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Statement on the Unite Policy Conference – Affiliation to Labour
By voting to remain affiliated Unite and their leadership have written Keir Starmer a blank cheque The decision by the Unite policy conference to back continuing affiliation to the Labour Party is a rotten decision for the members of Unite and a terrible one for the working class movement as a whole. It must also…
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The Collapse of the Nurses’ Strike
The news on 27th June that the Royal College of Nursing’s ballot of its members had failed to meet the 50% turnout threshold required by anti-trade union laws effectively brought to an end the union’s long-running dispute with the Government over pay and staffing shortages. Activists within the RCN and the wider trade union movement…
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Statement on the Unite Policy Conference – Invitation of Sir Keir Starmer
The decision by the leadership of Unite to invite Sir Keir Starmer to address their policy conference is a slap in the face for workers across the country. Sir Keir Starmer and the party he leads have made it absolutely clear that they will do nothing to improve the lives of working class people, in…
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The Collapse of Thames Water
The impending collapse of Thames Water, Britain’s largest water company, should serve as an example of the utter moral and political bankruptcy of the privatisation of our utilities. In fact, the only surprise should be that it has taken as long as it has for this to happen. Thames Water is currently stuck in a…
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The Capitulating Left
Another week and another exasperating capitulation by so-called leaders of the left. It seems like a never-ending conveyer belt of promise that always falls into the waste bin that is the Labour Party. Mick Lynch was bellowing his support for Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party and Sharon Graham has been towing the Labour line by…
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Terry’s Tales of a Union Man
For the best part of forty years, I was a Trade Union Representative. I was a rep in many different workplaces and have witnessed many hilarious incidents and, unfortunately, some tragic situations too. These memories are all part of my great career as a trade unionist. Part 2: The Quality Circle In the 60s and…
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Class Struggle Update 2
This week, Jason looks at strike action at the homeless charity St Mungo’s, teachers’ union NEU announce further strike action, ASLEF and RMT step up their industrial action, strife at the Church of England and the disgraceful decision by the AFL-CIO to back Biden, even after his crushing of the US rail workers’ strike. You…
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Football Focus: Part 1
In this first part of a series looking at wider questions of working class life Jason, Rick and Alex discuss the role of the beautiful game. We cover a lot of ground from the changes wrought by the 1980s, the coming of the premier league, the effect of big money and the pricing out of…
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AFL-CIO shamelessly backs Biden
In December last year, President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr signed into law legislation which made an ongoing rail strike illegal and imposed a ‘deal’ on the members of the four unions which remained in dispute with the rail companies. The rail workers were fighting against years of staffing cuts and calling for the introduction of…
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A letter on the DPRK
The following letter was sent to a number of publications by Dr Dermot Hudson, Chair of Korean Friendship Association UK, following the recent broadcast of ‘Michael Palin in North Korea’, which was the topic of a post on this website. Dear comrades, On the 14th of June, the BBC, aka the British Brainwashing Corporation, broadcast…
“ A class cannot exist in society without in some degree manifesting a consciousness of itself as a group with common problems, interests and prospects”
– Harry Braverman
Class Consciousness Project 