By John Pickard Last week, on the day when more than half a million workers were on strike to defend their living standards, when hundreds
Year: 2023
By Andy Ford Alfred Russell Wallace, who was born two hundred years ago, is today remembered, if at all, as a sort of shadow of
By Michael Roberts Three of the major central banks met and raised their policy interest rates yet again in the so-called ‘fight against inflation’. Interest-rate
By Michael Roberts Meeting the social needs of the world’s population through the production of goods and services depends on the amount of labour employed
By John Pickard, member of Central Essex District NEU The London demonstration may have been the largest, somewhere between 40,000 and 50,000, but there were
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Forgotten heroes of the Covid frontline
Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour member) reviews the recent Panorama documentary (which can be seen here). Reporter, Catherine Burns, investigated the effects of Long
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Editorial: an important milestone in modern British politics
Wednesday sees an important milestone in modern UK politics. With a one-day strike coordinated by the TUC, involving several unions whose members have already balloted
Steve McKenzie (UNITE Community – Greenwich, Lewisham, Bexley) It should be becoming crystal clear to all socialists, that an effective shop stewards’ movement is absolutely
Letter from Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour member) Last week, the BBC’s current affairs programme, Question Time, was devoted to the crisis within the NHS.
Letter from Bob Edwards in Harlow When I realised how serious climate change was, I floated the ‘Doctor Strangelove’ perspective: that billionaires were booking places
