Support the RMT strike action on 27 July
A further round of industrial action is taking place on 27 July.
Progressive people will want to show solidarity to those fighting in defence of their jobs and living standards.
Victory to the rail workers!
British Politics
Two very different strikes
Socialists support the striking rail workers and any others who enter the fray.
At the same, the Business Investment strike must be broken for any realistic possibility of a sustained rise in living standards.
Johnson forced out to try to preserve the Tories reactionary agenda
Boris Johnson has finally been forced out as Tory leader, but it should be clear there were no fundamental disagreements of principle or significant policy involved in this in dominant ruling class circles. One Tory leader was sacrificed in an attempt to preserve the Tory agenda as a whole.
Tory leadership contest – vicious fighting over how to “Americanise” Britain
The most open feature of the Tory leadership fight is the contest to propose the biggest tax cuts by the candidates of the Tory “right” and their campaign against Rishi Sunak – who wants a slower pace of tax cuts. Both share the same tax cutting goal. The difference is only over tactics – how rapidly to implement this agenda.
Support the railway workers!
The rail companies are planning the biggest attack on their employees’ pay and working conditions for 20 years, in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis.
Support the railway workers!
No endorsement for Starmer, but Johnson could hand him the keys to Number 10
The deep unpopularity of the Tory Party was highlighted by an election drubbing at two ends of England. The winning coalition put together by Boris Johnson in 2019 has fallen apart. Unless they change course, they may allow Keir Starmer to become the next Prime Minister, despite his own lack of popularity.