Who owes the IMF money?
1 December 2025
The IMF is central to the way finance capital runs. It’s instructive to see how it controls the international economy through debt.
News/Views
Palestine: a dangerous obsession
28 November 2025
Obsession with the appalling events in Palestine is to the detriment of workers here in Britain. And unless we force the government to stay out of the conflict, will not help the people of the region.
Nuclear power: go ahead for SMR welcomed
27 November 2025
The government’s overdue decision to build small modular nuclear reactors in Wales with British technology is a positive step. This creates an opportunity for skilled jobs and to begin the revival of the nuclear industry here.
British Library pay dispute
27 November 2025
British Library workers have rejected the latest offer in their pay dispute. They are determined to tackle low pay and reverse cuts in real wages.
Key Fife chemical plant closing
27 November 2025
Another key chemical plant is closing in Scotland with the loss of jobs and further threatening Britain’s industries.
University actions continue
27 November 2025
UCU members in universities across Britain are fighting the imposition of job cuts and worse conditions with some successes in forcing talks and suspension of compulsory redundancies.
Bus strike in Wales
27 November 2025
One bus operator in South Wales is holding out against paying decent wages. Its drivers are going out on strike to change that.
An unhealthy obsession
The media in Britain seem obsessed by the politics and political thought of the USA, a trend shared by too many. It’s an unhealthy obsession and a deliberate distraction from our pressing needs.
Tax and war: workers have a choice
Taxes will rise in the Budget on 26 November – what’s the excuse? Tories, Reform, Brexit, lazy workers, low productivity. Never the EU, never devolution, never net zero policy, never lack of investment, never the debt to financial markets and interest paid. Never capitalism.
No to NATO/EU war!
Can we be sure any longer the Ukraine war will stay in Ukraine? That’s the question warmongers – civilian and military – want us to fret about, talking about preparation for escalation…
The real reason for the energy price hikes
The government persists in pursuit of arbitrary net zero goals, raising the price of energy and risking shortages. We are all suffering the consequence…
Energy abundance – a radical rethink
A Workers reader writes about a thorough challenge to net zero orthodoxy – from a surprising source…