Zahawi tax avoidance case shows strength of Westminster ruling class
Conservative Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi is at the centre of yet another row in Westminster this week – and is facing calls to resign – for lying about his finances and failing to declare a penalty he paid to HMRC.
Time for action: the cost of profits crisis and rising industrial militancy
“This ruling class offensive demands a working class counter attack, more determined, coordinated and effective than our generation has ever known”, writes YCL General Secretary Johnnie Hunter
Sunak’s new £2 billion for ‘levelling up’ won’t work
Rishi Sunak has announced the allocation of a second round of ‘levelling up’ funds to areas across the UK – building the appearance of affluent communities, while failing to address the real causes of poverty.
Westminster accounts reveal £183 million influencing UK politics
Research from Sky News and Tortoise has uncovered more than £183 million in donations and ‘earnings’ into British politics during this Parliamentary term.
Scottish trade unionists in Ukraine, 1951
Nathan Hennebry examines a 1951 report written by a delegation of Scottish trade unionists who travelled to Ukraine to learn about life as a worker under socialism
Haiti loses all elected government officials
Haiti’s last sitting Senators left office on Monday, January 9, leaving the country with no elected government officials. Much of Haiti’s legislature has sat empty since 2020, after planned elections failed to be completed, and now the country’s last 10 Senators have reached the end of their terms too.
Scottish Tories and SNP failing to address NHS crisis
In late December the Scottish Tories, the same people responsible for this crisis in the NHS, stated they are seeking ‘progressive’ leadership to address the “deepening crisis in Scotland’s NHS”.
A Woman’s Place is in The Revolution!
“We must connect with our international sisters in the fight for peace, because where there is war, there is rape. We must develop our praxis continuously to build a universality of Marxist feminism for cultures and experiences across the world.”
Syria and Türkiye hold talks amid recent offensives
Syria and Türkiye held high-level talks for the first time in over a decade last week, despite ongoing conflict between Turkish and Turkish-backed forces against the Syrian government.
UK Strike Action: challenges faced from public opinion
Howard Green takes another look at the continual strike action in the UK, and analyses at how the public may feel
