Socialist Appeal
The British section of the International Marxist Tendency
A new study has revealed how the British secret services took covert action against Trotskyist groups, in particular the Militant, which they regarded as a threat. This should serve as a warning to activists today not to be complacent.
55 years ago today, the Welsh village of Aberfan was hit by an avalanche of mining waste. As with the Grenfell fire, warnings by local residents had been ignored by callous officials. The fight for justice is a fight against capitalism.
On this day 90 years ago, Labour leader Ramsay MacDonald joined forces with the Tories and Liberals to form the National Government, to carry out vicious attacks against the working class. Rob Sewell examines the lessons of the great betrayal.
100 years ago, Labour councillors in Poplar led a mass campaign and took on the ruling class in order to defend working-class communities. Ben Gliniecki examines the lessons for the labour movement in the fight against austerity today.
40 years ago, civil servants undertook a 21-week-long strike against the Tory government, over the issue of pay. John McInally, former PCS vice-president, looks at a struggle that defined civil service trade unionism for decades to come.