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Class Consciousness Project: Live!
In our latest livestream, we discuss Ben Shapiro’s views on retirement, Clubcards and Piers Morgan! You can see the video here.
Comrade Terry and Trade Unions
Jason of the Class Consciousness Project talks with Comrade Terry, also from the Project, about his long and illustrious career in the trade union movement. You can watch this video here.
Manchester United: Now, then and the future
Jason from the Class Consciousness Project talks to Manchester United season ticket holder Terry about his many years of support for his club, the ups and the downs and what the future holds. You can watch this video here.
The Rochdale By-election
In this livestream, broadcast a week before the Rochdale by-election which was won by George Galloway of the Workers Party of Britain, we discuss the prospect of Galloway winning in Rochdale, the shortcomings of his party and its adherence to social democracy. You can watch this video here.
A 34-Year Journey Through Trade Unionism
Jason from the Class Consciousness Project talks about his thirty-four years in the trade union movement, some of the ups and downs and why he decided to leave the movement completely. This is the audio version of the livestream, the video version can be found here.
Interview with Mandy Clare
We talk to Mandy Clare, a socialist, activist and independent councillor about her experiences serving as a councillor in a Labour-dominated council, how shabbily she was treated when she was a Labour Party member and we discuss one of the contemporary issues of our time – the gender identity debate.
The Failure of Trade Union Struggle – Audio Version
This is the audio version of the article ‘The Failure of Trade Unions’, published on August 11th 2023.
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 the working class.
Introducing The Project
In the debut podcast from the Class Consciousness Project Jason, Rick, Terry, Chris & Alex sit down to discuss a range of subjects. We start off with introductions before moving to look at union leaderships capitulating in recent disputes, the role of the labour party and the urgent need to recapture the “them & us” mentality of the past.
Class Struggle Update – 28th August 2023
In this latest bulletin, Jason talks about more strikes on the railways, NHS consultants strike for better pay, Unite take action in local councils, are 200 CWU members being betrayed by their own union and in the United States, Teamsters settle with UPS.
Class Struggle Update – 13th August 2023
In this latest Class Struggle Update, Jason looks at the Junior Doctors’ disputes in England and Scotland, Unite members at British Airways win a pay rise, Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Coventry gets shut down, Wilko goes into administration, scaffolders at Hinkley Point walk out on strike, NEU’s teachers dispute collapses in failure, and hospitality workers go on strike in Los Angeles.
Class Struggle Update – 30th July 2023
In this update, Jason looks at the RMT rail strike, the ticket office closures are held off, at least for now, junior doctors announce more strike action and radiographers take strike action of their own, teachers are asked to accept a wretched pay deal, rank and file posties start to build something new, Amazon workers strike again and American UPS workers have a deal… or do they?
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Class Struggle Update – 23rd July 2023
In this Class Struggle Update, Jason talks about he doctor’s strikes, trouble at St Mungo’s, but this time with Unite the Union, RMT strike and call off strikes, teachers look to rebel against their leaders, missile makers take strike action and writers and actors go on strike in America.
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You can find the FBU’s pages on changes to breathing apparatus mentioned in the update here.
Class Struggle Update – 9th July 2023
In this update, Jason reports on the rail ticket office closures, ASLEF extend their overtime ban, strikes on London Underground, the National Education’ Union takes more strike action over pay and Italian transport workers and air traffic controllers go on strike.
Class Struggle Update – 2nd July 2023
This week, Jason reports on doctors’ strike action in the NHS in England and Scotland, RCN’s failed strike ballot, victory for the Heathrow security staff, bin workers striking across the country and the ITUC downgrades the UK’s rating for it’s shabby treatment of workers in struggle.
Class Struggle Update – 25th June 2023
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.
Class Struggle Update – 18th June 2023
Jason of the Class Consciousness Project recorded the first in a series of updates on class struggle across the country and the world.
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