As the Labour Party conference starts, Socialist Resistance looks at the challenges for the left in the coming months.
Resisting the right has been a theme over recent months on three interrelated fronts – the offensive against the possibility of a Corbyn government, against the increased (...)
Growing up in Britain, I knew nothing of the many crimes the British Empire had committed against my Iraqi ancestors.
If you grew up in Britain, like me, you probably would not be able to recall being taught anything substantial about British colonial history in school.
The British curriculum (...)
In subsidising wealthy people instead of helping poor children, they perpetuate inequality in education and beyond
As teenagers find out their exam results after what’s been a particularly stressful A-level year, I can’t help but think of how different the experience may be depending on whether (...)
The Barbados high commissioner on why he had to resort to ‘guerrilla diplomacy’
Guy Hewitt, high commissioner for Barbados in London. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian
At the start of this year, when the Barbados high commissioner, Guy Hewitt, saw the British government failing to (...)
The National Secular Society has backed calls for the government to withdraw divorce guidance which encourages women from minority religious backgrounds to turn to religious ’courts’.
NSS chief executive Stephen Evans has joined campaigners in signing an open letter to the Ministry of Justice (...)
On Saturday evening, 4th August, Bookmarks bookshop in central London, long a stalwart of the socialist and trade union movement in Britain, was invaded and attacked by demonstrators bearing alt-right placards, Trump masks and “Make Britain Great Again” hats.
The same slogans had been on (...)
Owners of Bookmarks say masked attackers wrecked displays and tore up books
The owners of Britain’s largest socialist bookshop, Bookmarks, have said the store was attacked by far-right protesters wearing masks who wrecked displays and ripped up books and magazines.
Posting on Facebook and (...)
The shape and direction of the current coup are clear. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is being set up to lose, and Jews are being set up to take the blame. The plotters will not be satisfied with anything less than Corbyn’s removal and humiliation; but they will not take responsibility for this, and will hide behind claims of Jewish responsibility.
The aim is clearly to force Corbyn out of the Labour Party leadership, and if that fails, then to cause Labour to lose the next election. And in (...)
Workers at the Ministry of Justice and Kensington and Chelsea council plan walk out over conditions
Cleaners at the Ministry of Justice and Kensington and Chelsea council are set to take unprecedented strike action this week in their fight for the London living wage and decent sick pay.
On (...)
Pro-Brexit party that has taken a far-right turn attracted 3,200 new members in July
Ukip’s membership has soared by 15% in a month, insiders have revealed, raising the prospect of a return to the mainstream of a party still publicly associated with Brexit, but which has recently taken a more (...)
New publication presents the key movements and struggles for a secular society.
Like any organisation that has campaigned to make radical changes to the constitutional structure of our country, the National Secular Society has encountered much resistance, and this has been true throughout its (...)
Approval of Chinese nuclear technology in the UK would act as a springboard to the rest of the world
China wants to become a global leader in nuclear power and the UK is crucial to realising its ambitions.
While other countries have scaled back on atomic energy in the wake of the Fukushima (...)
British capitalism has a unique problem. Its major ’comparative advantage’, globally, is banks and tanks.
Both are hugely destructive industries. But it is the banks that caused the worst crisis of capitalism since the 1930s. As the FT’s Martin Wolf asked shortly after the crash, “how should the (...)
Corbyn’s Labour Party is advancing a transformative project that could push beyond traditional social democracy — and toward democratic workers’ control.
Last year’s British Labour Party manifesto has received substantial attention from those — including myself — who see it as a comprehensive (...)
Trade body consults major law firm over possible loss-of-earnings suit
London’s black-cab drivers are considering legal action against Uber with potential plans to sue the US ride-hailing service for more than £1bn over their loss of earnings.
The Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association is consulting (...)
In a somewhat surreal twist, in what is already an increasingly surreal global landscape, UK trade minister Liam Fox announced last Wednesday, 18 July , that the government will do a public consultation on whether the UK should seek to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for (...)
Ministers under fire after US told Britain would not oppose death penalty for terror suspects
El Shafee Elsheikh (left) and Alexanda Kotey after their capture in eastern Syria in January. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
The government came under attack from MPs and experts on Monday after it (...)
Global slavery index identifies electronics and clothes among UK imports from countries where labour abuses may have occurred
Billions of pounds worth of laptops, mobile phones and clothing likely to have been made using slave labour are being bought by UK consumers every year, researchers (...)
Government accused of allowing arms industry to act with impunity, damaging development efforts and fuelling conflic
The British government’s role in arms exports has come under scrutiny amid accusations that the trade’s corrupt practices are being deliberately protected to benefit the economy. (...)
These are dangerous times, but the anti-Trump protests showed the potential power of those who champion social equality and inclusion, women’s rights and anti-racism.
The events of the past 10 days have spectacularly revealed key faultlines in British and world politics. In particular they have (...)
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