Indefinite general strike would bring down the President, the congress and attacks on workers – LUCY DIAS IN BRAZIL
This week the attorney general accused the sitting Brazilian President Michel Temer of corruption. This accusation is based on the conclusion of the Federal Police’s investigation into leaked audio recordings of Temer discussing the acceptance of bribes with the owner of JBS, a major meatpacking firm. Here in Brazil, there is no doubt that Temer participated in these corruption schemes, at least as far as we’re concerned. In the last few weeks, Read more…
RMT should reaffiliate to Labour – JORGE MARTIN
The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union Annual General Meeting (AGM) is discussing a proposal by the leadership to open a full debate in all branches and amongst the members culminating in a Special General Meeting to reaffiliate to the Labour Party. John McDonnell speaking at a fringe meeting appealed to the RMT to re-join as part of the struggle to strengthen a left Labour government against the bosses: establishment figures and Read more…
Newcastle Marxists hit the streets and the tweets
Yesterday afternoon the Newcastle Marxists were on Northumberland Street selling copies of the Revolution newspaper and talking to people about the ideas of Marxism. As of last Friday they’re also on Twitter. Follow them for revolutionary news, socialist updates and handsome pics of the society President: https://twitter.com/NCLMarxists
Revolutionary revelations
Two Marxists, one from Swansea and one from Leeds, walk into a London bar…
National Congress of the French Marxists – Paris, June 2017
Tout l’enjeu, pour nous, est de construire l’organisation révolutionnaire qui permettra de raccourcir les délais en donnant la victoire définitive aux travailleurs, en France et à l’échelle internationale || The challenge for us is to build the revolutionary organization that will allow us to ensure, in the shortest time possible, definitive victory for workers in France and internationally.
Students, staff and revolution
In a period of capitalist crisis there are no longer any reforms to give but only counter-reforms and attacks on the working class to make. No area is safe from sacrifice to increase the profitability of capital. In these periods the reality of liberal ideology and capitalism itself is laid bare. Talk of the inalienable rights of man and the advancement of the human condition is struck down as health services are Read more…
The scandal of research assessment and insecure employment at our universities
As the current academic term ends and studies conclude for another generation of undergraduate students, work carries on for the thousands of staff employed at universities and higher education colleges across the country. Just last year, figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, analysed and released by UCU, revealed the true precarious conditions many of these workers face. During the period 2014-15 HESA states that on average 53% of all teaching and Read more…
The bedding crisis and privatisation of mental health
The Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT), the provider of most mental health services in Norfolk and Suffolk, has recently seen a drop of 25% in the number of mental health beds. Patients are being sent to facilities out of the area, including private hospitals, which meant the NSFT had to go £3.5m over budget last year. The overspend is now being funded by Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) that arrange NHS expenditures Read more…
Save our Statute at Warwick
Within the context of already tense relations between students, academics and the management at the University of Warwick, the effective removal of provisions contained in statute 24 of the University’s constitution marks a new attack by the management on academia. What is this “statute 24” and what is its significance? Statutes in general form basic constitutional features of the institutions of the university. Statutes can only be changed or amended with approval Read more…
The real mood in society after Grenfell
Below is a report from a Marxist student who attended the demonstration that stormed Kensington and Chelsea town hall last week. It gives an accurate picture of the mood of class fury that there is following the horrific Grenfell fire. Furious members of the North Kensington community, led by the youth stormed into Kensington & Chelsea town hall this afternoon, their anger rang out through the building, “we want justice”…”Murderers!”. They justly Read more…
Victory for LSE cleaners! Workers’ struggle vindicated!
Cleaners at the London School of Economics have won a significant victory today, as university bosses conceded to their demands to bring all cleaning services in-house ‒ resulting in a significant improvement to working conditions. The largely immigrant and ethnic minority workforce of cleaning staff at LSE was formerly employed by private sector parasites Noonan, who subjected cleaners to far worse treatment than experienced by staff employed directly by the university. Under Read more…
