Martin Luther King was a young minister in the town of Montgomery, Alabama.
David Cameron declared of Margaret Thatcher, “She didn’t just lead our country, she saved our country
Could Iain Duncan Smith really get by on £7.37 a day? The smug architect of the government’s welfare reforms insists he “could if I had to”. Socialist Worker and benefit claimant Paul went to his mansion in Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire, to find out
John Parrington says the Human Genome Project tells us a lot about how science is shaped by society
As the BBC unveils a new system for defining class in Britain, Judith Orr explains what class means for Marxists —and how superficial definitions hide workers’ power
Tony Blair gushed over Thatcher in the wake of her death. “I always thought my job was to build on some of the things she had done rather than reverse them,” he said.
In Tunisia you cannot escape the revolution. On arrival at my hotel in Tunis the bell boy took the opportunity to update me on “el thawra” (the revolution) as we travelled in the lift. “There is progress,” he said “but it is going to take time.”
Roddy Slorach examines the history of the relationship between capitalism, work and disability
With disenchantment with parliamentary democracy at an all time high, Dave Hayes discusses what real democracy would look like – and how we can win it
Socialist Worker examines why Ed Miliband and the Labour Party are so quick to join the growing anti-migrant panic pushed by the Tories and Ukip
Poorer tenants and their supporters across Britain are fighting the Tories’ hated bedroom tax. Here are just ten reasons why you should join them
Real resistance could beat the coalition government. But union and Labour Party leaders keep refusing to lead it.
