Tory Harold MacMillan’s government built a record 220,000 council homes. Yet in 2006-07, under Labour, it was just 250.
For the next three weeks there is no government in Britain. Parliament has shut down for the election, and every MP and minister is running around the country desperately trying to shore up their vote. So who’s running the country in the meantime?
A small number of very rich men, and a few women, dominate British companies. Just a few hundred people make the decisions about investment and employment that affect the lives of millions.
Eugene V Debs (1855-1926), a heroic revolutionary socialist, did as much as anyone to make socialist ideas and politics an important current in the US working class movement.
Working class men and women fought hard for the right to vote. For many today, voting seems their only chance to have a say in how the system is run—despite often thinking that it won’t change very much.
What is the historic relationship between the US and Israel?
Trade unionists, anti-war activists, students, pensioners and other activists have united to form the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC).
Around 250 people packed into the launch rally for TUSC in central London last week.
A very important case for every trade unionist and activist is taking place in an unremarkable Newcastle office building.
What did Keir Hardie represent within the early Labour Party?
