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
Join us in battle
03 May 2018
The RMT is debating whether or not to affiliate. Jim Grant of Labour Party Marxists says get back in
Taking stock at half-time
22 Mar 2018
Morale remains high, as UCU members prepare for the second phase of strike action. Kevin Bean says members are increasingly questioning neo-liberal orthodoxy
Wave of militancy
01 Mar 2018
Kevin Bean of Liverpool UCU (personal capacity)
Determined to win
22 Feb 2018
Dave Douglass reviews Steve McGrail and Vicky Patterson Cowie miners, Polmaise colliery and the 1984-85 miners’ strike Scottish Labour History Society, 2017, pp146, £6
Parallel dead ends
25 Jan 2018
Peter Manson reviews: Ronnie Kasrils, A simple man: Kasrils and the Zuma enigma Auckland Park 2017, pp283, £16.19 and Dale McKinley, South Africa’s corporatised liberation Auckland Park 2017, pp198, £14.95
Disintegrating alliance
02 Nov 2017
The SACP is calling for a ‘reconfigured alliance’ with the ANC in a desperate attempt to stave off the pressure from below, writes Peter Manson
Macron exposes divisions
28 Sep 2017
The unions are split over the new laws. René Gimpel reports on the compromises and the protests
Now the real work begins
28 Sep 2017
The left made limited, but real, gains at conference, reports Carla Roberts of Labour Party Marxists
Hire and fire as they please
21 Sep 2017
With union combativity languishing, writes Michael Roberts, real wages continue to fall despite full employment
Humpty Dumpty and ‘anti-Semitism’
21 Sep 2017
The Jewish Labour Movement claims its rule change has been adopted by the Labour Party NEC, Kat Gugino, of Labour Party Marxists, begs to differ
Keep up the pressure
21 Sep 2017
Labour’s NEC has opened the door for much-needed change - now the left needs to take advantage of that opening, says Carla Roberts
Where next for the ANC?
14 Sep 2017
Are there hopeful signs amidst the poverty and corruption? South African socialist, author and journalist Terry Bell addressed a London Communist Forum on September 10
Witch-hunt continues
03 Aug 2017
As the Ken Livingstone case demonstrates, the right’s call for ‘party unity’ should not be taken at face value, argues David Shearer of Labour Party Marxists
Much needs to be done
13 Jul 2017
On July 8 a team of comrades from Labour Party Marxists attended the Durham Miners’ Gala. James Harvey recounts some of his impressions of this year’s ‘Big Meeting’
Big Meeting gets bigger
06 Jul 2017
The 133rd Durham Miners’ Gala this Saturday will see some 150,000 march through the ancient city. Davie Douglass looks at the history and the ongoing significance