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Ask people which British institution most embodies the ideas of multiculturalism and a great many will reply—the NHS.
Fire and rehire is a weapon bosses are using to attack workers. Sophie Squire looks at why it’s being used
After the defeat of a revolution, there are always three reactions.
Talk of industrial action is echoing around the NHS after the Tories’ offer of a 1 percent pay rise. Crucial health strikes of the past hold lessons for workers today
The Paris Commune, where workers briefly took power and created the first workers’ government, was born 150 years ago this month.
It’s ten years since two disasters compromised one of the largest nuclear plants in the world. It showed that nuclear power can never be safe, says Martin Empson
The strength of the Egyptian Revolution pushed dictator Hosni Mubarak from his presidential position in just 18 days.
Larissa Reisner fought to defend the Russian Revolution. Now a new translation of her reports brings that fight to life
The rich who gained from slavery hope talking up their charitable investments will help them escape people’s anger. But as Isabel Ringrose argues, they grabbed obscene amounts of money through the slave trade and in compensation—and they should be forced to pay for it
Reports have found that large numbers of migrants are leaving Britain. It’s all caused by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic—and a punishing immigration system, argues Sam Ord
The Tories are preparing to plunge many more working class people into poverty and despair. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is under pressure to keep measures that support ordinary people in this week’s budget.
Rosa Luxemburg, born 150 years ago this week, fought reformist ideas to argue for revolution. Isabel Ringrose looks at what her economic writings contributed to Marxist ideas
The 2011 revolt in Egypt inspired struggles across the globe. Sophie Squire explains why internationalism is key to winning socialism
In a packed hall in downtown Chicago in 1969 Black Panther founder Bobby Seale stood alongside local leader Fred Hampton. He was making a speech to a newly established district of the party.
In a new book, Bill Gates claims competition is the solution to climate crises. He shouldn’t be trusted
The central theme of the new pamphlet Pride, Politics and Protest—A Revolutionary Guide to LGBT+ Liberation is that people have the power to end oppression.
The Egyptian Revolution was the result of the coming together of two forces—those of the street with those of the workplace. And in both, the question of democracy was crucial.
International students were encouraged to come to Britain despite the pandemic, so universities could make money from them. Now lockdowns, job cuts and a lack of support have left many struggling to survive, reports Sophie Squire
The streets crammed to bursting with protesters. Groups of chanting students snaking through the crowds with improvised banners against the military government.
Ruthba goes to work every day in a sector that’s “filled with fear” and where “stress levels are through the roof”.