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Johnson’s latest pandemic plan is more moonshine than moonshot - CounterBlast
Opinion September 9, 2020
The Prime Minister who bungled the first wave of coronavirus cannot be trusted to tackle the second, suggests Sean Ledwith
What is imperialism? - explainer
Opinion September 8, 2020
In the tenth part of a series of explainers, Dragan Plavšić examines the roots of imperialism and how to oppose it
Labour adrift while the second wave builds - weekly briefing
Opinion September 6, 2020
Lindsey German on faux opposition, media sickness and Britain’s oldest colony
The Assange case: the people have the power
Opinion September 6, 2020
The tide is turning in the case to extradite Julian Assange - now opinion needs to be turned into power, argues John Rees
Tax the rich - but it is about a lot more than that
Analysis September 4, 2020
Kevin Ovenden looks at the growing crisis facing the government over the soaring deficit and the debate on taxation
The Ballot or The Streets or Both? From Marx and Engels to Lenin and the October Revolution - book review
Book Reviews September 3, 2020
August Nimtz’s study of Lenin’s approach to elections reveals the continuities with Marx and their enduring relevance to revolutionary politics, argues Alex Sno...
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The market crashes: from exam crisis to political crisis
University staff are pushing back against the callous actions of universities and the government putting staff and students at risk, argues Des Freedman ...
September 9, 2020 Des Freedman
It's Tory failures not young people that has caused the covid spike
The government is trying to scapegoat young people, but it's their drive back to work and schools that is behind the rise in infections, argues Caitlin Sou...
September 9, 2020 Caitlin Southern
The market crashes: Branch Solidarity Network Bulletin September 2020
Branch Solidarity Network's September bulletin on the return to universities and why face-to-face teaching isn't safe
September 8, 2020 Branch Solidarity Network
We must stop the Tories ending the eviction ban
The government’s new end date for the eviction ban is fast-approaching amid a growing housing crisis, now’s the time to resist argues Norbert Lawrie ...
September 8, 2020 Norbert Lawrie
This is about all our rights: don't extradite Assange protest
Protesters assembled outside the Old Bailey to voice the opposition to extraditing Julian Assange, reports Shabbir Lakha
September 7, 2020 Shabbir Lakha
Is revolution possible in the 21st century? – video
As part of a series on Marxism in the Modern World, Chris Nineham looks at the prospect of revolution in the present day
September 7, 2020 Chris Nineham
Don't delay: ballot now! - Tunnel Vision September 2020
The September issue of the Rank & File bulletin Tunnel Vision calling for the RMT to stop delaying the ballot, for Aslef members to vote yes and for justice...
September 7, 2020 Tunnel Vision
Paris protest supports Black MP against racist magazine
As demonstrators show solidarity with demonised Black MP Danièle Obono, the left in France should continue to step up the fight against racism, argues John Mull...
September 6, 2020 John Mullen
Engels 200
Engels' contribution to Marxism
As part of our series on the revolutionary Frederick Engels, on the 200th anniversary of his birth, we repost Tony Cliff's 1996 speech on Engels
June 28, 2020 Tony Cliff
Engels was right, class society and women's oppression aren't inevitable or irreversible
As part of our series on the revolutionary Frederick Engels, on the 200th anniversary of his birth, Elaine Graham-Leigh looks at Engels' The Origins of the Fami...
May 17, 2020 Elaine Graham-Leigh
Engels on nature and humanity
In the third of our series on the revolutionary Frederick Engels, on the 200th anniversary of his birth, we repost this excerpt from an upcoming short book on E...
April 4, 2020 Michael Roberts
Theory
What went wrong in Russia? - explainer
In the eighth part of a series of socialist explainers, Vladimir Unkovski-Korica analyses what went wrong in post-revolution Russia
August 18, 2020 Vladimir Unkovski-Korica
Is a society without oppression possible? - explainer
In the seventh part of a series of socialist explainers, Elaine Graham-Leigh analyses where oppression comes from and if it can be overcome
August 11, 2020 Elaine Graham-Leigh
Why class matters - explainer
In the fifth part of a series of socialist explainers, David McAllister explains what the working class is and why it's central to transforming society ...
July 28, 2020 David McAllister
Does a biased media make change impossible? - explainer
In the fourth of a series of socialist explainers, Des Freedman looks at the possibilities for change in the face of a hostile media establishment
July 21, 2020 Des Freedman
Can economic planning work? - explainer
In the third of a series of socialist explainers, Dominic Alexander takes on the idea that a planned economy cannot work
July 14, 2020 Dominic Alexander
Books
Dust Bowls of Empire. Imperialism, Environmental Politics and Injustice of ‘Green’ Capitalism - book review
Holleman’s Dust Bowls of Empire shows that ecological crisis on the Great Plains of America is rooted in racism, imperialism and capitalism, finds Elaine Graham...
August 27, 2020 Elaine Graham-Leigh
Radical Seattle: The General Strike of 1919 - book review
Winslow’s Radical Seattle tells an important story of workers’ militancy in the US very well, but questions of political strategy also need to be addressed, arg...
August 20, 2020 John Westmoreland
Keenie Meenie: The British Mercenaries Who Got Away with War Crimes - book review
Keenie Meenie exposes, with thorough research, the activities of a booming, highly lucrative outsourced industry, and its intimate ties with the British State, ...
August 13, 2020 Susan Ram