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The Grunwick strike was the first dispute where
a majority of strikers who were from ethnic minorities received widespread
support from the labour movement. This pamphlet and DVD should be seen by those
who did not live through the event. The strike also gives a
different twist to the current debate about multiculturalism - there was no
doubt in those days that the strikers at Grunwick belonged in the trades union
movement, regardless of their ethnic background or culture. Workers from all
different cultures were united at Grunwicks. 
The collapse of Metronet , the consortium entrusted with upgrading the
tube, spells the collapse of the whole notion of 'Public Private
Partnership', otherwise known as the Private Finance Initiative.
Ten years ago in Britain, at the time of the sudden death of
Diana, we witnessed an outburst of popular feeling without precedent in recent
British history. It was an entirely new phenomenon, reflecting an entirely new
situation in Britain. Here we republish Alan Woods' article written in 1997 which
looked at the serious crisis the monarchy and the British establishment were
facing at the time.
With inflation running at
well over 4% for the last 6 months conditions couldn't have been better for
public sector trade unions to challenge the Government's 2% public sector pay
limit. Many staff are already angry
over cuts, NHS redundancies and job evaluation, so a real pay cut of 2 - 3% has
provoked a strong response.
Issue 154 of 
Everyday our television screens are filled with
images of horrific bloodshed and carnage in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hundreds die,
men, women and children, in a single day. Some estimate that one million people
have perished since the invasion of 2003. This is the reality after more than
four years of foreign occupation.
From July 29 until August 3 the International
Marxist Tendency held its World School in Barcelona. Present were 300 comrades
from 26 countries, including Russia, Pakistan, Venezuela, Brazil,
El Salvador, Mexico, Argentina and most European countries. Over half of the 40-strong British delegation
was youth, most attending for the first time.
