Has the outsourcing of groups of workers limited their ability to fight back? Ian Taylor looks at recent strikes that challenge this claim, while Kevin Devine looks at the growth of outsourcing.
The effective privatisation of public sector jobs can be resisted by shop floor militancy.
Political and social changes are reflected in the work of a new wave of young Iranian artists. We look at the art and its relationship to the country's turbulent history.
The current crisis of capitalism has coincided with a renewed interest in Marx's Capital. Socialist Review spoke to Alex Callinicos about his forthcoming book examining Marx's understanding of capitalism.
On the afternoon of 18 June 1984 thousands of striking miners were fleeing from a politically orchestrated attack by baton-wielding riot police. This day is known as the Battle of Orgreave. Between 23 May and 18 June there was an attempt by miners to shut the Orgreave coking plant in South Yorkshire, which was feeding...
Tony Blair, former prime minister and warmonger, announced last month that the world’s biggest problem is “radical Islam” and that world leaders were “curiously reluctant to acknowledge” this. Blair wants the British government to ally with Russia and to defend Syria’s brutal dictator Bashar al-Assad against the real problem – Muslims. Blair declared, “Repugnant though...
One of the biggest strikes in recent Chinese history took place last month when up to 40,000 shoe manufacturing workers at the Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings plant in Dongguan City walked out. They were protesting at underpayments by the company to their social security and housing funds. The Taiwanese owned multinational is the largest producer...
One of the many casualties of the end of the Arab Spring is the Gulf state of Qatar, a country that up till recently had seemed best placed to emerge as a leading power in the new post-revolutionary Arab world. Its main allies in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have turned on the island kingdom,...
Imperialist rivalry between Russia, the US and EU threatens a carnival of reaction across Ukraine, that pits Ukrainian against Ukrainian, promoting reactionary forces on both sides. The Geneva agreement signed by Russia, the US, EU and Ukraine, pledging to “de-escalate tensions”, looked dead before the ink was dry. Shootings in the eastern town of Slavyansk...
Protests have erupted across Australia at the new Tory government's anti-refugee policies.
Teachers, firefighters, council workers and health workers are all moving to either strike or hold ballots for strikes. Socialist Review looks at the shift in mood and argues that any strikes will be very political.
Ukip look set to make major gains in this month's European and local elections. Socialist Review looks at what lies behind Ukip's rise and how their racist populism can be challenged.
