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Barbarism or socialism? The future of society rests on the working class
We must build a united front industrially and politically, with clear, relevant demands and a co-ordinated campaign to deliver them or the Tories will crush us, argues HELEN O’CONNOR
People in Newcastle take part in the People's Assembly nationwide protest about cost of living crisis

AS SOCIALISTS we must recognise that everything has changed. We have entered a period of unprecedented instability — climate change, Covid, war in Europe and now an escalating cost-of-living crisis that is due to plunge millions of workers into poverty and destitution. 

Hard-won rights like the eight-hour day, the right to be paid on time for hours worked, the right to sick pay, job security and even the right to food are being rolled back to Victorian times for too many working-class people.

We are now in a class war of a type not witnessed for generations. The capitalists are serious about preserving their wealth, privilege and entitlement.  

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