A way forward for workers
The CPBML has published the political statement from its 19th congress, held last November. It concentrates on the challenges for the working class…
Features
Features
World Economic Forum: globalists vs. the world
Davos, a village in Switzerland, has built itself a reputation as the place globalists come each January to hatch new plans. And at the World Economic Forum, that means above all taming independent nation states…
Filthy rich: the scandal of privatised water
The latest in a series of reports from Greenwich University lays bare the way water companies have been enriching shareholders and directors – at the expense of consumers…
What's to be done about social care?
Health care dominates the discussion on the Health and Care Bill, understandably so in the face of a pandemic. But social care has almost always been an afterthought…
Small is independent: a nuclear future that works
It’s simple: Britain can either develop new sources of nuclear power, or become ever more dependent on the US, China and the technologies they are developing. Fortunately, Britain has an answer in small modular reactors…
In the balance - progress or decline for rail?
Investment in rail could make life better in Britain as well as help the country meet its carbon emission targets. But the government seems obsessed with taking on the rail unions and driving down pay and conditions for staff…
Abattoirs under attack
Britain has come to rely on an underclass of migrant abattoir workers. And we’re all paying the price…
Borrow, Buy, Strip the assets, Sell. Repeat.
The stock market and the companies traded there have never been friends of workers or nations. But now they are being overtaken by something even worse – private equity…
Fishing: where is the Brexit dividend?
Free agent or not after leaving the EU, Britain’s fishermen are still bound in legal chains, locked into another five years (at least) of outrageous concessions ceded in the government’s agreement with the EU…
Who’s counting? Not the government
Headlines about labour shortages don’t give the full story about migration – it’s a complex picture, obscured by a lack of facts. But the statistics are clearly out, by several million. What’s gone wrong?
Fall in British ratings [extended print version]
British seafarers are becoming ever rarer as low wages and immigration waivers bedevil the industry…
Monopoly and regulation: a new path for Britain
Free market economics is coming unstuck. Many workers have always thought this would be the eventual outcome. The question is whether workers will assert their own control…
A community's fight against buy-to-let profiteers
Areas around Britain’s universities are being blighted as once-stable populations are replaced by student lets and multiple occupation – but communities are fighting back. Workers looks at an example from Liverpool…
Free speech and open discussion under attack
Increasingly, media ownership and a growing unwillingness among a minority to tolerate diversity of thought are threatening open debate for our class. It’s an unwelcome and damaging development…
Battle ahead for the future of Britain's rail system
Never waste the opportunity of a good crisis. So runs the capitalist mantra. Now the government and private operators have seized on the pandemic as an ideal time to cut down on costs and boost profits. A huge battle beckons…
SNP and Greens: a coalition born of weakness
The failure of the SNP to gain a majority in the elections to the Scottish parliament has forced them into a huddle with the equally separatist Greens – and into a series of increasingly unpopular policies…
Power grab threatens chaos in teacher training
Having struggled with the impact of Covid-19, the education profession is now facing turmoil as the government seeks to take control of all aspects of teacher training…
The real cost of the zero carbon lobby
Most of the breathless headlines are now penned not by scientists, but by self-styled climate activists, who believe that the problem with the world is people. They don’t want to talk about the real cost – or the possible solutions…
Technology sovereignty in the balance as regulators scrutinise deal
Regulators around the world are looking closely at a massive bid by US company Nvidia for one of the world’s leading chip designers – the British company ARM Holdings.
London on the front line in fight for public transport
The government’s attitude to supporting public transport in the capital doesn’t just spell trouble for Londoners. Workers across Britain should heed this warning and unite in opposition against the threat to TfL…
Race and working class unity
The Sewell report has not gone down well with those committed to the politics of “identity” and division on the basis of skin colour. Above all, it’s optimistic – and with good reason…
Must health and care workers be vaccinated?
The Covid-19 pandemic has taught us – if we needed to be taught – that there is such a thing as society. And that there is such a thing as collective responsibility for the health of the country…
Child care for profit
Almost unbelievably, most children’s homes in Britain are run by private equity companies…
Youth unemployment: a challenge for us all
During the Covid-19 pandemic young people have been hit particularly hard. Now the prospects for all workers, but for young workers in particular, are going from bad to worse…
Science, technology and progress
As communists, we are for the development of all fields based on human skill and ingenuity. That’s why we chose the theme of science and technology for May Day – because it goes to the heart of the idea of progress…
Watch out, there are freeports about
Freeports are a reality. Most workers have never heard of them, but they soon will – and workers’ organisation within them will really matter…
Diet and obesity – an issue for the working class
Obesity in Britain is increasing, especially in children. This is a relatively recent development, but the trend is clear and persistent…
Free movement? Come on in, says government
Listen to Home Secretary Priti Patel and other ministers and you might get the idea that the government is cracking down on all immigration, legal and illegal. But cheap labour is still being encouraged into Britain…
Training: employers still the ghost at the feast
Business and governments want skilled workers, but not to have to train them or pay for their training. Instead, they want to go on importing labour from abroad – leaving young British workers bereft of opportunities…
Talking defence, planning wars
The government calls it an integrated defence review, but it’s full of offensive policies that will give the green light to military aggression in all corners of the world…