Egyptian workers will not be intimidated by tear gas

  The Central Bureau of the Egyptian Communist Party is following up the Security Forces brutal attack on peaceful workers in both bus utilities of in Tanta and El-Mahalla El-Kubra. Continue reading →

Argument for a General Strike

Thanks to the BBC for this

Greek strikes and mass rallies today

. The mass militant strike demonstration of the All-workers’ Militant Front (PAME) sent a resounding message for the escalation of the struggle over the collective bargaining agreements and against the Continue reading →

Len McCluskey appeals for justice for the Shrewsbury 24

Yesterday morning I spoke at a packed Parliamentary campaign meeting calling for justice for the ‘Shrewsbury 24’. Actor Ricky Tomlinson, film director Ken Loach and TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady Continue reading →

How the Pentonville Five changed history

by Graham Stevenson Vic Turner, who died on Sunday, is perhaps most famous as one of the Pentonville Five dockers imprisoned in 1972. The Pentonville case was a high water Continue reading →

Press regulation, Wapping and anti union laws

Demand the repeal of the anti union laws writes Anne Field “Regulation of the media with statutory underpinning to protect the public is essential, along with a right of reply Continue reading →

A great General Strike, a powerful day of struggle

  by Jerónimo de Sousa  Today’s General Strike, on 14th November 2012, called by CGTP-IN, against exploitation and impoverishment, for Portugal with a future, constitutes a great General Strike, one Continue reading →

What happened in Athens last night

from the Greek Communist Party PAME’s demonstration in Syntagma yesterday was impressive. The government organized the state repression of the demonstration The battle will continue in the workplaces with even Continue reading →

Demagogues circling like vultures over the Marikana tragedy

by Jeremy Cronin Both before and after the Marikana tragedy on August 16th, the SACP has consistently sought to analyse and explain the brutally oppressive dynamics at play in the Continue reading →

Mark Serwotka on fighting austerity

  by Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union Rewind 12 months and that optimism about our ability to fight austerity and argue for the alternative Continue reading →