After Grangemouth defeat – stop the rout
By Jeremy Dewar Unite – the biggest union in Britain with 1.3 million members – has accepted the most humiliating terms of surrender to Ineos, owners of the Grangemouth refinery and petrochemicals...
View ArticleIntersectionality – not the basis for the liberation struggle
The methodology of ‘intersectionality’ is currently gaining increased support on the left in the UK. Joy Macready argues why it shouldn’t be used as the basis for a socialist approach to liberation...
View ArticleNew steps towards rank and file organisation in Unite
By Marcus Halaby A new rank and file grouping in Britain’s largest and most important trade union, Unite, will be founded by a conference to be held in February or March next year. This was decided...
View ArticleSuper Typhoon highlights climate threat
By James Copley As we go to press, the death toll from the super typhoon Haiyan is rapidly mounting in the Philippines as it smashed through the Pacific nation. Deaths are reported to have topped...
View ArticleTowards Revolutionary Regroupment
KD Tait welcomes the decisions of the recent ISN conference and the encouraging work of the RevSocs, before outlining our perspectives for unity ISN conference takes step forward In October, the...
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Revolution and Counterrevolution in the Arab world
Tahrir Square, Cairo In the first part of a two part article, Marcus Halaby examines the regional and international context of the Arab Revolutions, the role played by the crisis of leadership, and the...
View ArticleThe NUT and the Grand old Duke of York
By Bernie McAdam Teachers from both main unions have overwhelmingly supported a series of regional strikes against Education Secretary Michael Gove’s attacks on pay, pensions and workload. This...
View ArticleTories’ Immigration Bill is anti-working class
By Rebecca Anderson The Tories’ controversial new Immigration Bill passed through its second reading by 303 votes to 18 on 22 October, despite speculation that Labour might oppose it. The Bill’s main...
View ArticleRoyal Mail privatisation: the multi-billion pound swindle
By a CWU postal rep The privatisation of Royal Mail last month was not the victory for “popular capitalism” the Coalition government has crowed about. On the contrary, it was a defeat for the users...
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Big Brother is listening to you
By Jeremy Dewar Thanks to the actions of former CIA employee and intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, it is now widely known that Britain and the US are actively monitoring and listening to...
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