Hi all, Please join us in Dundee next Saturday 10th December at 1pm for our annual Mary Brooksbank commemoration, this year marking the 125th anniversary of her birth. Mary Brooksbank is Dundee’s best-known communist and trade unionist. Growing up working in the jute mills like many working class women and girls of her day, she wrote…
Aneurin Bevin on the Socialist ambitions of the NHS
This article written by the Editorial Board of Tribune points out that decades on from the creation of the NHS, there is no scarcity of praise for the greatest social achievement in Britain’s history, but readers of the mainstream press today find precious little mention of its socialist roots. However, this article and interview are struck by…
Trade unions backing down in the face of reactionary militarism is painfully British
The political weakness of many trade unions, including those led by the Left, is highlighted in this article by Joe Glenton, which first appeared in The Canary. Their acceptance of the existing UK state places a severe constraint on their actions. TRADE UNIONS ARE BACKING DOWN IN THE FACE OF REACTIONARY MILITARISM British trade unions…
BBC News changed a headline to make Keir Starmer look slightly less racist
Sir Keir Starmer is waiting for the British ruling class to give his Labour Party their backing, if they lose confidence in the Tory party. This means taking on board much of the Tory agenda backed by the ruling class – subservience to US imperialism, backing for apartheid Israel, Brexit, the state clampdown on protest,…
The British monarchy: a “glorious” feudal class in 21st century trappings
The EL&SD Editorial Board only received this article sometime after Elizabrit’s death and Charlie’s royal proclamation. We have already posted several articles addressing these events. However we think this article contains valuable extra information highlighting the role of the British monarchy in defending ruling class interests and the particular form the UK state takes to…
Review of Paul Mason’s – ‘How to Stop Fascism: History, Ideology, Resistance’
Over the Ukraine war, there have been two campist positions which have emerged on the Left – support or apologetics for Putin, and support or apologetics for NATO, tied to backing for Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership. Paul Mason is an example of the latter. Alfie Hancox’s review of Mason’s How to Stop Fascism: History,…
How anti-trans activists forced Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre into lockdown
The following article by Adam Ramsay of openDemocracy describes the vicious campaign mounted by transphobes in Scotland, directed against Mridul Wadhwa, the director of the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre. HOW ANTI-TRANS ACTIVISTS FORCED EDINBURGH RAPE CRISIS CENTRE INTO LOCKDOWN Edinburgh’s Rape Crisis Centre had always kept its front door open so survivors could walk in…
Independence in Wales “is an inevitable consequence of the end of Britain’s imperial project”
Tom Anderson wrote the following report of the Welsh indepencence demonstration in Cardiff in early October outlining how Welsh independence flows from the ongoing crisis of the UK’s imperialist and unionist state. This article first appeared in The Canary. INDEPENDENCE IN WALES IS THE THE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE OF THE END OF BRITAIN’S IMPERIAL PROJECT At…
The currency capitulation
The following article, written by Jonathon Shafi of conter, outlines the political significance of the SNP government’s Building a New Scotland. He argues that adopting this paper means “any Scottish sovereignty is more distant than ever”. THE CURRENCY CAPITULATION The realisation of any Scottish sovereignty is more distant than ever We don’t need to…
Mass media Omerta: burying Al Jazeera’s ‘The Labour Files’
The following article was first posted by Al Jazeera. It shows how the Labour Party bureaucracy attacked Corbyn to clear the way for a pro-British establishment leader ready to bow to the whims of the City, IMF, the British High Command and NATO. In other words they want Labour to act as the British ruling…