Last week's riots revealed anger but also the weakness of our class. We must inspire disaffected youth with a vision of a different society, says Callum Williamson Urban riots, such as those we witnessed over four nights last week, rarely result in a positive outcome for our class and at worst can lead to tragedy. The ...
No candidate to replace the USA exists or looks likely to arise, writes James Turley. First published in the Weekly Worker. In recent years, there have been no end of occasions for military strategists to wonder what, exactly, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is actually for. It used to be pretty obvious: with the Soviet ...
Withdrawal calls reveal lack of strategy, writes James Turley In times of severe economic crisis, the basic living conditions of masses of people are thrown into disarray. Entire states go bankrupt, leaving millions vulnerable to redundancy, poverty and worse. In these conditions, people inevitably fight back - in however disorganised, however haphazard a fashion. In the present ...
Alistair Darling’s pre-budget report includes a ‘supertax’ on bankers’ bonuses. James Turley calls for more The bankers are at it again. In spite of their new status as national hate-figures and pariahs, which has even extended - if only in words - to the political establishment, the rapid approach of the festive season has once again ...
We feature here two videos of sessions from Communist University where members of Communist Students gave the introductory opening talks. To see which other videos are available, please visit the CPGB's Vimeo video channel at: http://vimeo.com/cpgb 'Capitalism's crisis: how do we organise?' Ben Lewis of Communist Students and the CPGB speaks alongside Hillel Ticktin, Moshe Machover and ...