THE TORIES are preparing for a wave of strike action – they are starting to reveal key elements of their plan to break our unions’ resistance to the cuts, writes Richard Brenner

Union activists often come up against their own leaders even before they can take on the bosses. Marxists advocate a militant grassroots movement to solve this problem. But, asks Jeremy Dewar, what would one look like today?

With Greece on the verge of default the crisis is set to deepen, writes Simon Hardy and Richard Brenner. The Eurozone is in serious trouble with Spain and Italy sinking deeper into debt

Greece is in a prolonged pre-revolutionary crisis. Dave Stockton points to how it can be resolved

The resistance today, from Tunisia and Egypt to Wisconsin and London, has brought a fundamental question back into focus. What forms of organisation and what type of politics should we adopt in the fight against capitalism? How can we orientate the new movements towards the socialist goal? How do we avoid repeating the mistakes of […]

A recent TV documentary has exposed the massacre of Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan army during the last days of the civil war. By Sean Ambler

Rapper Lowkey is hugely popular for his radical political message and activism. He is profiled by Matt Chew

Darren Cogavin reports on the recent violence in Northern Ireland as Loyalist gangs cause havoc in Catholic areas

The conflict in Yemen is growing, writes Chris Newcombe, as the fate of the country is decided by the masses

The Syrian uprising continues despite the murderous violence from the Assad regime, writes Marcus Halaby

Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has announced he will turn 200 “worst-achieving” primary schools into academies next year, writes Rachel Brooks, NUT member

Around 750,000 workers will be taking strike action on 30 June. Whilst the media and government go crazy with anger we need to prepare to make the strikes solid and massive – writes Simon Hardy

Mass anger has again hit the streets of Athens in a general strike against the austerity measures killing the country. John Bowman reports for socialistrevolution.org

John Bowden reports for Oxford Save Our Services on the murky world of big transport, and how major bus companies are using the cuts to justify killing local services. Read it here…

Bahrain didn’t invite the Saudis to send their troops; the Saudis invaded and received a post-dated invitation. A brilliant expose of Saudi crimes and – by implication – western hypocrisy in the Arab Spring, by Robert Fisk at Independent.co.uk. Read here

General strike can bring down Tories First step is All Out on 30 June Build cross-union anti-cuts committees Act with the union leaders where possible, without them where necessary Unite the anti-cuts movement – for an All – Britain Anti-cuts Federation The cat is out of the bag. Cameron’s adviser Mark Britnell says the NHS […]

From anticuts.com We have grave concerns about the recent Ncafc conference – both how it was organised and the outcome of the conference, which imposed a new set of structures that undermine the unity and inclusivity of the national organisation.

Statement by REVOLUTION Many student activists will be wondering why we did not stand for, or vote, in the elections for a steering committee at the recent “reinvigoration” meeting of the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts on 5 June. There’s no doubt been much frustration in the movement after parliament voted for tuition fees, […]

A new private university, New College of Humanities, is set to offer degrees with big name intellectuals for the outrageous sum of £18,000. Scandalously, it plans to be part of the University of London and even use its public facilities such as the University of London Union. Birkbeck Student Union Chair, and Vice President-Elect of […]

A recent scientific breakthrough poses big questions about how we conceptualise relationships in the physical universe. Having already proven the existence of ‘anti-matter’ – the mirror image of the matter that makes up the great, great bulk of phenomena in the physical universe -, scientists have now successfully isolated it for a quarter of an […]

Con-Dem Business Secretary, Vince Cable, struggled to complete his speech today when he said coordinated strike action could result in more anti-union laws. John Bowman reports The chair had to step in to calm the conference as Cable was met by a storm of boos and heckles. Praising Britain’s low level of strike figures, Cable […]

As the student academic year draws to a close, the summer is a good time for reflection on the year that was. John Bowman provides a balance sheet for Revolution. Read it here

Resistance is growing to Cameron and Clegg’s vicious cuts programme. There is a wave of enthusiasm for the 30 June strikes – civil servants from the PCS union, teachers and education workers from the UCU, NUT and ATL unions are all gearing up to take coordinated action alongside one another. They are taking action against […]

Jeremy Dewar outlines a strategy for how to go forward after the co-ordinated strikes on June 30 In this issue of Workers Power we take a detailed look at the unions in preparation for the coordinated strikes on 30 June, because we recognise that this represents a key moment in the fight to stop the […]

The anti-union laws are holding us back – we have to organise to break them, writes Joy Macready

Mark Booth reports on the grassroots led Health Workers Network fighting to save the NHS

Marcus Halaby, Unite member, reports on the Grass Roots Left conference and the next steps for this important development

A CWU postal rep reports on the decision to back London posties striking over jobs and backed calls for a general strike in the public sector

The prospects of a financial collapse in one more more country in Europe could well see the end of the Euro, writes Richard Brenner

The neo-liberal drive to cut taxation on the rich and strip away public services in favour of private provision has massively reduced the ability of states to raise sufficient finance from their own capitalist and middle classes, while hugely expanding the role of capital markets and private investment in every sphere of life. So after […]