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
Edging towards a second vote
13 Sep 2018
The EU was a central theme for the second successive year, reports Peter Manson
Left in disunity
06 Sep 2018
Dave Vincent looks at the strange battle for assistant general secretary
Spirit of common struggle
14 Jun 2018
Terry Tapp A serf’s journal Zero Books, 2017, pp144, £9.99
Hold them to account
07 Jun 2018
Kevin Bean of the University of Liverpool branch reports on the attempts by the UCU leadership to sabotage union democracy
Where’s the politics?
17 May 2018
The TUC’s call for a ‘new deal’ is tellingly vague and lacking in detail, writes Peter Manson
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