Socialist Action

Two important victories, but a prolonged struggle lies ahead

16th June 2020

The current economic crisis looks set to be significantly worse than in 2008. The effort to make workers and the poor pay for it will be commensurately more ferocious. Learning from the NEU and BLM is vital in the period ahead.

From Bristol to Boston to Hong Kong, the statues of colonisers and racists must fall

15th June 2020

The anti-racist protests taking place around the world in response to the gruesome murder of George Floyd are protests against national oppression. If black lives matter, the adulation of colonial oppressors must end. In contrast, the Hong Kong protestors are nostalgic for the days of British rule.

A revived social Darwinism is a deadly threat to human life

15th June 2020

When government daily announcements about coronavirus deaths stressed the proportions who had ‘underlying health conditions’ this was a ‘dog-whistle’ to disability prejudice: to a language of division and an ethics of some lives mattering less than others.

Marxism and the anti-racist struggle

9th June 2020

What we are seeing today in microcosm is the rising up of the black struggle - objectively an anti-imperialist struggle - and a significant number of the American people coming over to its side. The article reproduced here (first published in 2007) draws out the intimate connection between class struggle and the struggle for black rights.

The deadly combination of coronavirus and neoliberalism in Latin America

1st June 2020

Latin America has become a new epicentre of the global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Brazil, Ecuador and Peru seem to be seriously mishandling the public health crisis. Cuba and Venezuela are showing that it’s possible to contain the disease.

UK deaths amongst highest in world – Stop lifting the lockdown

30th May 2020

The UK government is trying to force people back to work while the UK death rate from coronavirus is one of the highest in the world. This needs to be widely publicised by all those who are seeking to protect lives in this pandemic.

From Malcolm X to Black Lives Matter: 10 books & videos on Black Liberation

6th July 2020 shoreditchadmin2 0

The black movement at the forefront of the current struggles in the US has its roots in the most advanced working class leadership to have arisen within the imperialist states – the 10 books and videos below provide an introduction to that struggle for black liberation and the politics of its leaders.

Yemen’s Catastrophe and the Saudi’s Fiasco

2nd July 2020 shoreditchadmin2 0

Yemen
The invading powers, led by Saudi Arabia, and supported by the US, British and French governments, are cutting up the country to their own ends.

Socialist Cuba’s success in combatting the coronavirus

17th June 2020 shoreditchadmin2 0

Whilst daily deaths and new coronavirus cases are rapidly rising across Latin America, Cuba has managed to reduce them down to very low numbers. Cuba’s socialist government has mobilised society to fight against the virus on the island and sent specialist health workers to other countries. Cuba is now in a position to gradually reduce its lockdown measures.

The drive to make the working classes pay for the crisis

17th June 2020 shoreditchadmin2 0

The British ruling class is gearing up for an enormous offensive, compelled by the logic of capitalism itself.
The working class and its allies need to be prepared for the coming onslaught.

Two important victories, but a prolonged struggle lies ahead

16th June 2020 shoreditchadmin2 0

From Bristol to Boston to Hong Kong, the statues of colonisers and racists must fall

15th June 2020 shoreditchadmin2 0

The anti-racist protests taking place around the world in response to the gruesome murder of George Floyd are protests against national oppression.
If black lives matter, the adulation of colonial oppressors must end.
In contrast, the Hong Kong protestors are nostalgic for the days of British rule.

The drive to make the working classes pay for the crisis

Two important victories, but a prolonged struggle lies ahead

From Bristol to Boston to Hong Kong, the statues of colonisers and racists must fall

A revived social Darwinism is a deadly threat to human life

Marxism and the anti-racist struggle

Racist killing of George Floyd ignites US rebellion

The deadly combination of coronavirus and neoliberalism in Latin America

UK deaths amongst highest in world – Stop lifting the lockdown

Tributes to Jude Woodward

From Malcolm X to Black Lives Matter: 10 books & videos on Black Liberation

Yemen’s Catastrophe and the Saudi’s Fiasco

Socialist Cuba’s success in combatting the coronavirus

The drive to make the working classes pay for the crisis

Two important victories, but a prolonged struggle lies ahead

From Bristol to Boston to Hong Kong, the statues of colonisers and racists must fall