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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.