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…
The genius of Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday never went to a public school, nor to a university. But no scientist has ever been more influential…
More universities join pensions and pay strikes
Staff at a total of 68 universities were on strike in February after university employers refused to withdraw cuts to pensions or accept compromise proposals from the UCU union.
The cost of living (with capitalism)
There’s more than something rotten in Britain. And a lot of it is exemplified by the coming rises in energy prices.
Independent school teachers take strike action
23 February 2022
Teachers in 23 independent schools run by the Girls’ Day School Trust have started strike action after their employer said it would withdraw from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
Inflation: VAT on energy
The current energy price rises are part of the government’s attack on the working class. There is a good case for a VAT holiday for domestic energy.
Scotland: Freeports condemned
The RMT union has reacted angrily to the joint announcement from Westminster and the SNP government of two “green freeports”. It says the projects are fatally flawed.
Strike looms at Financial Conduct Authority
22 February 2022
Unite trade Union members who work at the Financial Conduct Authority have voted heavily to take industrial action against proposed cuts to pay and conditions.
EU acts the bully
22 February 2022
The EU is trying to bully the governments of EU members Hungary and Poland into accepting EU policies, using using the European Court of Justice to do so.
Britain must keep out of Ukraine
Britain has no interest in interference in eastern Europe. No good will come from British intervention. Stop interfering. Stay out!
Covid-19 mandate mania
Over 10 billion coronavirus vaccinations have been given. Now some governments are turning to compulsion. But people in Canada aren't putting up with it.
UCU steps up pensions and pay action
16 February 2022
Staff at 44 universities are on strike this week after university employers refused to withdraw cuts to the Universities Superannuation Scheme or accept the University and College Union's compromise proposals.
‘Net zero’ fantasy to blame for energy crisis, not Russia
British politicians and media have blamed Russia is responsible for “turning off” gas supplies, but the culprit is closer to home.
Campaigners fight to protect farmland from power grab
13 February 2022
A plan to build a huge solar farm on prime agricultural land is being challenged by an impressive local campaign group determined to fight it all the way.
Scientists unite against EU ‘punishment’
13 February 2022
Scientists across Europe are taking on the EU as it seeks to exclude Britain and Switzerland from research collaboration for purely political reasons.
British steel betrayed by government
Transport minister Andrew Stephenson has admitted that HS2, Europe’s largest construction project and funded by public money, has no target for the use of British steel.
Real Control for Real Independence
17 January 2022
Political statement from the Communist Party of Britain Marxist-Leninist, 19th Congress, November 2021.
South Yorkshire bus workers win big pay rises
15 January 2022
More than 560 Stagecoach bus workers in South Yorkshire have won a 10.7 per cent pay increase from May after walking out on indefinite strike following the company’s refusal to improve its pay offer.
Agriculture policy under fire
13 January 2022
A parliamentary committee has indicted the government for an agriculture policy that will see food imports rise and farmers’ incomes fall, while exporting the environmental impacts of food production.
Statues and statutes
12 January 2022
The decision to find the Colston 4 not guilty should not be misused: there should be no further restrictions on our right to protest, nor misrepresentations of the way to combat racism.
They're taking over Britain
The proposed $40 billion takeover of British chip designer ARM by US technology company Nvidia is to be investigated by the Competition and Markets Authority into the consequences of the sale.
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…
Afghanistan's 40 year war
Afghanistan is known as “the graveyard of empires”. In its unhappy history the country has long been the victim of imperial ambition and aggression…
The positive power of real facts
In a world where doom and gloom seem to be all-pervasive, it pays to look at the facts. As Hans Rosling’s landmark book shows, progress is far from dead…
Take charge
A new year lies ahead. Workers need to take stock of how far they have come as a working class, and how much still has to be done.