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Sustaining the Old Cause in the New Economy

By: Taj Ali; Karl Hansen

From Covid-19 to the 2008 Crash, recurrent crises are structurally embedded in our increasingly globalised economy. It is time to reject the ineffective immoral economics of old and to build a real alternative.

Michael Foot, Labour MP for Ebbw Vale, addresses welsh miners, 15 June 1963. (Photo by Daily Herald / Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

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This time last year, Britain was in the midst of the largest wave of strikes in decades. Energy bills were through the roof. Inflation was skyrocketing. The squeeze on living standards was at its worst since the 1950s. Workers were seeing pay packets that had stagnated for years shrink even further, and they saw no […]

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This time last year, Britain was in the midst of the largest wave of strikes in decades. Energy bills were through the roof. Inflation was skyrocketing. The squeeze on living standards was at its worst since the 1950s. Workers were seeing pay packets that had stagnated for years shrink even further, and they saw no […]

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This time last year, Britain was in the midst of the largest wave of strikes in decades. Energy bills were through the roof. Inflation was skyrocketing. The squeeze on living standards was at its worst since the 1950s. Workers were seeing pay packets that had stagnated for years shrink even further, and they saw no […]

This time last year, Britain was in the midst of the largest wave of strikes in decades. Energy bills were through the roof. Inflation was skyrocketing. The squeeze on living standards was at its worst since the 1950s. Workers were seeing pay packets that had stagnated for years shrink even further, and they saw no […]

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