Britain
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Friday, 04 April 2003 |
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Now the battle for Baghdad is under way, capitalist commentators are going
euphoric. The war against Saddam could possibly be over in days. The stock
market is already rocketing up on the prospect.
Capitalism is renewed, such is the current mantra. |
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Tuesday, 01 April 2003 |
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With the latest issue the Socialist Appeal journal in Britain
has gone fortnightly. It will be published twice a month for the duration of the
war and its immediate aftermath. This is an important step forward for the
forces of Marxism in Britain. It is a clear indication that Marxist ideas are
getting a wider echo in the British Labour movement. To mark this occasion, we
are publishing the Editorial of the first fortnightly edition. |
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Monday, 31 March 2003 |
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According to the Sunday Times, two British service men were
sent home from the Middle East after refusing to fight in the war against Iraq.
The two face a court martial and up to two years in jail for disobeying orders. |
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Tuesday, 28 January 2003 |
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In January Roy Jenkins, a Liberal Democrat Lord passed away. In the
1960s and 1970s he was right at the top of the British Labour Party. After his
recent death the
bourgeois press were full of praise for his achievements, the reason being that
as of 1979 he had worked strenuously to destroy the Labour Party! No longer able
to control the ranks, who were moving radically to the left,
especially after the defeat in the 1979 elections, he attempted together with
others to build the Social Democratic Party. |
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Friday, 20 December 2002 |
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In this article in our series on the history of the British Labour party, Barbara Humphries looks at
the early years of Labour in parliament and how the development of the class struggle forced the leaders of
the party to make the final break with Liberalism.
(Originally published in Socialist Appeal, issue 48, February 1997). |
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Monday, 16 December 2002 |
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As the world enters a new
turbulent period of wars and revolutions Rob Sewell looks at the situation in Europe in
the period of the 1930s and 1940s |
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By Phil Mitchinson
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Monday, 16 December 2002 |
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On November 17 we published an article on the crisis in the British Conservative
Party, Tories in Crisis - The Plots Thicken.
The purpose of the article was to show how the Tories' crisis, and especially the crisis of their
leadership, is an expression of the crisis of the capitalist system, which
affects all classes in society. We explained how the 'Old Guard' of the
Tories would prefer the leader of the party to be elected by the MPs and not the
rank and file, because the present rank and file are so right wing and out of
touch with the real needs of the ruling class. The latest statements of some of
the old guard Tory leaders now confirm our analysis.
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Wednesday, 27 November 2002 |
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On the one hand, Blair prepares to send troops into Iraq behind the coattails
of the Americans to overthrow Saddam. On the other hand, he and 'two Jags'
Prescott prepare to send in troops to break the picket lines of the
firefighters. If you adopt the policies of capitalism abroad, inevitably you
will adopt them in domestic policy. |
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By Phil Mitchinson
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Monday, 18 November 2002 |
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The dearth of leadership in the Tory Party is not the cause of their crisis,
but it is not an accident either. The failings of these leaders faithfully
reflect the impasse of their system. Nye Bevan once said of the Tory leaders
(including Churchill) they have nothing to say about tomorrow, and harp on about
the past because they have no part to play in the future. They are a doomed
party representing a doomed class and a doomed system. The crisis in the Tory
Party is symptomatic of the impasse facing the profit system. The sickness of
that system spreads like a cancer affecting every aspect of society.
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Friday, 15 November 2002 |
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Fredrick Engels once defined the state as "armed bodies of men",
together with their appendages, in defence of private property. Last month's BBC
2 TV programme in Britain entitled True Spies by Peter Taylor examined
one of these appendages, Britain's secret services. The programme revealed how
in "democratic" Britain, MI5 and the Special Branch systematically
infiltrated political groups and organisations, and secretly spied on trade
union leaders such as Arthur Scargill and Derek 'Red Robbo' Robinson. While none
of the revelations are particularly startling, what was of interest was the use
of first-hand interviews by ex-M15 agents in explaining their sordid undercover
activities. |
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Friday, 01 November 2002 |
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It's amazing how people change. And it's even more terrible when you forget
your roots. This is surely the case with poor old John Prescott, once National
Union of Seamen firebrand, and now "responsible" statesman and
minister in charge of the Labour Government's stand against the just demands of
Britain's firefighters. |
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Tuesday, 01 October 2002 |
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On Saturday, September 28, the biggest anti-war demonstration ever seen in
London took place with 400,000 people marching. This shows the real mood in
Britain today. |
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Monday, 16 September 2002 |
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Strikes in Britain are at their highest level for thirteen years and the
trend is upwards. The recent council workers' strike involving over one
million people was the largest strike by women workers ever seen in this
country. Fire fighters have voted unanimously at their recall conference to
ballot for strike action over a 40% rise in pay! If this takes place, it
will be the first national strike in 25 years. Rail and tube workers, who
have their own disputes, have threatened to refuse to work on grounds of
safety if there is no fire cover. The general public, according to a recent
Guardian/ICM poll, appear to sympathise with them. The days of workplace
"servitude" seem finally to be coming to an end. |
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By Phil Mitchinson
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Thursday, 08 August 2002 |
This article is a follow-up to Britain's Summer of Discontent - An Earthquake in the British Labour Movement.
The magnificent one million-strong strike of local authority workers on
July 17 has forced important concessions out of the government. Anyone
who still doubted the power of militant industrial action has been
answered.
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