Why the Labour Party Must Back the RMT
Rail workers are striking for the pay they deserve and a better transport system for all of us – it’s time the Labour Party got off the fence and supported them.
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Miriam Pensack
Miriam Pensack is a writer, editor, and doctoral candidate in Latin American history at New York University.
Why the Establishment Hates the RMT
The establishment campaign to demonise striking rail workers and their trade union has one aim: to discourage other workers from following their example and fighting back.
Colombia’s First Leftist President
Yesterday saw Colombia elect its first leftist president, Pacto Historico’s Gustavo Petro, after decades of violence and injustice. It is a historic turning point for the country – and for Latin America’s Left as a whole.
Get Outsourcing Out of Our Hospitals
At St George’s Hospital in London, workers employed by outsourcing giant Mitie are striking for decent terms and conditions – and to be brought in-house on NHS contracts.
How France’s Left Took Macron’s Majority
In yesterday’s legislative election, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s NUPES coalition deprived Emmanuel Macron of his majority. Now, the fight begins to defeat his neoliberal agenda in the parliament.
A Georgian Spring in Borjomi
The workers at the plant that bottles Georgia’s famous mineral water are out on strike against a fire and rehire case – with resonances well beyond the Caucasus.
38 Years After Orgreave, Protest Is Still Under Attack
On this day in 1984, striking miners were attacked by a paramilitary police operation at Orgreave. They faced no accountability – and almost four decades later, little has changed.
The Media Versus the Miners
The Battle of Orgreave saw miners violently attacked by mounted police. But the press told a different story, designed to demonise the strike – and convince ordinary people that trade unions were their enemy.
The Household Debt Crisis
The soaring cost of living is forcing millions to turn to credit card borrowing just to survive. We need a write off of unjust debt to give people a chance to rebuild their lives.
Students Are at Breaking Point
The cost of living crisis is forcing students to choose between paying rent and buying food. They need targeted support – and an end to a profit-driven university system that treats them as cash cows.
Defend the RMT
The media want to pit the public against the 50,000 railway workers striking next week, but their attacks only expose the truth: that in the face of establishment hostility, RMT members are standing up for all working people.
The Wage-Price Spiral Is a Myth
The government and the Bank of England have joined forces to force workers to pay for the cost of living crisis – but it’s profiteering, not wage demands, which is driving inflation.
Roehampton Staff Are Fighting for the Future of Education
Roehampton University is planning to sack half its workforce and scrap arts and humanities courses. Its workers are fighting not just for their jobs, but against government efforts to make higher education the privilege of an elite few.
Open Letter: We Need a National Food Emergency Summit
In an open letter, a coalition of academics, trade unions, and community activists call on the government to organise a summit to deal with our national food emergency – and take urgent steps to help the millions going hungry in Britain.
83. Half-Earth Socialism w/ Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass
This week, Grace speaks to Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass about the problems with proposed technological solutions to climate breakdown — and how neoliberals are responding.
Taking Back the Land
A small number of wealthy individuals own half of Scotland. Tackling inequalities means redistributing land to bring this feudal-style system to an end.
It’s Time to Declare a National Food Emergency
Today in Britain, 7.3 million people don’t have enough to eat. It is the great moral scandal of our time – but the government is determined to look the other way.
Ground the Whole Rwanda Plan
Stopping last night’s deportation flight was a victory for activists across the country who fought to defend asylum seeker rights. Now it’s time for the scheme itself to be scrapped.
The Radical History of Scotland’s Bothies
Scotland’s network of remote shelters, known as bothies, are among our only genuinely free, communal institutions – and they were won by trespass.
Remembering Che Guevara
Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara was born on this day in 1928. An icon of Cuba’s liberation, he committed his life to the cause of the oppressed – and in the process, became one of the twentieth century’s most influential figures.