Tories Follow

When riots broke out in August, the Tories and the press rushed to explain them away. It was just looting by gang members, they declared, or "criminality, pure and simple" as David Cameron put it.

The 30 November strike showcased the power of the working class. Whatever the Tories might claim in public, they know that this action rocked the government like no other.

Some 50,000 strikers and supporters assembled for the London demonstration.

As millions strike against vicious Tory attacks, many will be expecting the Labour Party—which is supposed to be the official opposition—to support their fightback.

There are hundreds of reasons why workers are walking out together against the Tories on 30 November. But the key issue that has united the unions is the government attack on public sector pensions.

The government has lashed out at pretty much everyone in its attempt to drive through an assault on workers in Britain. Sometimes it says that "greedy" public sector workers are the reason that cuts must be made. At other times the Tories lay into people who can’t find work or those on benefits.

If I don’t strike today and lose a day’s pay for doing so, I’ll lose a day’s pay a month every year thanks to the Tory attacks.

Every austerity measure the Tories push through seems designed to hit women hardest.

The latest UN climate change conference began in Durban, South Africa, on Monday of this week. But the Tories don’t seem too concerned.

A British arms company with links to the Tory party has produced some of the tear gas canisters used against protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo.

The Tories have unveiled a raft of fresh attacks on workers and the poor.

A leaked report confirms that the Tories aim to privatise much of the NHS.