Big business is awash with money despite the recession. One study estimates the total profits for major companies in the advanced industrial world stand at $3,000 billion this year.
As Ireland descends deeper into economic crisis, the global ruling class has united to provide a bailout for the banks. This will mean further massive cuts to the jobs and living standards of the Irish working class.
You’re a so-called "terror suspect"—but the government doesn’t want to put you on trial, because there isn’t enough evidence against you.
It is a mantra of our rulers that you can’t buck the market. And proof seemingly came this week as the global bond markets turned on Ireland with a vengeance, pushing up the rate of interest at which the government must borrow to finance its debts.
Shadow home secretary Ed Balls was quick to denounce the student protests last week.
The attacks on education are about class. The rich are declaring a war on the poor.
The Tories’ assaults on unemployed workers this week are part of a brutal tradition of what happens when capitalism is in crisis.
Some of the best and most vocal opposition against the government and bosses’ attacks on our jobs and services has come from left wing union leaders.
The attacks are coming thick and fast in education. People have to be organised and ready for action—working with students, lecturers and other workers to build resistance.
The strikes by London firefighters and Tube workers, and by BBC workers across Britain, are crucial for everyone who wants to defeat the Tories’ assault on working people.
The news that printer toner cartridges are to be banned from hand luggage was one of the more surreal responses to the latest "terror plot".
Tens of thousands of people took part in demonstrations against the Tory cuts last week. The resistance has begun, and not a moment too soon.
