Tag: Working class
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The Grangemouth Scandal
The Job Cuts At Grangemouth Reveal The Fraudulent Nature Of The Unite and SNP Leaders For two political parties that supposedly hate each other the Labour Party and the SNP certainly are agreeing on a lot these days. They agree on the need to continue the Ukraine war in perpetuity and they apparently agree that…
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A Man’s A Man For That
This beautiful poem by Robert Burns is a powerful critique of class distinctions, celebrating the dignity and worth of ordinary people. Written in 1795, the poet rejects the idea that wealth and titles define a person’s value, emphasising instead honesty, integrity, and hard work. Is there for honest PovertyThat hings his head, an’ a’ that;The…
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Imperialist Wars: Vietnam.
Imperialism. The Vietnam War was not fought for democracy, nor was it waged to protect the Vietnamese people. It was a war driven by numbers—statistics of bodies, bombs, and bullets—all in service of a U.S. ruling class desperate to crush a socialist movement that threatened their global dominance. In the brilliant, but harrowing, book by…
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Rashfords Revival?
At the Project, we were quite critical of the furore surrounding Marcus Rashford—we even wrote an article expressing our critique. We took issue with Roc Nation’s approach, which tends to portray athletes as modern left-wing idols, essentially polished ambassadors for campaigns they often have little genuine interest in. That’s not to say Rashford didn’t care…
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Demands Must Be Made
In our most recent article we analysed why the TUC campaigns to promote union membership are so utterly pathetic. In short it is because they offer no programme except pathetic cringing before our class enemies. In this article we at the Class Consciousness Project present our own programme of minimum demands that a union movement…
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A Movement With No Heart
One of the central problems facing the British working class is that the leaders of the “labour movement” are wedded to the practice of class collaborationism. What we mean by this is that the (so called) trade union leaders have long embraced the idea of “partnership” with the employers and the government. Thus even when…
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On Capital Punishment
The last executions in Britain occurred in 1964, leading to the abolition of the death penalty. The history of capital punishment reveals its role as a tool for class control and oppression.
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Samuel Fielden: An English worker’s place in the origins of May Day
This account details Sam Fielden’s harrowing experiences as a child laborer in Lancashire, his activism in the American labor movement, and the tragic events of the Haymarket affair in Chicago. It underscores the brutal exploitation of working-class individuals in both Britain and America while highlighting the injustices faced by those advocating for labor rights.
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