Whatever their intentions, the recent TV documentaries on the 1984-5 miners' strike provide evidence how a trap was laid for the workers by the twin strategies of government and unions. In a second article, The working class has finally recovered from the defeat, we look more closely at the international context of the strike and its long-term impact on the class struggle.
Europe’s most powerful economy is hit hard by the combined effects of war, economic crisis, and the ecological disaster.
The defeat of the miners' strike in Britain in 1985 has had a long-lasting, negative impact, but it is no longer a blockage on the capacity of the working class to defend its interests. In a second article, Government and unions set the miners up for defeat, we look in more detail at recent TV documentaries about the strike and the specific tactics of the British bourgeoisie to lure the miners into a trap.
An account of a public discussion about the historical method of the Italian Communist Left and its contribution to the communist programme.
This article argues that the Houthis in Yemen are a clear expression of capitalist decomposition, and that they typify the growing tendency towards “every man for himself” in inter-imperialist relations.
The international revival of workers' struggles continues, despite the huge difficulties it faces
Some revolutionary groups have defended unambiguous internationalist positions in the face of war. But Bordigist groups have been led into opportunist slidings, the trivialisation of war, and an underestimation of what’s at stake in the present situation.
In mid-January 2024, the ruling class in Germany launched a cunning campaign to defend democracy. This campaign shows all the deviousness of the German bourgeoisie in the way it is able to exploit the vile evidence of the decomposition of its system, and especially in its ability to use this against the working class.
We publish here an exchange of views with T, a contact in Germany, focusing on the mobilisations in support of “Freedom for Palestine”.
Since the beginning of the year, farmers have been mobilising against the fall in their incomes. The movement, which started in Germany following the abolition of subsidies for farm diesel, has now spread to France, Belgium and the Netherlands.