The terminal decline of the TUC In 2016 trade union membership dipped to an all time low. Analysis by TUC officials suggests that the situation is even starker – younger workers…
Electoralism or class struggle? - Phil Dickens While there are many pieces talking generally about the problems and limitations of representative democracy, this series looks at and debunks…
The 10 July public sector strike and going beyond formula Tomorrow's coordinated strike by public sector workers looks set to be larger than the one on 30…
10 July: a ‘season of struggle’? An initial response to the announcement from the People’s Assembly that there will be a ‘mass strike’ on 10 July this year.
Leadership and the myth of apathy Why aren't we rising up? Whether the 'we' in question is young people, the British people, or the poor, this is a question asked an awful lot by…
Nothing in common: unions as bosses Some cursory thoughts on the contradictions created by trade unions, as the collective voice of organised workers, also being employers.
On union scabbing Some quick thoughts on the need to respect picket lines and the challenge of the anti-strike laws and multi-union workplaces.
PCS hangs militant rep out to dry in HP dispute The Public and Commercial Services Union has in the past year worked to sabotage a dispute between its members at Hewlett Packard and their…
People died for your right, not your obligation 2014 and 2015 are, in a row, two big years for electoralism. I'm already fed up with it.
Resolutions If there’s one thing, politically, that I want to happen in 2014 it’s for leftists to drop the demand for a 24 hour general strike from above and start building for an all out general strike…
Dan Hodges, mob mentality and the white working class Dan Hodges has written an article for the Telegraph, using the horrific murder of Bijan Ebrahimi as…
The Socialist Party have no right to demand one way solidarity from claimants Following a debate on Twitter, several statements appeared online seeking to defend the PCS union…
