Brewing pay fight
15 July 2022
Workers at Budweiser’s Samlesbury brewery are in a continuing dispute over pay. They are strking again in response to an offer well below inflation.
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Barristers walk out over legal aid pay
29 June 2022
Hundreds of criminal barristers began a series of strikes on 27 June over unacceptable pay rates for legal aid cases. The action has already led to eight out of ten crown court hearings being postponed.
What is working class democracy?
Democracy literally means “rule by the people”. That’s not what our current parliamentary democracy does. It’s not fit for purpose and it does not represent the people of Britain…
Public transport: the battle unfolds
There is surely now no doubt about the government’s hatred of public transport and the highly unionised workers that provide Britain’s train, bus and tram services…
Vaccines plan in tatters
During the pandemic the government promised strategic investment. Now it’s walking away from it…
Unequal access to GPs: a radical solution needed
Across Britain people are finding it harder and harder to access primary health services. It should not be a battle just to see your GP. Health service workers must take the lead in sorting this out…
Housing for people, not for profit
Everyone needs somewhere decent to live – and to be able to pay for it. But housing in Britain has been in crisis for so long that it seems there’s no answer. It need not be that way…
What caused World War One?
Today’s world situation is similar to that of the pre-1914 years when imperialist forces were also intent on dividing up the planet’s resources…
Britain - the brains behind NATO
NATO may owe much of its military muscle to the US, but it was the brainchild of a Labour government. And now Boris Johnson is using it to further British imperialism’s global ambitions…
Labour's lethal legacy
It was indeed the Labour government elected in 1945 that pushed for the idea of NATO in the first place.
No to the war machine!
Our current prime minister doesn’t know if he’ll still be in office by the end of the summer. But he does claim to know that the war in Ukraine will drag on for years.
The inexorable road to World War One
22 June 2022
World War One scarred the twentieth century with over 16 million dead and millions more injured, brought about by competition between great imperialst powers. It's lessons are relevant still.