significance of the soviet form of organisation and what its legacy means for working class militants today.
Belarus: ‘Railway partisans’ threatened with execution
The British press barely mentioned the resistance in Belarus.
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Somalia: Millions marching to starvation
Somalia, Ethiopia and northern Kenya are facing severe famine.
How can the strikes win – and what would victory look like?
Will this strike wave, the biggest for 30 years, end in victory?
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Left maintains NEC seats – despite Momentum
Four of the five candidates of the Centre Left Grassroots Alliance were elected to the NEC.
Royal Mail strikes must demand nationalisation
It is clear that nothing less than the future of Royal Mail itself is at stake.
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
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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
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Public sector pay ballots: press for co-ordination
Nurses, refuse collectors, youth workers, teachers, lecturers and civil servants are being balloted.
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When crime doesn’t pay (even the minimum wage)
Criminal Barristers are escalating their action to an all-out strike.
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.