France Joti Brar: We are heartened and inspired by French workers’ fighting spirit Unfortunately, even the most militant of Britain’s trade union leaders seem keen to end the strikes here as quickly as possible.
France Joti Brar: We are heartened and inspired by French workers’ fighting spirit Unfortunately, even the most militant of Britain’s trade union leaders seem keen to end the strikes here as quickly as possible.
Capitalist crisis It’s not the workers but the capitalists who are causing inflation It is the right and the duty of workers to demand a bigger share of the wealth their own labour has created.
Capitalist crisis It’s not the workers but the capitalists who are causing inflation It is the right and the duty of workers to demand a bigger share of the wealth their own labour has created.
Capitalist crisis The cost of living crisis is a capitalist crisis Economic crises are an inescapable feature of life under the market system. Socialist planning is our only way out.
Capitalist crisis The cost of living crisis is a capitalist crisis Economic crises are an inescapable feature of life under the market system. Socialist planning is our only way out.
Capitalist crisis The cost of living crisis is a capitalist crisis! The capitalists have shown themselves to be entirely unable to run their own system for the benefit of society.
Capitalist crisis The cost of living crisis is a capitalist crisis! The capitalists have shown themselves to be entirely unable to run their own system for the benefit of society.
USA Insider dealing is just one of the ways US politicians get paid Only revolution can end the corruption of public life.
USA Insider dealing is just one of the ways US politicians get paid Only revolution can end the corruption of public life.
Capitalist crisis Crisis is inescapable while capitalism remains The working class’s historic role is to put an end to profit-driven capitalism and to build a new, socialist society in its place.
Capitalist crisis Crisis is inescapable while capitalism remains The working class’s historic role is to put an end to profit-driven capitalism and to build a new, socialist society in its place.
Health Covid has exposed the weakness of capitalism and the strength of socialism In highlighting the fatal flaws of capitalism, the pandemic has also given us a chance to pursue solutions with renewed energy and hope.
Health Covid has exposed the weakness of capitalism and the strength of socialism In highlighting the fatal flaws of capitalism, the pandemic has also given us a chance to pursue solutions with renewed energy and hope.
Capitalist crisis Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘What reset?’ What do our rulers mean when they talk about the ‘great reset’, promise to ‘build back better’ or offer us a ‘green new deal’?
Capitalist crisis Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘What reset?’ What do our rulers mean when they talk about the ‘great reset’, promise to ‘build back better’ or offer us a ‘green new deal’?
Lebanon Lebanon has a new government, but remains a vassal state The hypocrisy of US imperial enforcer Victoria Nuland denouncing the ‘thieves’ her own government has propped up for decades passes all bounds.
Lebanon Lebanon has a new government, but remains a vassal state The hypocrisy of US imperial enforcer Victoria Nuland denouncing the ‘thieves’ her own government has propped up for decades passes all bounds.
British politics Ninth party congress: We must connect our movement with the masses Important foundations have already been laid. Now we must expand and build on those in a principled and serious way.
British politics Ninth party congress: We must connect our movement with the masses Important foundations have already been laid. Now we must expand and build on those in a principled and serious way.
Civil liberties Reform of the Secrets Act is another brick in the wall While the ‘opposition’ sits on its hands, the ruling class is rolling out more legislation designed to suppress working-class discontent.
Civil liberties Reform of the Secrets Act is another brick in the wall While the ‘opposition’ sits on its hands, the ruling class is rolling out more legislation designed to suppress working-class discontent.
Sport What can the European Super League teach us about monopoly capitalism? The monopolisation of football is teaching workers all over again some of the lessons taught to us by Lenin over a century ago.
Sport What can the European Super League teach us about monopoly capitalism? The monopolisation of football is teaching workers all over again some of the lessons taught to us by Lenin over a century ago.
Industry The Sanjeev Gupta, Lex Greensill and David Cameron affair Once again we see the absurdity of a system that leaves the fate of essential industries and millions of workers in the hands of rapacious fraudsters.
Industry The Sanjeev Gupta, Lex Greensill and David Cameron affair Once again we see the absurdity of a system that leaves the fate of essential industries and millions of workers in the hands of rapacious fraudsters.
World Five Eyes become four as New Zealand distances itself from anti-China action Workers have no interest in going along with the wave of anti-China propaganda that is preparing the ground for a devastating war.
World Five Eyes become four as New Zealand distances itself from anti-China action Workers have no interest in going along with the wave of anti-China propaganda that is preparing the ground for a devastating war.
Industry Greensill debacle: the door keeps revolving The collapse of this particular debt-laden finance house is drawing public attention to some very uncomfortable truths.
Industry Greensill debacle: the door keeps revolving The collapse of this particular debt-laden finance house is drawing public attention to some very uncomfortable truths.
Industry FlyBe is dead, long live FlyBe Turns out all it takes to avoid the creditors is a slightly tweaked name and a fresh coat of paint.
Industry FlyBe is dead, long live FlyBe Turns out all it takes to avoid the creditors is a slightly tweaked name and a fresh coat of paint.
Industry Cameron’s hand caught trapped in the till as Greensill collapses The collapse of yet another debt-laden house of cards has shone a light on the revolving door between career politicians and the corporations they serve.
Industry Cameron’s hand caught trapped in the till as Greensill collapses The collapse of yet another debt-laden house of cards has shone a light on the revolving door between career politicians and the corporations they serve.
Capitalist crisis Covid has laid bare the capitalist dystopia in which we are already living If 2020 has taught us anything it is that the current economic and political system is blocking our ability to solve humanity’s urgent problems.
Capitalist crisis Covid has laid bare the capitalist dystopia in which we are already living If 2020 has taught us anything it is that the current economic and political system is blocking our ability to solve humanity’s urgent problems.
Industry With ‘saviours’ like Gupta, who needs enemies? If you are rich enough, you can get richer still without spending a penny; it is the workers who pay when the vultures’ schemes collapse.
Industry With ‘saviours’ like Gupta, who needs enemies? If you are rich enough, you can get richer still without spending a penny; it is the workers who pay when the vultures’ schemes collapse.
Social wage Destitution in Britain compounded by 2020 crash and covid shutdowns How can it be that there is so much want in the midst of so much plenty?
Social wage Destitution in Britain compounded by 2020 crash and covid shutdowns How can it be that there is so much want in the midst of so much plenty?
Economy GameStop stops Wall Street Activist amateur traders ‘driven by righteous anger’ very nearly broke at least one hedge vulture’s bank, causing panic on the stock exchange.
Economy GameStop stops Wall Street Activist amateur traders ‘driven by righteous anger’ very nearly broke at least one hedge vulture’s bank, causing panic on the stock exchange.
Health Comrade Ranjeet on Press TV: 100,000 covid deaths This outcome is neither inevitable nor justifiable: the government is culpable for failing to stop the spread of the virus at an early date.
Health Comrade Ranjeet on Press TV: 100,000 covid deaths This outcome is neither inevitable nor justifiable: the government is culpable for failing to stop the spread of the virus at an early date.
Society Time to end poverty: expropriate the expropriators! Bourgeois commentators are increasingly identifying the problems besetting humanity, but they are congenitally incapable of recognising the solution staring them in the face.
Society Time to end poverty: expropriate the expropriators! Bourgeois commentators are increasingly identifying the problems besetting humanity, but they are congenitally incapable of recognising the solution staring them in the face.
India The global aspect of India’s farmer protests Exposing India’s food producers to untrammelled force of the market will raise food prices and put farmers at the mercy of agribusiness corporations.
India The global aspect of India’s farmer protests Exposing India’s food producers to untrammelled force of the market will raise food prices and put farmers at the mercy of agribusiness corporations.
India The largest strike the world has ever seen is taking place now in India But you wouldn’t know it from Britain’s corporate media and Labour-affiliated trade union leaderships.
India The largest strike the world has ever seen is taking place now in India But you wouldn’t know it from Britain’s corporate media and Labour-affiliated trade union leaderships.
Lay-offs and closures Jobless figures mount as Paperchase is latest retail chain to fail As the economic crisis is exacerbated by repeated lockdowns, company after company is going to the wall.
Lay-offs and closures Jobless figures mount as Paperchase is latest retail chain to fail As the economic crisis is exacerbated by repeated lockdowns, company after company is going to the wall.
Capitalist crisis The unenviable plight of the self-employed Workers are being thrown from pillar to post by the vagaries of capitalist production in crisis.
Capitalist crisis The unenviable plight of the self-employed Workers are being thrown from pillar to post by the vagaries of capitalist production in crisis.
British politics Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘Free Assange’ Those publishing the truth are hounded, while public trust in most journalists and politicians has collapsed. How has this happened, and what can we do?
British politics Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘Free Assange’ Those publishing the truth are hounded, while public trust in most journalists and politicians has collapsed. How has this happened, and what can we do?
Lay-offs and closures Sunak extends furlough till April as jobless stats sow panic The number of redundancies continues to climb inexorably each month, despite all efforts to massage the figures and soften the blow.
Lay-offs and closures Sunak extends furlough till April as jobless stats sow panic The number of redundancies continues to climb inexorably each month, despite all efforts to massage the figures and soften the blow.
British politics Crisis of legitimacy: trust in politicians and journalists keeps going down What does it say about our ‘democracy’ when those who are supposed to uphold it are some of the least trusted people in the country?
British politics Crisis of legitimacy: trust in politicians and journalists keeps going down What does it say about our ‘democracy’ when those who are supposed to uphold it are some of the least trusted people in the country?
Social wage Demise of RPI: another attack on workers’ pensions Why should our right to a dignified old age depend on the vagaries of stock-exchange gamblers and government statisticians?
Social wage Demise of RPI: another attack on workers’ pensions Why should our right to a dignified old age depend on the vagaries of stock-exchange gamblers and government statisticians?
Economy Debenhams, Arcadia: Making workers pay for the crisis Tens of thousands are set to lose jobs and suffer pension cuts, once again making workers pay the price for capitalism’s failings.
Economy Debenhams, Arcadia: Making workers pay for the crisis Tens of thousands are set to lose jobs and suffer pension cuts, once again making workers pay the price for capitalism’s failings.
Economy Edinburgh Woollen Mill: the vultures circle Thousands of workers look set to lose their jobs, but the man whose fortune they made will have no trouble hanging onto his millions.
Economy Edinburgh Woollen Mill: the vultures circle Thousands of workers look set to lose their jobs, but the man whose fortune they made will have no trouble hanging onto his millions.
Economy Capital gains tax: Big business cries before it is hit Despite the exponential growth of poverty and inequality, our rulers still can’t seem to face the idea of paying a little more of their ill-gotten gains into the state’s coffers.
Economy Capital gains tax: Big business cries before it is hit Despite the exponential growth of poverty and inequality, our rulers still can’t seem to face the idea of paying a little more of their ill-gotten gains into the state’s coffers.
Social wage Picking workers’ pockets: the face mask tax is back Capitalism just can’t stop itself from revealing its true colours.
Social wage Picking workers’ pockets: the face mask tax is back Capitalism just can’t stop itself from revealing its true colours.
Health Comrade Ranjeet on MoATS: ‘The government has failed the people’ Lockdowns are a sign of the government’s abject failure to take the necessary measures to stop the spread of Covid-19.
Health Comrade Ranjeet on MoATS: ‘The government has failed the people’ Lockdowns are a sign of the government’s abject failure to take the necessary measures to stop the spread of Covid-19.
Social wage Insult to injury: government plans to cut Universal Credit boost Covid has exposed the injustice of below-poverty-line benefits. How will our rulers balance their need for cheap and desperate workers with maintaining social peace?
Social wage Insult to injury: government plans to cut Universal Credit boost Covid has exposed the injustice of below-poverty-line benefits. How will our rulers balance their need for cheap and desperate workers with maintaining social peace?
Pay and conditions Railway pensions under threat It is the bosses’ responsibility to see to it that deferred wages are paid in full; why are workers expected to take the hit?
Pay and conditions Railway pensions under threat It is the bosses’ responsibility to see to it that deferred wages are paid in full; why are workers expected to take the hit?
Pay and conditions FT spills the beans on the great pensions rip-off Not content with stealing workers’ unpaid labour today, the capitalists are conspiring to steal their right to a dignified retirement tomorrow.
Pay and conditions FT spills the beans on the great pensions rip-off Not content with stealing workers’ unpaid labour today, the capitalists are conspiring to steal their right to a dignified retirement tomorrow.
Lebanon Tragedy in Lebanon The blast in Beirut port may prove to be the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Lebanon Tragedy in Lebanon The blast in Beirut port may prove to be the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Social wage UBI: a recipe for universal misery Our demand must be for meaningful work in a society free from poverty, unemployment and insecurity.
Social wage UBI: a recipe for universal misery Our demand must be for meaningful work in a society free from poverty, unemployment and insecurity.
Capitalist crisis FT spills the beans on private equity scam The super-rich are indulging in an orgy of speculation using the ‘free money’ of low-interest debt. Who pays?
Capitalist crisis FT spills the beans on private equity scam The super-rich are indulging in an orgy of speculation using the ‘free money’ of low-interest debt. Who pays?
Society Thinktank warns of massive rise in destitution in the wake of Covid-19 The wonders of capitalism: five million Britons predicted to become destitute this year.
Society Thinktank warns of massive rise in destitution in the wake of Covid-19 The wonders of capitalism: five million Britons predicted to become destitute this year.
Capitalist crisis Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘No Trust’ Can you trust a government that says with one breath there isn't enough money for public services and with the next bails out the banks?
Capitalist crisis Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘No Trust’ Can you trust a government that says with one breath there isn't enough money for public services and with the next bails out the banks?
Lay-offs and closures Nissan slashes workforce and pensions, poised to flee Sunderland altogether Blame Brexit; blame covid ... blame anything but the capitalist system.
Lay-offs and closures Nissan slashes workforce and pensions, poised to flee Sunderland altogether Blame Brexit; blame covid ... blame anything but the capitalist system.
Capitalist crisis Rising inequality following the 2020 crisis of overproduction Mushrooming inequality has the capitalist class spooked, for they fear the consequences.
Capitalist crisis Rising inequality following the 2020 crisis of overproduction Mushrooming inequality has the capitalist class spooked, for they fear the consequences.
Disputes Support the Tower Hamlets strikers! The Labour-run council plans to sack thousands of workers and re-hire them on dodgy new contracts with worse pay and conditions.
Disputes Support the Tower Hamlets strikers! The Labour-run council plans to sack thousands of workers and re-hire them on dodgy new contracts with worse pay and conditions.
Economy Bosses press on with sackings as crisis deepens As the furlough support scheme comes to an end, the true depth of the economic crisis is becoming ever clearer.
Economy Bosses press on with sackings as crisis deepens As the furlough support scheme comes to an end, the true depth of the economic crisis is becoming ever clearer.
Economy Go Outdoors ‘rescued’ – for now Financial fancy footwork may allow the chain’s owners to sidestep onerous lease conditions as high street footfall plunges.
Economy Go Outdoors ‘rescued’ – for now Financial fancy footwork may allow the chain’s owners to sidestep onerous lease conditions as high street footfall plunges.
Social wage The plight of the homeless after lockdown ‘Business as usual’ as rough sleepers are thrown back onto the streets.
Social wage The plight of the homeless after lockdown ‘Business as usual’ as rough sleepers are thrown back onto the streets.
Lay-offs and closures P&O takes the money and runs The shipping company is laying off a thousand workers on the very routes it is being paid public money to operate.
Lay-offs and closures P&O takes the money and runs The shipping company is laying off a thousand workers on the very routes it is being paid public money to operate.
Lay-offs and closures Imperial College sacking vital IT workers University managers plan to axe more than half their IT staff, despite their heroic work in enabling vital pandemic research.
Lay-offs and closures Imperial College sacking vital IT workers University managers plan to axe more than half their IT staff, despite their heroic work in enabling vital pandemic research.
Lay-offs and closures British Gas and SPS are latest to announce big job losses As the economic crisis bites, employers are looking to cut not only jobs but also pay, pensions and everything else.
Lay-offs and closures British Gas and SPS are latest to announce big job losses As the economic crisis bites, employers are looking to cut not only jobs but also pay, pensions and everything else.
British politics Boris’s chapter of accidents As the covid emergency progresses, the prime minister is jumping from one fiasco to another, exposing his many inadequacies to full public view.
British politics Boris’s chapter of accidents As the covid emergency progresses, the prime minister is jumping from one fiasco to another, exposing his many inadequacies to full public view.
Civil liberties The Coronavirus Act 2020 Jumping on the excuse of Covid-19, parliament has rammed through a host of draconian measures unrelated to the health crisis.
Civil liberties The Coronavirus Act 2020 Jumping on the excuse of Covid-19, parliament has rammed through a host of draconian measures unrelated to the health crisis.
Pay and conditions BA threatens to sack its entire workforce After rinsing the furlough scheme, the airline is now insisting that its staff should accept huge pay cuts or be sacked.
Pay and conditions BA threatens to sack its entire workforce After rinsing the furlough scheme, the airline is now insisting that its staff should accept huge pay cuts or be sacked.
Lay-offs and closures Debenhams shafts its cafe workers Catering staff at the department store have been summarily dismissed without notice or redundancy pay.
Lay-offs and closures Debenhams shafts its cafe workers Catering staff at the department store have been summarily dismissed without notice or redundancy pay.
Social wage UBI: the ‘right’ to be idle or the right to work? What does the call for a universal basic income really mean?
Social wage UBI: the ‘right’ to be idle or the right to work? What does the call for a universal basic income really mean?
Lay-offs and closures Thousands more to go at Rolls Royce’s Derby plant As more and more manufacturing jobs are being scrapped, workers are the victims of the downward spiral of capitalist crisis.
Lay-offs and closures Thousands more to go at Rolls Royce’s Derby plant As more and more manufacturing jobs are being scrapped, workers are the victims of the downward spiral of capitalist crisis.
Lay-offs and closures Jobless total rockets As the economic crisis bites, over a million workers in Britain have been forced precipitously onto the breadline.
Lay-offs and closures Jobless total rockets As the economic crisis bites, over a million workers in Britain have been forced precipitously onto the breadline.
Capitalist crisis The oil slump and its ramifications In attempting to retain domination over the oil market, Saudi Arabia has alienated its most important ally, supporter and protector.
Capitalist crisis The oil slump and its ramifications In attempting to retain domination over the oil market, Saudi Arabia has alienated its most important ally, supporter and protector.
Lay-offs and closures British Airways takes the money and runs The Covid-19 crisis is highlighting the necessity for public ownership of all our vital services.
Lay-offs and closures British Airways takes the money and runs The Covid-19 crisis is highlighting the necessity for public ownership of all our vital services.
Health Covid-19: What is the coronavirus and is it a real threat? Dr Ranjeet Brar takes a look at the medical aspects of the present pandemic, comparing Covid-19 to other viruses such as influenza and Sars.
Health Covid-19: What is the coronavirus and is it a real threat? Dr Ranjeet Brar takes a look at the medical aspects of the present pandemic, comparing Covid-19 to other viruses such as influenza and Sars.
Capitalist crisis The economic crisis and coronavirus In fighting capitalist exploitation and the war danger, workers will ultimately seek a way out through socialist revolution.
Capitalist crisis The economic crisis and coronavirus In fighting capitalist exploitation and the war danger, workers will ultimately seek a way out through socialist revolution.
Capitalist crisis The corona pandemic and the capitalist world economic crash of 2020 Our rulers are keen to convince us that the deepest depression in the history of capitalism is a random and unpredictable ‘black swan’ event.
Capitalist crisis The corona pandemic and the capitalist world economic crash of 2020 Our rulers are keen to convince us that the deepest depression in the history of capitalism is a random and unpredictable ‘black swan’ event.
