The drive to make the working classes pay for the crisis
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.
Economy
Record low growth and worse to come – Boris Johnson is not ‘deficit-financing growth’
The claim from the Tory government and its army of media supporters that the latest Budget has ended austerity is completely false. It is very important for the left and the labour movement as a whole that they grasp the character of the new attacks to come, so that they can resist them.
Jeremy Corbyn is right to demand Britain is in a Customs Union with the EU
The importance of Britain being in a Customs Union with the EU is highlighted by the recent exchange of letters between Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May.
Why Marx would agree with Jeremy Corbyn to totally oppose a No Deal Brexit
Labour, led by Jeremy Corbyn, has thrown itself full scale into the struggle to block a No Deal Brexit.
Austerity isn’t over. It will resume, but it has been suspended for one year
The claim for the latest Tory Budget is that ‘austerity is coming to an end’, and has been dutifully echoed by the Tory press and the BBC.
In reality austerity policies will continue long into the future, extending the longest recorded fall in living standards in this country.
Jeremy Corbyn is right – manufacturing matters
The multi-faceted attack on Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party continues to include unjustified attacks on his economic policy.