Crisis and Mobilisation in the UK
A proposition for how Marxists, communists and anarchists could, or perhaps should, consider the challenge of building dual-power, and counter-institutions in the UK. - reposted on request of the author from https://medium.com/@aralkosig/crisis-and-mobilisation-in-the-uk-a51ebe57b39c
Does anti-capitalism mask anti-Semitism?
Submitted by Mike Harman on Mar 13 2019 11:45
John McTernan, writing in the Financial Times claims that anti-capitalism ‘masks and normalises anti-Semitism’. The claim was picked up the next day by a Labour MP on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
Socialism is not Statism
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 25 2019 14:44
A spectre haunts the world today. It is the spectre of “socialism”. Commentators of left and right, of reactionary or reformist inclination, agree that “after three decades in the wilderness, socialism is back.”
Alliance for Workers' Liberty: Part of Capitalism's Left Wing
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 1 2019 12:58
It is because the AWL appears to attract a number of genuine young militants who are seeking change that we have decided to examine here their politics and activity.
Jomo Kenyatta, post-war Labour Party, strikes and the pass system - Makhan Singh
Annotated excerpt from Makhan Singh's History of Kenya's Trade Union Movement to 1952, describing Jomo Kenyatta's comments on the kipande pass system and strike action shortly after he was elected leader of the Kenya African Union (KAU).
WCH E1: The Grunwick strike, 1976
Interview with Amrit Wilson and Grunwick 40 about the iconic strike of East African Asian women in London in the 1970s.
Migration and national social democracy in Britain
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Jan 15 2018 11:04
We look at the recent history of migration to the UK and the current discussion about migration and wage decline, in particular within the nation state policies of Labour. We criticise the effort of trying to reconcile a largely liberal 'pro-migrant' position with Labour's national perspective and share our experiences of working and organising amongst migrant workers in west London.
4 ways Labour are attacking the working class right now
Submitted by libcom on Sep 23 2017 11:49
As the Labour Party conference gets underway, left-wing media personalities, public intellectuals and grassroots activists will discuss important issues of contemporary social injustice. But how much discussion will there be of Labour involvement in that injustice?
How to kill an Act of Parliament – Jack Ray
Submitted by RobynK on Aug 23 2017 07:54
The story of the legislation that led to the jailing of the Pentonville Five, the 1971 Industrial Relations Act. Published as follows during 2012 in the Black Flag, issue 235.
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