Keir Starmer is endangering Britain
Keir Starmer and his government do not defend Britain. They do not act in our interests but cynically pretend that they do…
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Cultural workers gear up for AI battles ahead
Artificial intelligence is touted as a means to boost economic growth. It is of course a great step forward and has great potential. But workers – especially in the creative industries will have to find ways to exercise control…
The remorseless rise of finance capital
Finance capital rules the roost here in Britain to the detriment of our economy. No wonder Britain’s leading business newspaper has long been the Financial Times, not the “Industrial Times”…
The task is to rebuild Britain
Politics is not parliament. It’s up to us. the working class, to take the initiative, take over our country, and set about reconstructing it in the interests of workers. That’s the message from May Day 2025…
A manifesto for the NHS
Skilled professionals in the NHS have a chance to take the lead. They must do so…
Industry: fundamental to Britain
Having failed to persuade the people that Britain can exist without industry, the government has been forced to make concessions. Even the sanctity of net zero is coming into question…
Building more houses is not the answer
In cities all over Britain councils are turning their gaze on strategies to build even more houses, and using up precious green belt land. The approach dominates thinking in London’s City Hall. But it won’t work…
The antidote to disunity – Britain united
Britain truly became united not because of an act of parliament or a monarch’s ambition. It became one with the rise of the working class and working class culture…
Rotherham: the impact of migration on one town
Workers looks behind the headlines to find out what is going on with immigration in one town: Rotherham.…
Class matters: workers and capitalism
Who is working class? What is the working class? Do these questions matter? Yes, they do…
Without food, there’s no health or security
A country that is not self-sufficient in food will always be vulnerable to attack – in peacetime by global producers of junk food, or in wartime by blockade and invasion…
Energy self-reliance, not net zero dogma
The drive to import energy in the name of net zero threatens Britain’s independence as a modern manufacturing economy…
Grenfell’s legacy must be effective fire regulation
Part Two of our investigation into the far-reaching consequences of the Grenfell Tower disaster. New laws were passed but much still needs to be done…
Capitalism cannot be regulated – only destroyed
In the last issue we looked at the background to how regulation operates. Here, we examine not just whether Britain is being held back by too much regulation, but also whether capitalist monopolies can ever be regulated.
Costs and delays – the impacts of Grenfell
Part One of our investigation into the far-reaching consequences of the Grenfell Tower disaster. Nearly eight years after the fire, residents across Britain are still suffering in unsafe buildings and the survivors wait for justice.
Cass: a materialist approach to healthcare
The Cass Review into the care of young people questioning their gender identity represents a triumph of a materialist, evidence-based approach over zealotry and dogma.
Industry matters to British workers
Britain, its workers and industry are intimately connected. But a future for both nation and class depends on getting a grip on the undermining of industry.
The British state and grooming gangs
The big question raised by the grooming gangs is not that some men, especially in tightly knit communities, might seek to take advantage. It is how on earth such abuse went on for decades.
Immigration is a class matter
Massive migration into Britain is hitting pay, working conditions and vital infrastructure. It is an attack on the working class, and requires a working class response.
The growing threat of war: what can workers do?
What can workers do to stop the growing threat of war? Perhaps the first question we need to ask is: do they want to stop it?
Immigration: how workers can respond
It is a precious thing when workers are able to talk to one another – and listen to the ideas of others. Nowhere is this discussion more needed than over the movement of labour across borders…
Who controls the regulators?
The ongoing failure of regulation in the water industry poses a fundamental question about the governance and accountability of industries and utilities in Britain: how, and in whose interest, are they regulated?
They can’t even run a prison service
Many of our prisons are at breaking point. This has not happened overnight but is the result of a cocktail of circumstances including the actions and inactions of successive governments…
Muck makes money
The water industry is in crisis, like the rest of capitalism. Water quality targets are missed, companies are heavily in debt, infrastructure needs investment. But profits and dividends are up...
Britain must have investment
There is capital – plenty of it – that could be used for investment here in Britain but instead countless billions of pounds are invested overseas. Meanwhile employment and living standards here suffer…
Families don’t grow under capitalism
It’s getting harder and harder to build a family in Britain – and in particular to start one before your thirties. High house prices and low wages mean many are forced to wait longer than they want…
Stand up for the arts!
Struggle is under way to reverse decades of decline in culture funding. From Cardiff to Nottingham, from Edinburgh to Birmingham and beyond, those who work in the arts are fighting for their future…
No, the NHS is not broken
The government is keen — alarmingly keen — to say that the NHS is “broken”. You might almost think that ministers would like it to be…
Not a skills shortage, more a training blockade
It’s bad business as usual: employers and their governments continue to blockade training for British workers. It’s no accident, either, rather a deliberate policy…
