Take charge, take control
These are critical times for the working class and for Britain. Our fight is here, and no election changes that.
Workers July/August 2024
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Prepare for struggle
Whatever result we wake up to, the tasks for our class will still be the same. Workers have nothing to gain from a change of party in government.
Britain needs rail – and ambition for its future
Journey times have to be shortened, new timetables and track are needed, but there’s no commitment from Labour or Conservatives to the planning and investment required…
Food security – a question of independence
A nation must be able to feed itself. To do so needs both management and planning. Capitalism increasingly demonstrates it is capable of neither…
Don’t accept ‘economic inactivity’, deal with it!
A country where a quarter of the workforce is not working is destined to decline. What is going on? Who are the nearly 9 million people “not actively looking for work”?
Stop the drive to war! Build a new Britain!
On foreign matters, as on domestic matters, there is no free choice. Labour and Conservative both claim to be more pro-NATO, more pro-war, than the other…
An almost unbelievable scandal
The Post Office Horizon scandal has exposed a deep-rooted problem. It’s more than the misbehaviour of individuals, it’s about the way capitalism works – and what workers can do about it…
It’s a material world – and mining is essential
A working class asserting its right to be an independent nation, with control over its industry, should make the materials critical to energy and advanced manufacturing very much its business…
Inflation: the truth
The state has tried to meet its needs by printing more and more money. No wonder we have inflation…
Electricity and net zero
Decarbonising electricity generation may be a good idea, but it’s not happening – and workers are paying the price of massive government subsidies…
1964: No to conscription!
Sixty years ago the youth of Britain made it clear that they would not be forcibly enlisted in the armed forces…
Social care needs fixing
Successive governments of every hue have failed to deal with social care. The elections hustings have done nothing to suggest any change.
Universities: Action across the country
Members of the University and College Union are taking action across the country in defence of jobs and conditions.
Taking Engels' name in vain
One of the most recent developments in Manchester City Centre, Deansgate Square, includes a luxury penthouse flat with an asking price of £2.5 million. The housing developer has christened it the Engels penthouse.
Tata 'bully boys' opposed
Unite confirmed that it would begin industrial action from 18 June in protest at Tata’s plans to close blast furnaces in Port Talbot over the next three months.
Amazon recognition vote
The ballot process for trade union recognition began at Amazon UK on 19 June.
Fleet auxiliary fight escalates
Seafarers supporting the Royal Navy have stepped up their fight against attacks on their pay and conditions.