As a nation, there are really only two ways for Britain to make a living. It can be an honest one as a manufacturing nation making things that people need. Or it can be a parasitic existence, relying on banking and tourism, and buying in what we need.
Rising prices affect everyone – but they are endemic to capitalism and not acts of God. The current surge in prices is an act of class war directed at workers, and it requires a working class response…
Students pay heavily for their loans. But overpaid university administrators are still demanding huge fee rises. Meanwhile overseas students are taking places which should go to people raised here…
With figures showing that Britain’s workers have seen the value of their pay decline, on average, by more than 4 per cent over the past year – the sharpest drop for decades – RMT rail members are leading the fight for higher pay…
Technology sovereignty is a relatively new concept, but the idea is fundamental to the future of the working class and British industry, not to mention national independence…
Calls for remote working to become permanent and the norm for office workers are misleading and dangerous for the working class, even if they seem superficially attractive…
Britain is taking to the law to force the EU to admit it to the Horizon research programme…
A new rare earth refinery – the Pensana development at the Saltend Chemicals Park, Humber (Port of Hull), is to be operational by 2023.
Without the minerals known as rare earths there would be no modern industry. And though Britain has little in the way of rare earth reserves, it must become a centre for manufacturing them if it is to maintain its independence…
Given the siren calls for similar action often heard now, it’s vital to recognise what actually happened the last time a general strike was held…
A new book reveals just how corrupt Britain has become when it comes to international money laundering…
Ferry workers on the Red Funnel crossings from Southampton to Cowes on the Isle of Wight continued their pay fight with strikes throughout August.
The US and South Korea announced the start their biggest joint war games for years on 22 August. Troops plus warships, aircraft and tanks simulated an attack on North Korea.
Capitalism cannot meet even our basic survival needs. Nor can it protect the environment here in Britain or elsewhere.
After nearly two months of intermittent industrial action, criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted to escalate to uninterrupted, indefinite strikes.
A month after praising Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital as “amazing” for the treatment his wife had received, Education Secretary James Cleverly has re-imposed the cap on medical training places.
Massive cuts in bus services across England are under way as the government cuts financial support. This is deliberate and avoidable government policy.
Felixstowe’s container port ground to a halt on 21 August as Unite members there walked out on an eight-day strike over pay..
