Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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Why a vote to re-elect Mark Serwotka is a vote for militant left-wing trade unionism
TONY CONWAY gives the Communist line on the PCS general secretary election
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
NOW that nominations for the PCS’s next general secretary election are open, Communists in PCS and in the wider trade union movement recognise the imperative of creating and building extra-parliamentary action if Britain is to both elect a left Labour government and to throw of years of New Labour, Lib Dem and Conservative Party austerity and anti working-class policies.
These policies have seen people die, forced students into massive debt and in some cases prostitution, ratcheted up racist language, actions and policies including forced deportations and seen cuts in our wages and other terms and conditions.
A left Labour government gives us an opportunity to stop and reverse these attacks. To win trade union rights, to enforce anti-discrimination laws and to reintroduce a proper social security system. But this won't happen automatically; we must work for it.
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