Trade

CPTPP: More freedom for capitalists, more exploitation for workers

Behind the rhetoric of ‘liberalisation’, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is nothing more than vehicle for exploitation and global inequality, writes John Clarke
Rolls Royce Barnoldswick ballot returns a massive 94% vote for strike

Threatened with redundancies which will effectively close the plant, workers have voted overwhelmingly to fight back with strike action, reports Richard Allday
Summer Brexit report: Britain drowns beneath the waves

As the UK reels under the double impact of the pandemic and recession, the Brexit deadline is coming over the horizon, argues Martin Hall
Value Chains: The New Economic Imperialism - book review

Capitalism remains interlocked with imperialism, and Suwandi’s Value Chains demonstrates a core aspect of international mechanisms of exploitation, argues Dominic Alexander
Trump’s trade wars: battle of the giants - weekly briefing

The threat of recession will mean more attacks on the working class and the further demonisation of socialist ideas, argues Lindsey German
The problems in the automotive industry go deeper than Brexit

The announcement of lay-offs in the automotive industry demands an effective response from Britain’s labour movement, writes Richard Allday in the first of his monthly series on industrial and trade union issues
EU summit: nothing much happens, but the crisis continues

Little progress was made in the Brexit negotiations, and Tory MPs are losing patience with May, finds Martin Hall
If Labour backs a second referendum, the whole Corbyn project will be in danger of defeat

We can't let the most radical leadership in Labour's history find themselves fighting on the side of free trade, argues Reuben Bard-Rosenberg
No business as usual: Trump’s trade wars

Trump’s trade war is another phase of capitalist crisis that could lead to a harsher world, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica
Trade is war - book review

Trade is Warcriticises globalisation, but does not distinguish national from class struggle, and fails to understand capitalist imperialism, finds Orlando Hill
Is Corbyn's Brexit policy really 'full Trump'?

Describing Jeremy Corbyn's Brexit strategy as "economic nationalism" is adopting neoliberal arguments that defend the status quo argues Kevin Ovenden
Trump's trade delusion

Both free trade and protectionist strategies will ultimately impoverish workers, writes Susan Newman
We must say no to the single market

The Labour Campaign for the Single Market is a battering ram for the Labour right, argues Reuben Bard-Rosenberg
What does Corbyn's Brexit speech really mean?

Jeremy Corbyn has outlined the Labour party's position on Brexit - in particular, regarding the customs union - Martin Hall breaks it down
Farming and free movement: a socialist approach to the crisis  

The Left should reject calls by the farmers’ industry body to continue the system of low pay and unsustainability
Uber: not fit, not proper

Unfettered capitalism begins to feel the leash, writes Lindsey German
Brexit: division and unity on the Left

Brexit gives us a unique opportunity. Let's take it
Standing Rock: the struggle continues

The struggle at Standing Rock can only be overcome by challenging the system as a whole, argues George Mueller Waite
Beneath the bonnet: capitalism and cars

A clash of new and old forms of capitalism exposes the anarchy and wastefulness within our rotten system, writes Chris Bambery
Modi and Cameron: partners in neoliberal plunder

Protesters gather across London as David Cameron rolls out the red carpet for an Indian Prime Minister with blood on his hands

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Behind the rhetoric of ‘liberalisation’, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is nothing more than vehicle for exploitation and global inequality, writes John Clarke

Threatened with redundancies which will effectively close the plant, workers have voted overwhelmingly to fight back with strike action, reports Richard Allday

As the UK reels under the double impact of the pandemic and recession, the Brexit deadline is coming over the horizon, argues Martin Hall

Capitalism remains interlocked with imperialism, and Suwandi’s Value Chains demonstrates a core aspect of international mechanisms of exploitation, argues Dominic Alexander

The threat of recession will mean more attacks on the working class and the further demonisation of socialist ideas, argues Lindsey German

The announcement of lay-offs in the automotive industry demands an effective response from Britain’s labour movement, writes Richard Allday in the first of his monthly series on industrial and trade union issues

Little progress was made in the Brexit negotiations, and Tory MPs are losing patience with May, finds Martin Hall

We can't let the most radical leadership in Labour's history find themselves fighting on the side of free trade, argues Reuben Bard-Rosenberg

Trump’s trade war is another phase of capitalist crisis that could lead to a harsher world, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

Trade is Warcriticises globalisation, but does not distinguish national from class struggle, and fails to understand capitalist imperialism, finds Orlando Hill

Describing Jeremy Corbyn's Brexit strategy as "economic nationalism" is adopting neoliberal arguments that defend the status quo argues Kevin Ovenden

Both free trade and protectionist strategies will ultimately impoverish workers, writes Susan Newman

The Labour Campaign for the Single Market is a battering ram for the Labour right, argues Reuben Bard-Rosenberg

Jeremy Corbyn has outlined the Labour party's position on Brexit - in particular, regarding the customs union - Martin Hall breaks it down

The Left should reject calls by the farmers’ industry body to continue the system of low pay and unsustainability

Unfettered capitalism begins to feel the leash, writes Lindsey German

Brexit gives us a unique opportunity. Let's take it

The struggle at Standing Rock can only be overcome by challenging the system as a whole, argues George Mueller Waite

A clash of new and old forms of capitalism exposes the anarchy and wastefulness within our rotten system, writes Chris Bambery

Protesters gather across London as David Cameron rolls out the red carpet for an Indian Prime Minister with blood on his hands