The Manifesto of the Communist Party, written by Marx and Engels in 1848, begins: "A spectre is Haunting Europe – the spectre of Communism." Today this spectre, or ghost, is once again rising. The ...

Saturday 15 and 16 November – put the date in your diary now. 20% discount on tickets: www.socialism.org.uk See ‘golden’ ticket option which includes a night in a hostel near the venue Across the ...

The University and College Union (UCU) branch at Birmingham City University (BCU) has begun strike action in reaction to the attacks by the vice chancellor (VC). A planned ‘restructure’ includes 36 ...

The recent Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman shows again how tenuous minority legal rights are in a system based on the exploitation of the majority by a small elite, who ...

Many years ago, the idea of a welfare system ‘from the cradle to the grave’ was widely accepted and championed by the Labour Party. Keir Starmer’s actions as head of the Labour government have ...

I would like to wish success to Birmingham refuse collectors in their strike action. As a former London dustman, I was on strike in the so-called Winter of Discontent 1978-79. We were on strike ...

James Carville, the political advisor who coined the phrase ‘it’s the economy stupid’ as a campaigning slogan for Democrat Bill Clinton to win the 1992 presidential election, was once asked what he’d ...

Following the announcement that the two senior elected officials in retail and distribution union Usdaw, general secretary Paddy Lillis and deputy general secretary Dave McCrossen, are both retiring ...

The result of the federal election is a slap in the face of the established, pro-capitalist parties. The only parties that won were those that many do not consider to be part of this establishment.

The estimated number of years of healthy life someone can expect to live in England has fallen for the fifth year in a row. New figures from the Office for National Statistics indicate that healthy ...

A crowd of 200 people rallied against proposed council tax increases of 10%. We set up our Socialist Party campaign stall, giving out our placards opposing the Labour council’s proposed rise, ...

U-turns on proposed cuts by Labour councils across West Yorkshire have been coming thick and fast. Kirklees scrutiny committee rejected proposals to privatise two care homes, referring it back to the ...