The fortunes of the British National Party (BNP) and English Defence League (EDL) may be in decline right now but there can be no room for complacency.
Socialists welcome resistance to the Tories—whether campaigns to defend benefits, protests over the NHS or marches against council cuts.
Some people say social changes mean that the working class no longer has the power to transform the world.
The meat industry is a bizarre world. It goes from the boardrooms of some of the largest companies on the planet to killing floors with medieval working conditions.
Beef barons can claim bungs for exporting animal produce under the European Union (EU) Common Agricultural Policy. The system of export credits subsidises the profits of the meat industry.
Conditions for meat processing workers are barbaric. Most are paid the minimum wage to work long hours in the cold and damp.
Former Tesco boss and management consultant Pamela Robinson has blamed the horsemeat scandal on cheap food. "The current crisis in processed meat products highlights a growing concern that food in the UK is simply too cheap," she said.
Saturday 15 February 2003 went down in history. Over 20 million people across the world joined a global protest against war in Iraq. The scale of the action stunned rulers everywhere.
The Iraq war will haunt Tony Blair to his grave.
"The school student walkouts were inspiring.
The rapid expansion of capitalism and its need for the family lie at the root of homophobia and the creation of the homosexual label, writes Laura Miles
Harold Wilson became leader of the Labour Party 50 years ago this month.
