Immigration, class and nation
The massive increase in immigration – both legal and illegal – has formed a constant background to events in Britain for over two decades. This is no accident.
Editorials
Editorials
For Britain - assert independence!
The new government rules out rejoining the EU, but acts as if it wants to adopt by stealth all those things British workers rejected in 2016 – above all a return to free movement of labour, open borders.
Only workers in struggle can change Britain
4 July 2024
The way forward for Britain and its people is in working class action. Now is the time to take control.
Take charge, take control
These are critical times for the working class and for Britain. Our fight is here, and no election changes that.
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.
Reject the election trap, prepare for struggle!
24 May 2024
Workers looking for change will not find it from the general election. Whatever the result, the tasks for our class will be the same. Workers are the only force for progress: accept that challenge and prepare to fight for it.
A day to remember power
May Day is a day to remember the power of the working class to transform the world. In 2024 we must assert that power to shape a future for Britain.
Middle East: keep Britain out of war! [print version]
Escalating military action in the Middle East threatens a wider war. What can workers in Britain do about it? We need to be united and to assert Britain’s interests, which are not to be involved in foreign wars.
Middle East: keep Britain out of war!
22 April 2024
Escalating military action in the Middle East threatens a wider war. What can workers in Britain do about it? We need to be united and to assert Britain’s interests, which are not to be involved in foreign wars.
Bringing it back home
9 April 2024
On the 75th anniversary of NATO, Britain should call time on that aggressive military organisation. We need above all to look at what our country needs – and it’s not a war abroad.
Action, not elections
No parliament holds the answers to what workers in Britain need. Electing a different government and hoping things will get better is an illusion.
Britain needs peace, not war
Our government spends precious resources in two theatres of war, in Ukraine and the Middle East. The time has come to question its aims.
Time to take up the challenge
A short twelve months ago NHS workers and their unions were deep in preparation for what everyone knew was going to be a major battle on that most central of issues, pay and conditions.
Much done – but far more to do
Workers have made remarkable progress in the past year in asserting the interests of the class. Yet in 2024 we need to do more.
Workers - the force for change
Global capitalism warps development across the world. Countries and peoples everywhere become the playthings of billionaires and finance capitalists.
Stay out of Israel and Palestine! [print version]
Events in Israel and Gaza have appalled workers everywhere. Workers should demand an end to external interference, opposing both terrorism and reprisals…
End terror: stay out of Israel and Palestine
13 October 2023
Events in Israel and Gaza have appalled workers everywhere. Workers should demand an end to external interference, opposing both terrorism and reprisals.
No to military escalation in Ukraine
2 October 2023
The British government threatens to escalate Britain’s involvement in the war in Ukraine. This is not in the interests of British workers.
What’s next for workers?
No worker really thinks that one year’s success ends the necessity for future defence of pay. Yet perpetual, unending strikes are not the answer either…
Back to school - a national priority
School attendance is essential for both personal attainment and a key part of developing the skills we need as a nation.
Health workers need a plan
Faced with an enemy operating a scorched earth policy, all NHS trade unions need to plan. And struggle will need to be persistent and protracted.
Assert the right to strike
The new Public Order Act, finally hurried through a pliant Parliament just days before the Coronation, is a giant step towards a far more repressive state. Peaceful protest is under threat.
Take charge, keep charge
The resurgence in working class struggle – after years of relative quiet – is proof that progress is possible.
Oppose all free trade agreements
For Britain to leave the EU and then seek to join other trade blocs is the opposite of asserting independence and sovereignty.
What is Internationalism?
18 March 2023
Control over borders is the best way for a country to develop its economy and benefit its people. Such self-determination and independence serve the cause of workers everywhere.
Keep the EU out of Britain – and Ireland too!
10 March 2023
At the end of February the goverment announced a provisional agreement (the Windsor Framework) with the EU to resolve difficulties with the Northern Ireland Protocol. Rishi Sunak claims this will “take back control” of Northern Ireland. It won’t.
Arming Ukraine: no road to peace [print version]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stepped up efforts to further involve Britain and other NATO countries in his country’s war against Russia. This makes escalation more likely, not less.
The political economy of taking control
Since the 2008 crash governments have increased the money supply, with no improvement in productivity. This imbalance is the main cause of the current inflation.
Arms escalation in Ukraine no road to peace
9 February 2023
Ukrainian President Zelensky is stepping up efforts to further involve Britain and NATO countries in his war against Russia by pleading for more arms. This makes escalation of the conflict more likely.
Starmer’s speech – the opposite of taking control
12 January 2023
The Labour Party has made its pitch to win the next general election, due in two years’ time at the latest – by stealing the Conservative party’s slogan for the 2016 referendum and 2019 election, Take Back Control, and reinterpreting it.