Ten years on
June marks ten years since the referendum, the glorious referendum, which saw the British people vote to leave the European Union.
Workers May/June 2026
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Britain needs no war
British workers cannot leave it to Keir Starmer and his government to decide on what our country does about war across the Middle East. Britain must stop interfering in other sovereign nations and get out of NATO.
Scotland: workers’ resistance a priority
Devolution does not help British workers. The answer is to wrest power for the working class, and not give it away to posturing politicians…
Social care is a class question
Governments are obsessed with the affordability of adult social care. But they never confront the matter so intimately linked with older people’s physical and mental decline – the decline of Britain…
Inflation: war on workers
War means that prices, and taxes, go up. It is both a cause of inflation and an excuse for government and employers to pass off a systemic element of capitalism as nothing to do with them…
North Sea energy for Britain!
Britain relies on oil and gas for around three-quarters of its energy – a level that has hardly changed in decades. We will be relying on oil and gas for the foreseeable future, as the Climate Change Committee says…
EU: what’s in a name?
The Labour government aims to tie Britain to the EU’s severe net zero targets, pushing up energy costs.
The fight for the Arctic: preparing for war
In the first of a two-part feature Workers looks at what’s going on in the Arctic, and the looming war over its natural resources…
The steel industry needs energy to survive
On 19 March the government announced its steel strategy, including import tariffs. But there are wider challenges to face to secure the vital industry, particularly the cost of energy…
Washing dollars for profit
A system created to serve the needs of tax dodgers has become an ideal vehicle for gangsters, fraudsters and terrorists of all stripes…
1926: The General Strike
One hundred years ago the General Strike took place in Britain. While marking the centenary, it’s vital to recognise what actually happened…
'Reset' threat to agriculture
The Starmer government’s “reset” with the EU threatens to undermine food standards and production in Britain in the name of removing trade barriers and its unshakeable assumption that Brexit has been a disadvantage.
Teachers ready to fight
Teachers in England may soon take action over their pay and conditions. The first step was an indicative ballot of members, which closed on 17 April.
NHS: Resident doctors strike
Resident doctors in England are taking industrial action again over pay and jobs. A six-day strike began on 7 April, their fifteenth strike since March 2023.
Helicopters: Yeovil firm saved
Leonardo Helicopters has won the government contract to build the MoD’s New Medium Helicopter in February.
Energy: Good land buried
Energy secretary Ed Miliband has approved yet another massive solar farm, to be built on prime food-producing land.
University academics in action [print version]
University and College Union members across the country continue their fight for jobs. This is taking place separately in each institution, as part of a united campaign.