On the right track
The railway industry and its workforce enter 2023 with uncertain futures. So far rail workers have shown they are prepared to stand and fight for their interests, together with those of the industry…
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How long before Brexit is really done?
While the EU is increasingly devoid of direction and entangled in debt, the government is reluctant to take the steps needed to secure British independence…
SNP abandons referendum demand
Short of options and short of money, the SNP/Green coalition has effectively shelved its demand for an immediate referendum. Yet its budget is widening the tax gulf with the rest of Britain…
NHS: collective action is the route to control
The NHS is a prime example of what happens when governments refuse to govern or indeed make any decision. Now the government is attacking the very people struggling to keep providing care in a mess of its own making…
The real economics of ‘net zero’
Why is it so difficult to have a grown-up discussion – or any discussion at all – about the government’s net carbon zero commitments? But as the costs hit home, discussion cannot be avoided…
So where is Plan B?
Nowhere has the reluctance to break definitively with the EU been more evident than in research…
Why is immigration at record levels?
The never-ending rise in the number of people migrating to Britain provides the clearest evidence that Brexit is being hollowed out from within, including by people who appeared to be in favour of it…
Drax - more at stake than burning wood
Burning wood to generate electricity is no solution for Britain’s tenuous energy supply – and claims it is “carbon neutral” are flawed…
Wake up to the causes of food insecurity
Food shortages and rising food prices have hit Britain. It need not have been that way – governments have squandered the opportunities in front of them…
Unions: be ruthless, seize the right to rule
The working class and their trade unions know that capitalism isn’t working. At least not for us. But it seems to be doing a grand job for the capitalists…
London: workers need to take control
London can either be a huge force for progress in an independent Britain, or a colossal hindrance instead. Which one it will be depends on everyone in the country, not just in the capital…
Who holds the chips?
Government inaction has inflicted an uncertain future on Britain’s largest producer of silicon chips…
SNP record condemned as strikes grow
Despite all the other current problems, Scottish nationalists continue to pursue their aim of disuniting Britain. Yet in Scotland workers are more worried about the economy and the standard of living – worries shared across Britain…
Inflation: a capitalist weapon in the class war
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…
Betrayed: an entire generation of students
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…
RMT takes the lead in battle for pay and jobs
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…
The fight to save Britain's hi-tech industries
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…
Remember, work is a collective activity
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…
EU science challenged
Britain is taking to the law to force the EU to admit it to the Horizon research programme…
Rare earths and the fight for independence
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…
What is working class democracy?
Democracy literally means “rule by the people”. That’s not what our current parliamentary democracy does. It’s not fit for purpose and it does not represent the people of Britain…
Public transport: the battle unfolds
There is surely now no doubt about the government’s hatred of public transport and the highly unionised workers that provide Britain’s train, bus and tram services…
Vaccines plan in tatters
During the pandemic the government promised strategic investment. Now it’s walking away from it…
Unequal access to GPs: a radical solution needed
Across Britain people are finding it harder and harder to access primary health services. It should not be a battle just to see your GP. Health service workers must take the lead in sorting this out…
Housing for people, not for profit
Everyone needs somewhere decent to live – and to be able to pay for it. But housing in Britain has been in crisis for so long that it seems there’s no answer. It need not be that way…
Britain - the brains behind NATO
NATO may owe much of its military muscle to the US, but it was the brainchild of a Labour government. And now Boris Johnson is using it to further British imperialism’s global ambitions…
SNP opts for division as workers unite in action
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s announcement of plans for a second referendum in an attempt to break Scotland away from Britain (and back into the European Union) must be rejected by trade unions…
Unequal access to GPs: a radical solution needed
15 June 2022
Access to primary health care services is a concern across Britain. Those who work in NHS must take charge of this emergency to rectify the situation.
Scotrail shambles condemned
Train drivers’ union Aslef has condemned the decision by newly nationalised ScotRail to severely cut services.
Whatever happened to 'Take Control'?
No sooner had control been wrested from the EU than the government set about outsourcing it to the market and the multinationals…