James Bowen reviews Workers Can Win: A Guide to Organising at Work by Ian Allinson, Pluto Press, 2022, £14.99. Workers Can Win aims to equip readers with the tools they need to organise collectively in their workplace. Synthesizing the techniques developed and theorised by labour organisers such as Jane McAlevey with the author’s experiences of… Continue reading Workers’ collective strength
Month: Dec 2022
Militarising the Party
Starmer is going much further than any previous leader in outlawing anti-war campaigners writes Richard Price, Leyton and Wanstead CLP. In a strategy document leaked in February 2021, Keir Starmer was counselled to wrap himself in the Union Jack: “The use of the flag, veterans, dressing smartly at the war memorial etc. give voters a… Continue reading Militarising the Party
Austerity continues, whoever leads Tories
Orpington CLP’s Barry Rodin warns that government policies risk another recession. Five different Conservative Prime Ministers since 2016 confirm that staying in power is the Tories’ number one priority. Their trick is to provide a fresh face and narrative to revive electoral fortunes. But whoever is leader, the outcome is divisive class-war politics. Austerity, so… Continue reading Austerity continues, whoever leads Tories
Arise Conference – 10th December
CONFERENCE: Solidarity * Struggle * Socialism A national conference bringing together left & anti-Tory resistance movements in unity to discuss next steps in the fightback in 2023. Arise - A Festival of Left Ideas Join us at this conference bringing together left & anti-Tory resistance movements in unity to discuss next steps in the fightback. … Continue reading Arise Conference – 10th December
Manston – the rotten truth
Kent County Councillor for Ramsgate, Karen Constantine, looks at the bleak reality of the UK’s failed immigration policy. We heard rumours of plans to locate a migrant processing centre at Manston, East Kent. A rural area adjacent to touristy, and trendy, Ramsgate in Thanet. It was a surprise when we realised some months later that,… Continue reading Manston – the rotten truth