Corbyn’s victory and the tasks of Young Labour

Jeremy Corbyn’s stunning victory in the Labour leadership election has dealt a decisive blow to the right-wing of the party. It has exposed as false the empty Blairite rhetoric about the importance of the “middle ground” and is a denunciation of the abandonment of Labour’s socialist policies in the New Labour years. One of the biggest strengths of Corbyn’s campaign has been its ability to engage young people. Millions of young people Read more…

The Marxist view of the monarchy

On 9 September 2015 Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch in British history. As this date approached, newspapers and programmes on the telly joyously compared Elizabeth’s reign to the reign of Queen Victoria. To celebrate this anniversary we were asked by the editors of the Wessex Scene, the student newspaper at the University of Southampton, to write an article explaining why the general feelings of the younger generation towards this feudal relic Read more…

Their Education and Ours: fighting capitalist cuts with socialist revolution

On a global scale young people and workers are under attack by the rich and the establishment, who are keen to protect their profits and their position at the top of society. This is the result of a crisis of the capitalist system, which has exhausted its potential to develop society and now must cut back on all the things it was able to provide to improve people’s lives in the past. Read more…

Refugee crisis: Cameron’s policy fudge will be fatal for thousands

  Yesterday afternoon David Cameron announced – after weeks of participating in the despicable, racist bile being thrown at the thousands of desperate Asian and African refugees making their way to Europe – that he would allow 20,000 people to find refuge in Britain over the next five years. This announcement is the very definition of a political fudge, but it is one which will have fatal consequences for many innocent people. Read more…

Red October: #JoinTheRevolution

The world economy is on the verge of another deep slump, with China now joining the global crisis of capitalism; the crisis in Europe continues, with Greece in political turmoil and an unprecedented number of refugees coming to Europe in the hope of escaping war and poverty; and Britain has seen a series of political earthquakes over the past year, with the rise of the SNP in Scotland and the inspiring #JezWeCan Read more…

Cut the Costs – Cut Capitalism

#CutTheCosts is the latest political campaign set up by NUS, the aim of which is to force the government to u-turn on its planned scrapping of maintenance grants. It is also raising the idea that it would be more beneficial to cut living costs as this would actually eliminate the need for the grant. NUS are encouraging people to speak with their MPs in order to gain support for these demands, as Read more…

Burston School Strike: the longest strike in history

  This weekend, on Sunday 6th September, the labour movement celebrates the centenary of the longest strike in British history, the Burston School strike, which ran from 1914 to 1939 in Norfolk. The strike had the solid support of the local community of farm labourers and farm tenants and it was for that reason that it lasted so long. The two teachers at the Burston School were Kitty Higdon, who was the more Read more…

Police using anti-terror strategy to target political groups

  The notorious Prevent scheme will, as of October, legally oblige universities, colleges and schools to spy and report on students who may be considered at risk of ‘violent extremism’. People who qualify as ‘at risk’ according to Prevent include those who are interested in ‘political change’. The National Union of Students has already begun campaigning on this question, highlighting the fact that spying, reporting on and generally creating an unwelcome and hostile atmosphere for Read more…

Solidarity with the youth and workers of Turkey

Following the turn of events in Turkey with the AKP party openly attacking Kurdish fighters and left wing forces in Turkey, Iraq and Syria, we call on all students at schools and universities to organize solidarity with the Kurdish working class and the Left in Turkey. The bomb attack in Suruc on July 20 which targeted a group of young people of the Federation of Socialist Youth Association (SGDF) on their way Read more…

Labour deputy leadership candidate backed by dodgy Academy

Following revelations that Caroline Flint, Blairite candidate for deputy leader of the Labour Party, has the backing of the corporate lobbyist group Sovereign Strategy (which counts among its clients the company responsible for judging disabled people fit for work) the news that she is also being backed in her bid for election by Simply Alliance Ltd., the shady company behind the Docklands Academy should come as no surprise. This business is the second Read more…

Poland: New Left movement needs your help

  POLAND: Partia Razem was formed earlier this year by activists from varying backgrounds, including the Young Socialists, Green Party, trade unions, cooperatives as well as prominent academics and journalists with the aim of standing for the parliamentary elections this year. In order for a new party to stand for parliament they need to collect 5000 signatures of support in at least 21 regions (amounting to at least 105,000 signatures). Much of Read more…

Back to School: 5 ways to defend Corbyn and fight for socialism this term

The school and college term has begun again with less than two weeks to go before the result of the Labour Party leadership is announced. To the horror of the Tories, the rich and the establishment, Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign has rocked the British political scene by energising hundreds of thousands of people who are inspired by left wing ideas. Here are a few things you can do at your school or college Read more…

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