Socialist Appeal
The Marxist voice of Labour and youth
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.
95 years ago today, the 1926 general strike began in Britain. But after nine inspiring days, the strike was betrayed by the trade union leaders, who were given a left cover by the Stalinists. Ben Gliniecki examines the lessons of these events.
On the night of 3-4 November 1839, workers in Wales launched an insurrection known as the Newport Rising. These events are vividly discussed in Rob Sewell’s new book ‘Chartist Revolution’. Get your copy today to find out more.