Working-class history Samuel Fielden: An English worker’s place in the origins of May Day A vivid account of the horrors and poverty that abounded in working-class life on both sides of the Atlantic when capital had free reign and workers no rights.
Working-class history Samuel Fielden: An English worker’s place in the origins of May Day A vivid account of the horrors and poverty that abounded in working-class life on both sides of the Atlantic when capital had free reign and workers no rights.
Argentina Role of the IMF in impoverishing countries – the case of Argentina How the imperialists use the debt trap to loot the wealth of and enforce their hegemony over oppressed nations.
Argentina Role of the IMF in impoverishing countries – the case of Argentina How the imperialists use the debt trap to loot the wealth of and enforce their hegemony over oppressed nations.
Civil liberties Assange extradition: where are the unions? As an innocent man is tortured for the crime of exposing the criminals, British workers should be organising meaningful action in defence of all our rights.
Civil liberties Assange extradition: where are the unions? As an innocent man is tortured for the crime of exposing the criminals, British workers should be organising meaningful action in defence of all our rights.
Europe Joti Brar and Garland Nixon ep5: EU farmers, the state and revolution What underlies the European farmers movement? How does it relate to questions of the state and state power?
Europe Joti Brar and Garland Nixon ep5: EU farmers, the state and revolution What underlies the European farmers movement? How does it relate to questions of the state and state power?
Civil liberties Communist party rally outside the Royal Courts of Justice for Julian Assange Outside the Royal Courts of Justice, activists discuss the ‘official’ movement’s failure to address the real issues and mobilise the working class for Julian Assange.
Civil liberties Communist party rally outside the Royal Courts of Justice for Julian Assange Outside the Royal Courts of Justice, activists discuss the ‘official’ movement’s failure to address the real issues and mobilise the working class for Julian Assange.
World TV Joti Brar and Garland Nixon: The state and revolution, episode 3 Lenin’s lessons on the nature of the state continue to bring valuable truths to workers the world over.
World TV Joti Brar and Garland Nixon: The state and revolution, episode 3 Lenin’s lessons on the nature of the state continue to bring valuable truths to workers the world over.
Palestine Ranjeet Brar on Gaza war crimes and repression Why is the criminalisation of dissent becoming increasingly systematic just at this present moment?
Palestine Ranjeet Brar on Gaza war crimes and repression Why is the criminalisation of dissent becoming increasingly systematic just at this present moment?
British politics The tasks of communists in the Palestine solidarity movement We must awaken workers to the need to struggle not only against zionist Israel, but against the entire imperialist system.
British politics The tasks of communists in the Palestine solidarity movement We must awaken workers to the need to struggle not only against zionist Israel, but against the entire imperialist system.
Civil liberties Anti-zionism is not racism! Join our protest today! Communists arrested for telling the truth about zionism and imperialism. Free speech is dying in Britain today.
Civil liberties Anti-zionism is not racism! Join our protest today! Communists arrested for telling the truth about zionism and imperialism. Free speech is dying in Britain today.
Palestine Two ‘British’ positions on Palestine The latest wave of Israeli violence was unleashed in a frenzy of impotent but brutal rage after Palestinian resistance launched its historic Al-Aqsa Flood battle.
Palestine Two ‘British’ positions on Palestine The latest wave of Israeli violence was unleashed in a frenzy of impotent but brutal rage after Palestinian resistance launched its historic Al-Aqsa Flood battle.
Pay and conditions Scottish Water workers vote to strike Bosses are trying to force the ‘modernisation’ of pay structures – ie, to enforce ever more draconian pay cuts on workers.
Pay and conditions Scottish Water workers vote to strike Bosses are trying to force the ‘modernisation’ of pay structures – ie, to enforce ever more draconian pay cuts on workers.
Trade unions Arms factory blockaded as calls for practical solidarity with Palestine grow Non-cooperation with zionist Israel is firmly on the agenda. ‘The time to act is now.’
Trade unions Arms factory blockaded as calls for practical solidarity with Palestine grow Non-cooperation with zionist Israel is firmly on the agenda. ‘The time to act is now.’
Trade unions Mass non-cooperation urgently needed to help end Gaza blitzkrieg Workers have power to prevent Britain’s continued military, propaganda and logistical support for zionist massacres.
Trade unions Mass non-cooperation urgently needed to help end Gaza blitzkrieg Workers have power to prevent Britain’s continued military, propaganda and logistical support for zionist massacres.
Disputes Support pay restitution for doctors; defend the NHS! The British government is holding both patients and staff to ransom.
Disputes Support pay restitution for doctors; defend the NHS! The British government is holding both patients and staff to ransom.
Health Are striking doctors really ‘greedy’ and ‘uncaring’? An answer to ‘The Times view on health sector strikes: Uncaring profession’
Health Are striking doctors really ‘greedy’ and ‘uncaring’? An answer to ‘The Times view on health sector strikes: Uncaring profession’
Trade unions Joti Brar: What happened to our trade unions? How can class-consciousness be raised amongst workers so that they are willing and able to use their power in both defensive and offensive struggles?
Trade unions Joti Brar: What happened to our trade unions? How can class-consciousness be raised amongst workers so that they are willing and able to use their power in both defensive and offensive struggles?
Trade unions Why do so many trade union struggles in Britain fail? Teaching union NEU led its members into months of strike action, only to capitulate and accept a below-inflation pay rise. Why?
Trade unions Why do so many trade union struggles in Britain fail? Teaching union NEU led its members into months of strike action, only to capitulate and accept a below-inflation pay rise. Why?
Trade unions Alex Mckay: Trade unions can do more than fight for narrow wage increases How the ‘radical left’ acts to police the trade union movement and control workers in struggle.
Trade unions Alex Mckay: Trade unions can do more than fight for narrow wage increases How the ‘radical left’ acts to police the trade union movement and control workers in struggle.
Peru Peruvians take over Lima, continuing to pressure Boluarte coup regime Seven months in and, in the face of brutal state repression, the people of Peru continue their struggle against the neoliberal dictatorship of the US-backed junta.
Peru Peruvians take over Lima, continuing to pressure Boluarte coup regime Seven months in and, in the face of brutal state repression, the people of Peru continue their struggle against the neoliberal dictatorship of the US-backed junta.
Korea South Korea: the ‘Land of Morning Calm’ is working itself to death Capitalist dystopia in action: behind the ‘economic miracle’, the daily grind keeps getting harder.
Korea South Korea: the ‘Land of Morning Calm’ is working itself to death Capitalist dystopia in action: behind the ‘economic miracle’, the daily grind keeps getting harder.
Civil liberties Public Order Act: latest anti-worker legislation to outlaw protests and strikes Human rights in Britain? What human rights?
Civil liberties Public Order Act: latest anti-worker legislation to outlaw protests and strikes Human rights in Britain? What human rights?
Trade unions Mick Lynch, Sharon Graham and the capitulating left As the next election approaches, supposedly ‘radical’ trade unionists are lining up obediently behind Starmer and Labour, against the interests of their members.
Trade unions Mick Lynch, Sharon Graham and the capitulating left As the next election approaches, supposedly ‘radical’ trade unionists are lining up obediently behind Starmer and Labour, against the interests of their members.
Pay and conditions Homeless charity workers on strike for decent wages St Mungo’s staff have suffered a 30 percent real-terms pay cut in the last ten years.
Pay and conditions Homeless charity workers on strike for decent wages St Mungo’s staff have suffered a 30 percent real-terms pay cut in the last ten years.
Trade unions Derby Silk Mill commemorations 2023: no communists allowed How did the CPB appoint itself the gatekeeper of the British working-class movement?
Trade unions Derby Silk Mill commemorations 2023: no communists allowed How did the CPB appoint itself the gatekeeper of the British working-class movement?
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.
Trade unions Defy the anti-trade union laws! It is time we turned the struggle for decent wages into a struggle for socialism.
Trade unions Defy the anti-trade union laws! It is time we turned the struggle for decent wages into a struggle for socialism.
Korea Remembering the 1980 armed uprising against imperalism in Gwangju, Korea The spirit of Gwangju still burns bright amongst large sections of the Korean people, who yearn to reunite their country and free it from colonial rule.
Korea Remembering the 1980 armed uprising against imperalism in Gwangju, Korea The spirit of Gwangju still burns bright amongst large sections of the Korean people, who yearn to reunite their country and free it from colonial rule.
France The French working class fights on Already there have been isolated instances of gendarmes refusing to obey orders. If the cotagion spreads, will the rest of Macron’s state machinery be more reliable?
France The French working class fights on Already there have been isolated instances of gendarmes refusing to obey orders. If the cotagion spreads, will the rest of Macron’s state machinery be more reliable?
Working-class history Long live May Day! Workers have made immense sacrifices in the great struggle of labour against capital; have shed rivers of blood in their quest for a better life and real freedom.
Working-class history Long live May Day! Workers have made immense sacrifices in the great struggle of labour against capital; have shed rivers of blood in their quest for a better life and real freedom.
Divide and rule Anti-immigration propaganda stirs up anger and rioting in Knowsley As the cost of living crisis brings suffering to workers, our rulers are once again using immigration to distract from their failures.
Divide and rule Anti-immigration propaganda stirs up anger and rioting in Knowsley As the cost of living crisis brings suffering to workers, our rulers are once again using immigration to distract from their failures.
Italy British delegate in Italy: Our rulers are working to overturn Brexit Workers across Europe share the goal of defeating both the EU imperialist bloc and the US-led Nato war machine.
Italy British delegate in Italy: Our rulers are working to overturn Brexit Workers across Europe share the goal of defeating both the EU imperialist bloc and the US-led Nato war machine.
Trade unions NHS pay offer exposes the limitations of trade unionism The NHS dispute has brought into sharp focus the inability of modern trade unions in Britain to advance working-class aims.
Trade unions NHS pay offer exposes the limitations of trade unionism The NHS dispute has brought into sharp focus the inability of modern trade unions in Britain to advance working-class aims.
France Strikes in France demonstrate the benefits and limits of trade union action Why are French workers being forced to endlessly fight the same battles?
France Strikes in France demonstrate the benefits and limits of trade union action Why are French workers being forced to endlessly fight the same battles?
Trade unions After the strikes, what then? As union leaders look for the exit, their members’ anger is being directed towards yet another diversionary ‘vote Labour’ campaign.
Trade unions After the strikes, what then? As union leaders look for the exit, their members’ anger is being directed towards yet another diversionary ‘vote Labour’ campaign.
France French workers fight for their pension and retirement rights Militant fighting spirit is on display in abundance in France. What is now needed is class-conscious leadership and vision.
France French workers fight for their pension and retirement rights Militant fighting spirit is on display in abundance in France. What is now needed is class-conscious leadership and vision.
Education Support our teachers; save our schools! It is not only their present ability to exist that Britain’s teachers are fighting for, but our children’s future.
Education Support our teachers; save our schools! It is not only their present ability to exist that Britain’s teachers are fighting for, but our children’s future.
British politics Lessons and legacy of the two-million strong Iraq antiwar protest Demonstrations are dead-end get-togethers without the leadership of a vanguard revolutionary party. Iraq, Occupy – where are you now?
British politics Lessons and legacy of the two-million strong Iraq antiwar protest Demonstrations are dead-end get-togethers without the leadership of a vanguard revolutionary party. Iraq, Occupy – where are you now?
Pay and conditions Pardeep Singh and Boohoo: sweatshop and semi-slavery conditions on the rise An immigrant worker whose punishment beating was filmed by his employer serves as a stark reminder of the true face of capitalist exploitation.
Pay and conditions Pardeep Singh and Boohoo: sweatshop and semi-slavery conditions on the rise An immigrant worker whose punishment beating was filmed by his employer serves as a stark reminder of the true face of capitalist exploitation.
Trade unions TUC directs its members’ anger into more meaningless busywork An email campaign to reverse anti-union laws? Really?
Trade unions TUC directs its members’ anger into more meaningless busywork An email campaign to reverse anti-union laws? Really?
Capitalist crisis Capitalists are causing inflation, not workers! It’s time for the hoary old myth about wages causing inflation to be put to bed. Higher wages lead to lower profits, hence the bosses’ opposition.
Capitalist crisis Capitalists are causing inflation, not workers! It’s time for the hoary old myth about wages causing inflation to be put to bed. Higher wages lead to lower profits, hence the bosses’ opposition.
Civil liberties Minimum Service Bill is the latest salvo in the class war against workers No cooperation with union-busting anti-strike laws!
Civil liberties Minimum Service Bill is the latest salvo in the class war against workers No cooperation with union-busting anti-strike laws!
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.
Civil liberties Joti Brar on RT: New laws on strikes and protests aim to contain workers’ anger Instead of helping workers weather the inflation crisis, our rulers are preparing to suppress any future rebellion.
Civil liberties Joti Brar on RT: New laws on strikes and protests aim to contain workers’ anger Instead of helping workers weather the inflation crisis, our rulers are preparing to suppress any future rebellion.
Disputes Support our nurses’ struggle for decent pay! It is not our hard-pressed medical staff who are greedy, but the privateers who are pushing down their wages in the interests of profit.
Disputes Support our nurses’ struggle for decent pay! It is not our hard-pressed medical staff who are greedy, but the privateers who are pushing down their wages in the interests of profit.
Trade unions Are Britain’s union bosses interested in helping their members fight back? As the crisis deepens, the ruling class is looking far more determined than the unions, where lions continue to be led by loyal Labour donkeys.
Trade unions Are Britain’s union bosses interested in helping their members fight back? As the crisis deepens, the ruling class is looking far more determined than the unions, where lions continue to be led by loyal Labour donkeys.
Health Dr Bob Gill on Julian Assange: Media censorship is key to NHS privatisation Just like the various imperialist wars, the NHS has become a funnel for vast sums of public money to be passed into private hands via profits and dividends.
Health Dr Bob Gill on Julian Assange: Media censorship is key to NHS privatisation Just like the various imperialist wars, the NHS has become a funnel for vast sums of public money to be passed into private hands via profits and dividends.
Czech Republic Czech people take to the streets in record numbers against Nato’s war in Ukraine Is this huge demonstration in Prague a sign of things to come across the European Union?
Czech Republic Czech people take to the streets in record numbers against Nato’s war in Ukraine Is this huge demonstration in Prague a sign of things to come across the European Union?
Disputes Amazon workers against Victorian working conditions and derisory pay Despite unions being banned by Amazon, its British staff have been staging wildcat actions in defence of their right to decent pay and conditions.
Disputes Amazon workers against Victorian working conditions and derisory pay Despite unions being banned by Amazon, its British staff have been staging wildcat actions in defence of their right to decent pay and conditions.
Capitalist crisis Cost of living crisis: the fightback is under way Growing militance among unionised workers and vigorous new campaigns to combat the effects of poverty and inflation signify a change in the workers’ mood.
Capitalist crisis Cost of living crisis: the fightback is under way Growing militance among unionised workers and vigorous new campaigns to combat the effects of poverty and inflation signify a change in the workers’ mood.
Disputes Support the postal workers! Workers at Royal Mail are joining those on the railways and the docks in standing up for pay and conditions.
Disputes Support the postal workers! Workers at Royal Mail are joining those on the railways and the docks in standing up for pay and conditions.
Support the Felixstowe dockers! Workers at the country’s busiest port are using their collective power to demand a pay rise in line with rampant inflation.
Support the Felixstowe dockers! Workers at the country’s busiest port are using their collective power to demand a pay rise in line with rampant inflation.
Disputes Rail strike spreads as employers and government remain intransigent Our rulers are well aware that a victory for rail workers would boost the confidence of workers in other sectors, all suffering from the rampant inflation crisis.
Disputes Rail strike spreads as employers and government remain intransigent Our rulers are well aware that a victory for rail workers would boost the confidence of workers in other sectors, all suffering from the rampant inflation crisis.
Disputes Victory to the striking railworkers; defend the right to strike! In fighting to save jobs and defend pay, railworkers are in the front line of a desperately-needed push-back against the onslaught of capital.
Disputes Victory to the striking railworkers; defend the right to strike! In fighting to save jobs and defend pay, railworkers are in the front line of a desperately-needed push-back against the onslaught of capital.
Canada Solidarity with the Freedom Convoy of Canada The arteries of the Canadian capital are clogged to the point where Canada’s whole rotten capitalist system is having a heart attack.
Canada Solidarity with the Freedom Convoy of Canada The arteries of the Canadian capital are clogged to the point where Canada’s whole rotten capitalist system is having a heart attack.
India The Indian farmers’ magnificent victory What lessons can workers everywhere learn from this historic struggle, and how is a decent future to be secured for India’s small farmers?
India The Indian farmers’ magnificent victory What lessons can workers everywhere learn from this historic struggle, and how is a decent future to be secured for India’s small farmers?
World TV Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: The Indian farmers’ movement What can workers in the west learn from the titanic struggle and seismic victory of India’s farmers?
World TV Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: The Indian farmers’ movement What can workers in the west learn from the titanic struggle and seismic victory of India’s farmers?
Korea South Korean workers strike for secure work and better living standards Strikers demand job security, healthcare, social housing and the right to free assembly in latest class-war skirmish.
Korea South Korean workers strike for secure work and better living standards Strikers demand job security, healthcare, social housing and the right to free assembly in latest class-war skirmish.
Colombia The masses are fighting back in Colombia Colombian workers are learning vital lessons about the power of mass action to achieve their ends.
Colombia The masses are fighting back in Colombia Colombian workers are learning vital lessons about the power of mass action to achieve their ends.
Italy Workers at the GKN factory in Florence fight back Workers demand an end to the dismantling and export of their industries and the protection of their rights to healthcare and a decent environment.
Italy Workers at the GKN factory in Florence fight back Workers demand an end to the dismantling and export of their industries and the protection of their rights to healthcare and a decent environment.
Civil liberties Police Bill: capitalism gears up for the class struggles to come Our rulers are in a hurry to pass new laws while the excuse of Covid lingers and before workers have woken up to the true scale of the present economic crisis.
Civil liberties Police Bill: capitalism gears up for the class struggles to come Our rulers are in a hurry to pass new laws while the excuse of Covid lingers and before workers have woken up to the true scale of the present economic crisis.
Civil liberties BLM, XR: No reds under the bed … yet Our rulers are nervous that workers may start to put up really meaningful resistance to imperialist domination, despoliation and war.
Civil liberties BLM, XR: No reds under the bed … yet Our rulers are nervous that workers may start to put up really meaningful resistance to imperialist domination, despoliation and war.
Disputes Shrewsbury 24: Justice delayed is justice denied Workers must start to organise themselves so as to be able to demand justice now – social justice for all.
Disputes Shrewsbury 24: Justice delayed is justice denied Workers must start to organise themselves so as to be able to demand justice now – social justice for all.
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.
Korea South Korean youth condemn Trump’s war exercises Young woman arrested by police for protesting US war crimes in Korea.
Korea South Korean youth condemn Trump’s war exercises Young woman arrested by police for protesting US war crimes in Korea.
Divide and rule Statues and the crimes of imperialism It is widely accepted that the imperial powers committed terrible crimes in the past, but is the past really so different from the present?
Divide and rule Statues and the crimes of imperialism It is widely accepted that the imperial powers committed terrible crimes in the past, but is the past really so different from the present?
Pay and conditions Papa John’s fails to deliver Sheffield pizza workers force bosses to pay withheld wages through collective action.
Pay and conditions Papa John’s fails to deliver Sheffield pizza workers force bosses to pay withheld wages through collective action.
Pay and conditions Ministry of Justice retreats on sick pay for cleaners Victory for struggling cleaners after Emanuel Gomes’s death, who worked for a week with suspected covid and a raging fever.
Pay and conditions Ministry of Justice retreats on sick pay for cleaners Victory for struggling cleaners after Emanuel Gomes’s death, who worked for a week with suspected covid and a raging fever.
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.
Divide and rule Statues come down: the toppling of the mighty Good riddance to bad rubbish, but what next?
Divide and rule Statues come down: the toppling of the mighty Good riddance to bad rubbish, but what next?
Disputes Covid couriers sacked for requesting PPE and social distancing Workers responsible for transporting covid test samples from hospitals to labs are being victimised for requesting basic safety measures.
Disputes Covid couriers sacked for requesting PPE and social distancing Workers responsible for transporting covid test samples from hospitals to labs are being victimised for requesting basic safety measures.
Pay and conditions Workers in the US and Britain fight for workplace safety Wildcat strikes and a high-profile resignation are highlighting the anti-worker essence of capitalist accumulation.
Pay and conditions Workers in the US and Britain fight for workplace safety Wildcat strikes and a high-profile resignation are highlighting the anti-worker essence of capitalist accumulation.
France Macron wages war on French workers, making pension ‘reforms’ by subterfuge Striking workers were duped into moving their battle into parliament. Can they regain the momentum they had on the streets before?
France Macron wages war on French workers, making pension ‘reforms’ by subterfuge Striking workers were duped into moving their battle into parliament. Can they regain the momentum they had on the streets before?
Pay and conditions Lecturers rise against pay cuts and pensions robbery The marketisation of education: staff are being sweated so that universities can make fat profits.
Pay and conditions Lecturers rise against pay cuts and pensions robbery The marketisation of education: staff are being sweated so that universities can make fat profits.
France Macron is in trouble – and so is his EU-backed austerity project The inspirational determination of the French working class is starting to cause cracks in the resolve of the presidential gang.
France Macron is in trouble – and so is his EU-backed austerity project The inspirational determination of the French working class is starting to cause cracks in the resolve of the presidential gang.
France French class war continuing as neither side looks ready to back down Macron continues to push EU-backed pensions attack while unions have called for a general strike and total oil refinery blockade.
France French class war continuing as neither side looks ready to back down Macron continues to push EU-backed pensions attack while unions have called for a general strike and total oil refinery blockade.
Disputes Stand with rail strikers defending passenger safety Railway bosses have abandoned the deal that was struck a year ago and are refusing to restart talks without preconditions.
Disputes Stand with rail strikers defending passenger safety Railway bosses have abandoned the deal that was struck a year ago and are refusing to restart talks without preconditions.
Working-class history Peterloo in its historical perspective, part 2 As a result of the industrial revolution, a new class, the urban proletariat, was emerging onto the political and social scene in 1819.
Working-class history Peterloo in its historical perspective, part 2 As a result of the industrial revolution, a new class, the urban proletariat, was emerging onto the political and social scene in 1819.
France Support the French strikers! France’s militant unions are joining forces with yellow vest activists in a serious challenge to Macron’s EU-backed assault on living standards.
France Support the French strikers! France’s militant unions are joining forces with yellow vest activists in a serious challenge to Macron’s EU-backed assault on living standards.
Disputes Support the South Western Railway strike Railway workers are fighting to put safety ahead of profit: keep the guard on the train!
Disputes Support the South Western Railway strike Railway workers are fighting to put safety ahead of profit: keep the guard on the train!
France France goes on strike: can Macron survive? As militant trade unionists prepare to join yellow vests on the streets, the class struggle in France is moving into a new gear.
France France goes on strike: can Macron survive? As militant trade unionists prepare to join yellow vests on the streets, the class struggle in France is moving into a new gear.
France One year on: the yellow vests and the class struggle in France What has fuelled the rise and sustained the popularity of the gilets jaunes movement in Britain’s nearest neighbour?
France One year on: the yellow vests and the class struggle in France What has fuelled the rise and sustained the popularity of the gilets jaunes movement in Britain’s nearest neighbour?
Working-class history Avtar Jouhl: lifelong class fighter against racism Comrade Avtar reflects on a life of struggle in the IWA and the trade unions from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Working-class history Avtar Jouhl: lifelong class fighter against racism Comrade Avtar reflects on a life of struggle in the IWA and the trade unions from the 1950s to the 1990s.
USA General Motors workers on strike in the US The workers have paid a heavy price for their employer’s return to profitability.
USA General Motors workers on strike in the US The workers have paid a heavy price for their employer’s return to profitability.
Disputes Royal Mail workers vote overwhelmingly to strike Mail workers are ready to fight for their pay and conditions, but is their union prepared to back them?
Disputes Royal Mail workers vote overwhelmingly to strike Mail workers are ready to fight for their pay and conditions, but is their union prepared to back them?
Working-class history Peterloo in its historical perspective, part 1 What was the background to the massacre of workers that took place in St Peter’s Field two centuries ago?
Working-class history Peterloo in its historical perspective, part 1 What was the background to the massacre of workers that took place in St Peter’s Field two centuries ago?
Pay and conditions Cleaners demand fair pay at government department Outsourced staff are on strike for living wages at the department of business.
Pay and conditions Cleaners demand fair pay at government department Outsourced staff are on strike for living wages at the department of business.
USA US workers force child migrant concentration camp to close Homeware staff strike against their employers’ profiting from privatised detention camps.
USA US workers force child migrant concentration camp to close Homeware staff strike against their employers’ profiting from privatised detention camps.
Pay and conditions GMB protest at Rugeley Amazon British trade union seems more worried about defending the profits of shareholders than the interests of workers.
Pay and conditions GMB protest at Rugeley Amazon British trade union seems more worried about defending the profits of shareholders than the interests of workers.
Climate change Letter: How can we deal with climate change? Should workers ‘take a haircut’ to save the environment?
Climate change Letter: How can we deal with climate change? Should workers ‘take a haircut’ to save the environment?
Pay and conditions Support the Sellafield strikers! Workers at the Sellafield nuclear plant are in revolt against poverty wages and management bullying.
Pay and conditions Support the Sellafield strikers! Workers at the Sellafield nuclear plant are in revolt against poverty wages and management bullying.
Disputes Privatisation directors’ fat salaries come from ripping off health service workers Sodexo and Mitie are the latest hospital outsourcing companies to face industrial action by staff over terrible pay and conditions.
Disputes Privatisation directors’ fat salaries come from ripping off health service workers Sodexo and Mitie are the latest hospital outsourcing companies to face industrial action by staff over terrible pay and conditions.
Disputes Left-Labour-controlled Newham is not such a New Jerusalem Despite working for a Labour council and a Corbynite mayor, council workers in Newham face pay cuts and bullying.
Disputes Left-Labour-controlled Newham is not such a New Jerusalem Despite working for a Labour council and a Corbynite mayor, council workers in Newham face pay cuts and bullying.
Climate change Yellow vests v Extinction Rebellion Climate protestors’ leader accidentally gives away the ruling class’s agenda.
Climate change Yellow vests v Extinction Rebellion Climate protestors’ leader accidentally gives away the ruling class’s agenda.
France Call from France’s first yellow vest assembly Even as it sinks out of sight in the British media, France’s popular rebellion is continuing and gaining momentum.
France Call from France’s first yellow vest assembly Even as it sinks out of sight in the British media, France’s popular rebellion is continuing and gaining momentum.
Disputes South Western railworkers win battle to keep the guard on the train Safe and affordable public transport for all. Support our rail workers!
Disputes South Western railworkers win battle to keep the guard on the train Safe and affordable public transport for all. Support our rail workers!
Disputes Deliveroo strike in Bristol: gig economy workers fight back Resistance to the poverty pay and union-busting tactics of so many zero-hour and gig economy employers is gathering momentum.
Disputes Deliveroo strike in Bristol: gig economy workers fight back Resistance to the poverty pay and union-busting tactics of so many zero-hour and gig economy employers is gathering momentum.
Disputes Refuse, resist! Brum rubbish collectors ready to strike as council talks fail Brummie binmen are days away from an all-out strike, clashing once again with a Labour council that has rewarded scabs and blacklisted strikers.
Disputes Refuse, resist! Brum rubbish collectors ready to strike as council talks fail Brummie binmen are days away from an all-out strike, clashing once again with a Labour council that has rewarded scabs and blacklisted strikers.
France France’s yellow vests fight on, despite concessions Social unrest in France is being driven by workers’ anger at continuous attacks on jobs, wages and living standards.
France France’s yellow vests fight on, despite concessions Social unrest in France is being driven by workers’ anger at continuous attacks on jobs, wages and living standards.
Disputes Cammell Laird strike suspended for now Workers’ resistance has led to a stay of execution at the Merseyside shipyard.
Disputes Cammell Laird strike suspended for now Workers’ resistance has led to a stay of execution at the Merseyside shipyard.
Pay and conditions Marriott hotel staff walk-outs across the USA Hard-pressed hospitality workers are fighting back over low pay and increasingly brutal conditions.
Pay and conditions Marriott hotel staff walk-outs across the USA Hard-pressed hospitality workers are fighting back over low pay and increasingly brutal conditions.
Disputes Birmingham: Two-faced council breaks promises to binmen and residents Birmingham’s militant binmen deserve our full support as their dispute looks set to break out again this Christmas.
Disputes Birmingham: Two-faced council breaks promises to binmen and residents Birmingham’s militant binmen deserve our full support as their dispute looks set to break out again this Christmas.
Pay and conditions University of Manchester support staff to strike against pension attacks Cleaners, caterers, security and admin staff are fighting to defend their right to a dignified retirement.
Pay and conditions University of Manchester support staff to strike against pension attacks Cleaners, caterers, security and admin staff are fighting to defend their right to a dignified retirement.
Pay and conditions Glasgow: Teachers take to the streets Pay and conditions in the profession continue to decline, leading to a retention and recruitment crisis in our schools.
Pay and conditions Glasgow: Teachers take to the streets Pay and conditions in the profession continue to decline, leading to a retention and recruitment crisis in our schools.
British politics The ‘people’s vote’ is Britain’s Euromaidan Sponsored by finance capital, privileged workers and small business owners jointly demand that Brexit be overturned and the neoliberal status quo be reasserted.
British politics The ‘people’s vote’ is Britain’s Euromaidan Sponsored by finance capital, privileged workers and small business owners jointly demand that Brexit be overturned and the neoliberal status quo be reasserted.
Korea Victory for Samsung workers Electronics giant finally forced to concede to safety concerns after over 100 worker deaths and more than 1,000 days of sit-in protest .
Korea Victory for Samsung workers Electronics giant finally forced to concede to safety concerns after over 100 worker deaths and more than 1,000 days of sit-in protest .
Disputes Support the fast food strikers! Fast food workers across Britain are organising to demand decent pay and conditions.
Disputes Support the fast food strikers! Fast food workers across Britain are organising to demand decent pay and conditions.
Disputes West Midlands firefighters threat of strike causes employer to retreat? Long live workers’ militant unity.
Disputes West Midlands firefighters threat of strike causes employer to retreat? Long live workers’ militant unity.
Trade unions Universities union leader Sally Hunt sidesteps members’ censure motion Trade union 'democracy' in action.
Trade unions Universities union leader Sally Hunt sidesteps members’ censure motion Trade union 'democracy' in action.
Disputes Glasgow lowlife Yet another 'arms-length' union-busting operation as Glasgow city council's chosen privateers hire scabs rather than pay agreed wages.
Disputes Glasgow lowlife Yet another 'arms-length' union-busting operation as Glasgow city council's chosen privateers hire scabs rather than pay agreed wages.
France France fights back against Thatcherite ‘reforms’ French workers have only to see what has been done to the British working class in recent decades to understand the ramifications of their present fight.
France France fights back against Thatcherite ‘reforms’ French workers have only to see what has been done to the British working class in recent decades to understand the ramifications of their present fight.
Leaflets Support the northern trains strike! Shareholders get richer while workers and the public suffer.
Leaflets Support the northern trains strike! Shareholders get richer while workers and the public suffer.
Disputes Crossrail electricians walk out Blacklisting Balfour Beatty manager dismisses union members in an attept to avert strike action.
Disputes Crossrail electricians walk out Blacklisting Balfour Beatty manager dismisses union members in an attept to avert strike action.
Cote d’Ivoire Draconian response to customs officers’ strike in Cote d’Ivoire Behind Ouattara’s comprador regime lies the not-so-hidden hand of French and US imperialism.
Cote d’Ivoire Draconian response to customs officers’ strike in Cote d’Ivoire Behind Ouattara’s comprador regime lies the not-so-hidden hand of French and US imperialism.
Trade unions Aslef’s ‘shabby deal’ Rail bosses use divide and rule tactics to weaken resistance to safety-cutting measures.
Trade unions Aslef’s ‘shabby deal’ Rail bosses use divide and rule tactics to weaken resistance to safety-cutting measures.
Disputes Birmingham’s binmen conclude their strike … for now A ‘new’ deal has been offered that appears to make some concessions, but which demands more work for the same money.
Disputes Birmingham’s binmen conclude their strike … for now A ‘new’ deal has been offered that appears to make some concessions, but which demands more work for the same money.
Trade unions Derek Robinson: the passing of a working-class hero A staunch and fearless union leader, one of an increasingly rare breed.
Trade unions Derek Robinson: the passing of a working-class hero A staunch and fearless union leader, one of an increasingly rare breed.
Disputes Binmen on strike in Birmingham More council cuts = more rats! Birmingham’s refuse workers are mounting strong resistance to the latest austerity plans of the city’s Labour-led council.
Disputes Binmen on strike in Birmingham More council cuts = more rats! Birmingham’s refuse workers are mounting strong resistance to the latest austerity plans of the city’s Labour-led council.
Palestine What more can we do for Palestine? “In our thousands, in our millions, we are all Palestinians.”
Palestine What more can we do for Palestine? “In our thousands, in our millions, we are all Palestinians.”
France Strike wave hits France Workers are vigorously opposing their government’s attempt to rip up the French labour code.
France Strike wave hits France Workers are vigorously opposing their government’s attempt to rip up the French labour code.
Disputes Kohler workers’ strike in the US Workers demand an abolition to the two-tier pay system and equality among all the company's employees.
Disputes Kohler workers’ strike in the US Workers demand an abolition to the two-tier pay system and equality among all the company's employees.
Britain TV Communist doctor addresses NHS campaign meeting Tory, Labour and LibDems have all played their part in planning, aiding and abetting the give-away of the NHS.
Britain TV Communist doctor addresses NHS campaign meeting Tory, Labour and LibDems have all played their part in planning, aiding and abetting the give-away of the NHS.
Health The junior doctors’ contract and the US corporate takeover of the NHS Dr Bob Gill explains the unreported and sinister drive behind the push for changing junior doctors’ contracts.
Health The junior doctors’ contract and the US corporate takeover of the NHS Dr Bob Gill explains the unreported and sinister drive behind the push for changing junior doctors’ contracts.
Working-class history What did the Indian workers do for us? Harpal Brar gives a short history of the significant contribution made by the IWA (GB) to the British working-class movement, and points the way forward.
Working-class history What did the Indian workers do for us? Harpal Brar gives a short history of the significant contribution made by the IWA (GB) to the British working-class movement, and points the way forward.
Britain TV Refugees welcome: massive London demonstration protests ill-treatment Demonstrations all over the country on Saturday called for an end to British government and media racism against fleeing migrants.
Britain TV Refugees welcome: massive London demonstration protests ill-treatment Demonstrations all over the country on Saturday called for an end to British government and media racism against fleeing migrants.
Theatre Shrewsbury 24: United We Stand review Culture, education and entertainment are brilliantly combined in Neil Gore's moving and insightful play.
Theatre Shrewsbury 24: United We Stand review Culture, education and entertainment are brilliantly combined in Neil Gore's moving and insightful play.
Working-class history Book review: Striking a Light, the Bryant and May Matchwomen Louise Raw reveals the connection of these militant young East End strikers to new unionism, socialism and Irish republicanism.
Working-class history Book review: Striking a Light, the Bryant and May Matchwomen Louise Raw reveals the connection of these militant young East End strikers to new unionism, socialism and Irish republicanism.
Working-class history The matchgirls’ strike of 1888 A landmark victory in working-class history, with much relevance to the many workers today who are once more unorganised and unrepresented by any union.
Working-class history The matchgirls’ strike of 1888 A landmark victory in working-class history, with much relevance to the many workers today who are once more unorganised and unrepresented by any union.
