Aerospace: vital for Britain
The aerospace industry is a jewel in the crown of our high-tech manufacturing and a big source of skilled jobs. But there are clouds on the horizon.
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Servicing the US Air Force
On the military side, Rolls-Royce has a $49 million contract to establish an engine maintenenace facility at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
How the government’s loan repayments work
WARNING: If what follows sounds complicated, it’s because it is. The government has made its loans so complex that most students don’t really know what they are signing up for.
Take the money and run
1 October 2013
It’s not generally known, but students from the European Union are eligible for student loans on the same basis as students from Britain.
The next mis-selling scandal: why most of today’s students may never clear their debts
For many of today’s students a university place has become the first step on a ladder of debt that will be with them for the whole of their working lives.
The Battle for Britain: workers take steps to defeat separatism and build unity
Next year’s referendum can become an opportunity for the British working class to rebuild and revitalise our country...
EU referendum now!
The Parliamentary parties have often promised a referendum but have always broken their promises, because they represent capitalism and capitalists are afraid to hear the views of the working class.
Six calls to action
The Communist Party of Britain Marxist-Leninist held its 16th Congress in late 2012, a coming together of the Party to consider the state of Britain and what needs to happen in the future. Here we set out briefly six Calls to Action for the British working class.
Waging wars abroad
Capitalism not only generates periodic world war but also on a regular basis unleashes war against individual nations, unable to tolerate others’ independence or accept restrictions on their influence
Deficit and debt
Inextricably linked, though quite different, the terms deficit and debt are often used interchangeably by politicians.
Socialism and finance: lessons from the Soviet Union about securing real progress
The 1930s saw mass unemployment sweep across the world – though not in the Soviet Union, which planned its economy and took the concepts of credit and finance seriously...
Britain as a nation state
Is the British nation state still needed? Debate on this has at last moved into the glare of media concern. Yet this very development has generated a phoney war to derail growing opposition to the EU.