Democracy & State > Trade unions
Anarchist origins of the 'general strike' slogan
17 Mar 2011
We set up this debate in response to widespread calls from the Trotskyist left for the TUC to call a general strike against the cuts. This is Mike Macnair's opening
Miners' strike: Battle lines drawn
06 Mar 2014
We reprint below our first response to the miners’ strike from an edition of The Leninist
Labour: Unions vote to be distanced
06 Mar 2014
Delegate Charles Gradnitzer reports on Labour’s special conference
Miners' strike: The gathering storm
27 Feb 2014
In the year of the 30th anniversary of the start of the great miners' strike of 1984/5, we present the first of a series of contemporary extracts from our then factional journal The Leninist
South Africa: Official ‘communists’ split unions
20 Feb 2014
It is impossible to overstate the crisis facing the SACP, writes Peter Manson
Labour: Everything to play for
20 Feb 2014
The fight for the soul of the Labour Party has only just begun. Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists reports on the Collins review
South Africa: Opposition in disarray
13 Feb 2014
Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, is facing jail for fraud
South Africa: Phase within phase ... but capitalism is the end result
13 Feb 2014
Attempts to create a viable governmental alternative are in tatters, writes Peter Manson, leaving the ANC free to pursue the second phase of the national democratic revolution
Labour: Democracy versus patronage
06 Feb 2014
The stench of leader loyalty hangs over the Collins proposals to mend Labours trade union link, writes Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists
Biggest union ready to split historic ANC alliance
09 Jan 2014
Things in the workers movement are very fluid, writes Peter Manson. The South African Communist Party is certainly heading for a profound crisis
Labour and political scabbing
28 Nov 2013
Defending the union link as it is falls short of the needs of the working class, argues Paul Demarty
Tories: Unite in the crosshairs
21 Nov 2013
The rights crusade against Britains biggest union continues, reports Paul Demarty
Grangemouth: Gangster bosses and special measures
07 Nov 2013
The Grangemouth capitulation shows the limits of trade unionism, writes Eddie Ford
Making common cause
31 Oct 2013
Callum Williamson on the offensive against university workers and students
SWP: Numbers do not lie
24 Oct 2013
Peter Manson reports on the October 19 Unite the Resistance event
Labour Party: Safe for capitalism
26 Sep 2013
Calling Miliband Red Ed is a joke, writes Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists