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Has the neoliberal ideological offensive succeeded in winning the battle of ideas in society? Not according to recent surveys, writes Mark L Thomas. Two new polls suggest that the majority of workers reject the free market and firmly believe in social democratic values.

The obvious question, given the popular hostility to neoliberalism, is why isn’t there a higher level of fightback especially in the workplace against austerity and an unprecedented assault on working class living standards? The class struggle in Britain remains shaped by the major defeats imposed on the working class in the 1980s by both the...

Zero hours contracts have become a symbol of austerity Britain. Workers at the Hovis bakery in Wigan have shown how they can be beaten.

The union conference season has just finished. Julie Sherry looks at the mood among the activists who hold union organisation together in workplaces across Britain and asks what we can learn about the prospects for resistance to the Tories and employers

On 14 November while millions of workers struck and marched across large parts of Europe, the British TUC issued a press release. And not a very good one either.

The huge TUC organised demonstration in March has shown that the working class is still a force to be reckoned with. Mark L Thomas looks at the reality of class in Britain today, while Jack Farmer unpicks the debate within the Labour Party over how to relate to the cuts

"On Monday we strike, on Tuesday we strike, on Wednesday we strike, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday too - and it'll only be over when we've won."

In the wake of the TUC congress, Martin Smith argues that the conditions are ripe for a fightback, while Mark Campbell reports from the conference floor.

Recent months have seen fierce industrial disputes, with workers challenging the government and the bosses. Michael Bradley argues that this resistance can shape a future fightback

Unofficial strikes, occupations and rank and file action - we need to learn from the new struggles by trade unionists and non-unionised workers alike, argues Charlie Kimber.

When a group of ununionised Vestas workers occupied their factory this summer they had to learn fast. Vestas worker Ian Terry writes about the lessons of the struggle.

Many workers are gaining confidence to join the resistance to pay cuts and privatisation. Charlie Kimber assesses the pressure on Gordon Brown from below.

John Rees talks to author Paul Mason about his book Live Working or Die Fighting and the importance of writing about workers' history

Recent disputes have shown a growing confidence and militancy among workers, argues Moira Nolan.

The anti-capitalist and anti-war movements of the last five years show enormous similarities with the movements of the late 1960s and early 1970s. But there is, so far, one big difference.