UK – Red Flag

Reinstate Chris Williamson

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Whatever our criticisms of Chris Williamson’s politics, his statement that the Labour Party had not been robust in rebutting charges that antisemitism was rife in the party, is fair comment.

Boris Johnson’s war cabinet prepares for hard Brexit

Thursday, July 25, 2019

On Thursday night, Britain’s new prime minister wielded the knife and unveiled his new war cabinet – elevating the extreme fringe of the Tory parliamentary party to the heart of government.

Britain’s New Prime Minister: Where Next?

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Like a storm which has long been forecasted finally breaking, a Boris Johnson Prime Ministership is now upon us. A press that regularly libels life-long antiracist Jeremy Corbyn as an antisemite is chary of pinning labels on Johnson as racist, misogynist, homophobe and islamophobe – labels he richly deserves.

Queer activists at Pride in Dublin, 2016. Credit: Aloyisius

Pride and Prejudice – Queerphobia in the UK

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Many in Western imperialist countries believe that the battle for equal rights is now won due to the rainbow-tinged corporate logo bombardment that is Pride Month and with the ever-increasing presence of LGBTQ+ people in the public eye. British society doesn’t appear as overtly heterosexist and cissexist as it was several decades ago, but does that mean the struggle for queer liberation is over?

Labour’s two faced Brexit

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Jeremy Corbyn’s latest statement on Labour’s Brexit policy, in an email to party members, has been presented as a major shift towards a “Remain” position. It is not. It is essentially a re-statement of what

How Britain’s biggest union undermines migrant workers’ rights

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Over the past seven years cleaners and security guards at London’s most prestigious universities have been fighting a relentless and courageous struggle for basic rights: the London Living Wage, sickness, holiday and maternity pay, workplace conditions, and end to contracting out and union recognition.

No Pride in deportations!

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

50 years after the Stonewall riots, over a million people flooded central London for the biggest ever annual Pride celebration. The actual march, limited to just 30,000 participants by Pride organisers, was overwhelmingly a jamboree of corporate and government pink-washing

Brexit “a slow moving car crash”

Monday, July 8, 2019

The Corbyn project for an anti-austerity Labour government is in danger. From Jeremy Corbyn himself.

The Stonewall Rebellion 50 years on

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Pride must not be handed over to the corporations or the liberals, let alone the police, just to show “how far we have come”. We owe it to those facing beatings and murders today to make it a militant demonstration of solidarity with them.

A demonstrator hugs a firefighter at a Grenfell vigil

Two years after Grenfell, firefighters say “Never Again!”

Friday, June 14, 2019

Red tape saves lives. The ruling class and the housing companies have continued to strip away our safety in order to line their own pockets. This must change to prevent another Grenfell.

Brexit is a hostile environment for Labour

Saturday, June 1, 2019

Constructive ambiguity has failed. Labour must break with Brexit and advance a genuinely internationalist programme

EU elections show time for Brexit compromise is over

Monday, May 27, 2019

Labour members should fight for a special conference to win the party to an unequivocal policy of defeating Brexit and fighting for a socialist Europe

PCS Conference: New pay ballot requires rank and file organisation to win

Sunday, May 26, 2019

We can halt the union’s decline by fighting for members’ control of disputes and strategy

Royal Mail bins union agreement

Sunday, May 26, 2019

As the union prepares for a new battle, activists need to develop the members’ control of the dispute needed to win

British Steel plant in Scunthorpe. Credit: Geograph.org.uk

British Steel: Nationalisation under workers’ control

Sunday, May 26, 2019

The labour movement needs to act quickly to prevent asset stripping, block the closure, and secure public ownership.

Despite Tommy Robinson’s defeat, the far right remains a threat

Saturday, May 25, 2019

Only a genuine united front against fascism that penetrates every street and every workplace can successfully halt the rise of the far right both in Britain and internationally.

Nigel Farage and the threat of racist populism

Saturday, May 25, 2019

Right wing populism can only be defeated by strengthening the independent working class movement

SOAS students protest racist lecturer

Saturday, May 25, 2019

The student campaign raises the issue of students and workers’ control over hiring and firing

Local elections Labour stagnates and Tories slump

Saturday, May 25, 2019

Labour needs to fight on a programme of restoring public services and local democracy

BEIS cleaners strike for the living wage

Friday, May 24, 2019

PCS strike is part of a growing movement by low paid workers fighting for a living wage

EU elections: why Anti-Brexit Socialists should still vote Labour

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Despite the confusion caused by Labour’s fudged Brexit position, internationalist Labour voters should not abandon the party for the Greens or the Lib Dems at the EU Elections.

Extinction Rebellion paralyses London

Saturday, May 4, 2019

Extinction Rebellion (XR) captured the headlines of the mainstream media and the imagination of millions this Easter, as its activists occupied key tourist locations and major traffic arteries in London for a week or more.

Anti-Zionism is NOT antisemitism

Saturday, May 4, 2019

By Jeremy Dewar Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon is the latest Labour MP to be targeted by the Jewish Chronicle and Labour Friends of Israel and tarred with the brush of anti-Semitism. There are of

David Kirkwood and Willie Gallacher being detained by police during the 1919 Battle of George Square on 31 January 1919.

Review: Glasgow 1919

Saturday, May 4, 2019

One hundred years ago, tanks rumbled on the streets of Glasgow, howitzers were positioned at strategic points of the city, army snipers aimed fire from the rooftop of the Post Office.

What is Jeremy Corbyn Playing at?

Saturday, May 4, 2019

The reason for Corbyn and Abbott’s support for wanting to leave the EU is, however, more than a vote-catching calculus or just keeping the party together. They believe that it is a necessary pre-condition for a reforming Labour government.