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resignationBenefits: fix the system, tax the rich!Lambeth Council to stop helping immigration enforcementTurkey clamps down as Israel manoeuvresSperm, health, and manlinessIranian monarchists attack freedom protestChina: the crisis behind the hukou changesMarx on the “18th Brumaire”The Spanish revolution of 1936Leon Trotsky on SpainWhat Farage wants to turn back the clock toA fight for accountability and resourcesScrap the Palestine Action ban!Sudan: support the Emergency Response RoomsLetter: government by enlightened littérateurs?NHS Trusts are still cutting jobsSeeing Israel as representing male supremacy?Cover match-fixingIs “that black stuff” really safe?Students to meet 31 July-1 AugustFarmers, land, and developers on filmPCS steps up where-to-work disputeConsultants ballot on pay and moreScottish Labour review: missing the big questionsLe Pen will stand for president despite being convictedMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-771-15-july-2026

Women's Fightback 37, Summer 2026. For centuries medicine had viewed women’s bodies as inferior, unstable, weak and dangerous. This legacy still haunts us. As Women’s Fightback 37, a Health Special went to press, a damning three-year long review of the biggest childbirth scandal in NHS history concludes revealing brutal treatment of those receiving maternity care.Our editorial charts the history of how women’s health has been understood, the role the National Health Service has played in improving women’s health and the challenges we face today through inequality, privatisation and distrust in health systems.We have reports of campaigns of workers improving trans healthcare fighting HIV stigma, saving care services and to support sex worker decriminalisation.Our country profile covers women’s struggles in Hungary, and we have class struggle feminists reports from Latvia, the US and Nigeria.Articles:Editorial: Women's Health, Inequality and the Future of the NHSTrans Segregation, a New Era of Misogyny: the EHRC Code of PracticeSheffield Trans Healthcare Practice Learning InitiativeFight the EHRC Not Reps!Strike Saves Central Hill Dementia CentreUnionising Against HIV StigmaChallenge to Women's Rights in LatviaAgainst the Cult of Personality: César Chávez and the UFWWho Cares? UK Fostering System in CrisisEverlasting Bread exposes Nigerian Authorities' Lack of Care for Public HealthThe Many Lives of Tracey Emin'Inside the Manosphere' barely scratches the surfaceFeatured Poet: Elly GaultUnions Move to Support Sex Work DecriminalisationOur Family History: a Review of Two BooksObituary: Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026)When Workers Occupied Their HospitalWomen’s Struggles in HungaryFar right beaten back in BrightonMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/womens-fightback/womens-fightback-37-summer-2026Women's Fightback is a socialist feminist magazine by Workers' Liberty. We stand for trans-inclusive, sex-positive, class struggle feminism. We organise in our workplaces and trade unions, and in the student movement and Labour Party for socialist feminist politics. Get your copy now!

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Resist coup in PCS!Ukraine asserts itself against BelarusSD Platform: fighting for a progressive alternative in UkraineElectronic balloting to go aheadPolitical independence of the working class40 years of questioning on mental healthTeachers' wildcat strikes push back governmentClashes at Prospect conferenceMozgovoy, the “Ghost” Brigade, and DonbasMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-770-1-july-2026

Letter: Literacy and edtechLetter: A false polarisationLetter: A case against the under-16 banOverturn and subvert the Code of PracticePrint is not just another mediumSchool support staff need new union dealWell short of what’s neededThe Communist Manifesto of 1848Rosa Luxemburg on renewing MarxismTo open up Labour, win MakerfieldUse legal rights against workplace heat!Ebola, capitalism, and Trump’s aid cutsYoung men in USA turn religiousWhat we saw in Lviv and KyivThe TUC’s ERA toolkit: check the small printNo land without an owner?The CPB’s rotten curate’s eggLaying waste to southern LebanonDUP blocks Northern Ireland’s “ERA”Socialist Worker’s mess on MakerfieldThings likely to get worseNeither Washington nor Tehran, but workers’ libertyWhy I rejected the University of Bath pay offerHow the General Strike was lostWhat we can learn from SNP scandalUnruly schools on filmLetter: Learn from ChayanovMilei attacks the working class and its unionsEco-socialism must have more politics, not less!Antimilitarism which forgets those who have been attacked is no antimilitarismIn retrospect: Marx, Thatcher, and Sunday shoppingAnother successful strike. Now escalate!Free Yaser Ahmadinejad!Aerospace workers strike for paySeize the loot of the rich!Conference and Andrea Egan’s first 139 daysGreen councils, reversing cuts, and the Lib-DemsMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-769-10-june-2026

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Solidarity 768, 27 May 2026. Articles:Prepare for Heat Strike!One-euro meals for all studentsPCS conference sets a new courseDementia care workers can winTwo films from the past, for todayHow can so many be racists?Chernobyl: the botched emergency responseMusicians against the far rightOnly replacing profit will do itTo curb social media, boost real lifeWhy we focus as we doWhy did you miss these?Internationalism. Capital as a social relationDebate on Ukraine, Israel-Palestine, ChinaUnruly schools, part fourThe conceit of the “safe seat”Organise the left for reversing BrexitPutin blunders on“Fiscal rules” row is a sidetrackThe RCP: what about the unions?Abolish the Duchy of Lancaster!Make unions go beyond “expressing concern”Standing Together helps Palestinian defenceWorkers’ Liberty at LO feteIreland: who will win from decline of FF and FG?Trump and Iran: the workers and poor payBack Iran's workers and feminist activists, not CODIRThe Putin-Galloway international?How the labour movement can change agriculture16 May: TUFF puts down a markerOpen up Labour democracyMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-768-27-may-2026

Ireland: the new communalism and racism Oddball left group tries to disrupt May Day PCS: election victory sets scene Don’t let commissioners block bins deal Staff-student unity emerging Don’t fall ill on the Tube Victory at mining museum Feynman and the Challenger disaster Lambeth dementia care workers strike MHCLG in action from 1 May Students at Goldsmiths lead the way Chernobyl: a bureaucratic disaster More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-767-13-may-2026?

: the 1915 Glasgow women's rent strike AI and the erasure of consent: Laura Bates' essential new book The Supreme Court ruling: one year on LOUD WOMEN: in conversation with Cassie Fox Power and control in women's boxing From red-pilled to pink-pilled Radical intimacy: the personal is political Uniting our struggles: bodily autonomy, disability and feminism Women in Mexico 1600s-2025 Coercion: lessons from the USA Unison: Andrea Egan election win — the fight starts nowMore online: https://workersliberty.org/wf

as the universal answerA drastic tipping point may be closeReform's two strands of misogynyThe Pope is not the anti-TrumpA draft charter for Labour democracyThe roots of Syria's civil war, 2012-2024The modes of capitalismA crisis of unruly schools part twoDebate: How to limit social media harmBefore Ukraine there was FinlandHealth conference ducks pay fightTUC region backs police boostLessons from a new account of French TrotskyismSamuel Beckett: 120 years and still waitingLetter: Why bother with the Greens?Union needs to explain to its members26 April 1986: ChernobylMHCLG now needs solid actionSave this daycare centre!NEU needs clear demandsNCMM: workers still optimisticBirmingham Bins update More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-766-22-april-2026

A: The Greens, Labour, and usPushback at NEU conferenceThe NEU Left after conferenceHope after eight monthsApril is National Poetry Month“If you break your arm, come into work”Challenges in where-to-work disputeUniversities strike over payDoctors still demand restorationGive the unpaid carers a break!May Day, Trump, and AvignonPA ban arrests now total 3,300More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-765-15-april-2026

In our initial upload of 764 we missed out pages 17-21, instead substituting in old audio. This has now been corrected, but if you listened to 764 and want to catch up on the missing pieces, here they are.

France: after the second roundSocialism and the Post-Literate Society28 March is still the beginningAfter local elections, school workers strikeStudents mobilise against the “death spirals”Rally backs Northumbria UCUAre the bosses stringing us along?Who are these people?Movement in Birmingham bins disputeWorking class culture and World War 1Labour should not copy Danish Social Democrats (except on wealth tax)Hope in museum strikePolice restart arrests on anti-ban protestsSupport the doctorsUS left pushing for strike on May DayMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-764-1-april-2026

Organise the unorganised! Against TUC expulsion!How to wreck a Labour PartyLetter: Be sharper against Trump and Israel28 March as a step for 1 May?Letter: Still need to fight in the labour movementLiving amidst constant warObituary: Country Joe McDonald (1942 – 7 March 2026)“All The Rage” in ManchesterA preview of the Greens’ conferenceVote for Graham slate, but criticallyNoon to noon strikes should work betterKino Eye: Bertolucci's NovecentoNon-striker sacked after pro-strike protestHuge cuts at HallamNew strikes at NorthumbriaFirst round of France's municipal electionsMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-763-18-march-2026

Solidarity 762, 4 March 2026. Articles:Iran: Against US-Israeli bombing. For a secular republic and a workers’ governmentRest In Power, Yanar MohammedIran: responses from the left and labour movementNetanyahu goes for “endless war”Plan together, resist togetherWhat to do after Gorton and DentonOn the ground in Gorton and DentonTactical voting for… anyone but Labour?“The Many” claims a false mandateA staging post on a bigger shiftDivestment edges forward, but to where?Inclusive words, but ineffective actionsMaking the “others” countPrivate landownership comes from conquestNow an anti-fascist united front for Manchester, 18 AprilLetter: Racism on the riseTrump tries to hold MAGA togetherSilence from museum bossesStories from the doorstepNorthumbria strikes again from 2 MarchUniversity cuts battles: Leicester, Sheffield, HallamPut free education back on agendaNEU votes to organise support staffThese iPads aren’t real helpNEU ballots from 28 February“It is the time of monsters”: films about GramsciBackground notes on GramsciFor a real shorter work week!After setback, rebuild density!It’s not really rowdy studentsHundreds out against Newham cutsFree Yaser AhmadinejadMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-762-4-march-2026

For a free Ukraine! “Epstein files”shows us how the rich rule Against far right, for a workers’ united front The great council house giveaway High Court mostly backs EHRC The alternatives in Cuba: a different view How Iran became a despotism Beating Reform and beating racism How the Islamists crushed the workers Turn for the worse since July Revolution in Bangladesh Strong pickets at Northumbria “Good for them!” And now coordination? A landmark documentary on housing MHCLG to re-ballot from 2 March Battles over university cuts and student loans Strike against zero pay offer Mining museum bosses still stubbornMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-761-18-february-2026

In Retrospect: Racism, Housing and Winifred Atwell Waiting for politics? Vote Ruth Cashman for CEC, transfer to GL Unite the Union: Back to... union democracy Book review. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism Uptick planned at Birmingham bins Leicester scales up its cuts Sheffield University gives ultimatum Northumbria university strikes from 12 February Left groups agree PCS slate Blow Up and the Sixties A poor sort of 4-day week Egan pledges help to NCMM strike Tetrosyl dispute needs workers’ controlMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-760-4-february-2026

Solidarity 753, 8 October 2025. Articles:“Peace is the only way forward”Tube: an "improved" offer?Trump’s world or ours?Protests multiply inside IsraelIsrael out of Gaza and West Bank!Rally against antisemitism in all its forms!Restore the right to protest!Rotten apples or rotten barrel?Digital ID is a snare“Your Party” plans remain opaqueZarah Sultana and her political mixOur case for backing UkraineDo they get paid for this?School libraries: Labour’s plan is not enoughLabour: some shifts, but still uphillTories say they will scrap net-zeroThe “Rockwell paradox” and fatherhoodSudan: horror continues despite ceasefire talkDon’t boycott Israel’s Standing Together movementUnited front and popular front todayTrotsky’s theses on United FrontMaoism with Italian CharacteristicsA postscript on Foster and Monthly ReviewFight the prejudices which feed the horrorsFrance’s crisis and far-right threatLabour goes for mini-grantsSheffield UCU votes for strikesBirmingham bins: bring back the offer!Leaf-fall: let’s talk about itPortraying a world of angerA Sicilian detective thrillerBuses strike again from 10 OctoberStanding firm against PFI profiteersMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-753-8-october-2025

Women's Fightback 35, Autumn 2025. This summer has seen the return of far-right marches through our streets and town centres. Under the false pretence of protecting women, far-right mobs have targeted hotels housing asylum seekers and mosques. Their racist nationalism is increasingly normalised by a Labour government that stretches further to the right to accommodate the demands of Reform.In this issue, we expose where the roots of women's oppression really lie: the system of capitalism. We explore what we mean by class struggle feminism; cover the fight for bodily autonomy – from trans rights to abortion access at home, abroad and across time; the relationship between women and the far right, and how socialists, feminists and trade unionists are fighting back. We cover revolutionary art from poetry to surrealism, and discuss how the way we talk about films, wellness and health sometimes echo broader trends towards social conservatism.Articles: A hot autumn in HE? Students and workers - unite and fight No complacency on access to abortion Class struggle feminism Conscientious objection and the fight for abortion access in Italy How the EHRC is failing trans people Jean 'Binta' Breeze: close to the heart Materialists - separating the feminists from the classists The Online Safety Act Pink-pilled: reflections from summer camp Reproductive rights through class and race: Margaret Sanger and Marie Stopes Massive far right mobilisation: sound the alarm Our perspective on Stand Up to Racism The myth of the black rapist revisted Unison GS election: elect Andrea Egan, fight for union democracy! Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore: surrealism in rebellion The fight for 52 Israel out of Gaza and the West Bank! More online: https://workersliberty.org/wfWomen's Fightback is a socialist feminist magazine by Workers' Liberty. We stand for trans-inclusive, sex-positive, class struggle feminism. We organise in our workplaces and trade unions, and in the student movement and Labour Party for socialist feminist politics. Get your copy now!

Solidarity 752, 24 September 2025. Articles: Tube: name more strike dates now! Dempsey: don't sidestep "Reform" Take back the wealth! Massive far-right mobilisation: sound the alarm Gaza: stop the horror! Israel's war party is on a land-grab Being a Palestinian activist in Israel “Now is the time to refuse” Branches, democracy, activity needed For democracy, against sortition Excusing Putin’s drone attack on Poland Why street protests matter Labour’s leaders batten down the hatches Russia's Ukraine war is also ecocide Justice for Agnes Wanjiru Trump threatens our light and air Maoists fall from power in Nepal Trans people and the toilet wars Monthly Review: a critique How can councils defeat the cuts? Myanmar military goes for "proxy" unions Immigration raids up under Labour Outsourced workers demand NHS rate for the job TUC calls for taxing top wealth Reinstating the idea of a “clean wage” Cuts fight rekindles at Sheffield University Battleship Potemkin is 100 years old March backs Birmingham bin workers Bus drivers strike in Burnham’s patch Against Farage, push for solidarity Italian unions strike for GazaMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-752-24-september-2025

Solidarity 751, 10 September 2025. Articles: For free movement and workers’ solidarity! Tax the rich to bring services, jobs, and homes for all The Greens and Sultana-Corbyn project Getting the left heard within Labour Palestine Action: lift the ban! Israel out of Gaza and West Bank! Putin remains on the attack Sexism persists in medicine China turns to help Myanmar military Morning Star ums and ahs over Sultana The one person Starmer should have sacked Party, or support group for “independent” MPs? France in political crisis Trump or democracy: who dies first? Fragmenting the world market Biological and social materiality Against Popular Fronts, for United Fronts Unity is not a cure-all Committees of Action and People’s Front How to brake CO2 emissions from aviation Are France Insoumise and NFP models for us? Debate: Peggie is a victimised worker Debate: Peggie case could set dangerous precedent The Chartist workers’ fight for knowledge Tube strike solid but no concessions yet Another union protest on 17 September Fight clampdown on international students Back on the picket line My favourite Western Universities need new anti-cuts campaigns Birmingham bins vote 99.5% to stay out Nottingham University strikes 22-24 SeptemberMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-751-10-september-2025

Solidarity 750, 27 August 2025. Articles:All out on LU and DLR!Back anti-war revolt inside Israel!How war became Israel’s new normal, and how to change thatPalestine Action: lift the ban!An idea, a promise... a cult?“Hotel” panic: solidarity with refugees!Putin, Trump, and World War Two nostalgiaWelcome to Europe: the far right in UKTrade unions discuss challenge from EHRCLessons of the Thistle anti-racist protestThe SWP and the Corbyn–Sultana partySultana-Corbyn: where is the project going?How not to build a new left party: lessons from FranceRussia's war on Ukraine gets worseWhat kickback at Labour conference?Trans rights and political polarisationDebate: the Peggie-Upton case and the demonisation of trans people.Workers’ Liberty policy on trans rightsMyanmar military targets trade-unionistsMaoism: the Stalinism of our epochTrump’s police clampdown spreads from LA to DCGreen parties across the worldTariffs and world-market regime-changeHow I became a socialist: A choice every day to organisePCS demands Rayner meet with unionBirmingham bins dispute must be revitalisedSharifeh Mohammadi faces death sentence in IranFine words butter no vegetablesBackground notes on Animal FarmWin for Nottingham HCSWsAnimal Farm on filmSheffield megapicket draws 150BMA calls new ballotMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-750-27-august-2025

Solidarity 749, 6 August 2025. Articles: One year of Labour in power. Where next for the left? Back the anti-war protests in Israel Why recognising Palestine matters How to fight the far-right protests Who will shape the “new party”? “Mega picket” boost for bin strikers Court review granted on Palestine Action ban Suwayda: violence and autonomy Iran’s Islamists scapegoat Afghan refugees Not so keen after all… ? Lenin in Zurich, 1916-17 and 2025 Book review: A short history of trans misogyny New codes coming without full debate Rachel’s Rules: a cautionary tale Hundreds of millions have long Covid Extreme heat is workplace violence For a NHS where we can all thrive Resident doctors broaden dispute Stalinism vs Trotskyism: not with the pen but with the bullet or bludgeon Turmoil in the Unite union Trump, Epstein, and the crimes of the powerful Against tariffs, unite workers across borders Epping, SUTR, and the police Why I joined Workers' Fight Debate: the Peggie-Upton case Left prepares for Labour conference What we do when the air-con fails Jazz on Film New offer to Nottingham Health Care Support Workers Turbine-base workers vote to strike Jobs fight at University of Nottingham Sultana-Corbyn: what the left groups sayMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-749-6-august-2025

Due to a technical error, the audio of Solidarity 748 was compiled and uploaded only as far as page 20. The final missing section is uploaded here. Apologies. Articles:Unite union votes for Ukraine solidarityLetter: Two queriesFlurry of Ofsted-induced maniaFootball and women in IranLabour: back the bin strikers!Why Rayner won't talk to her union repsNottingham HCSWs talk of escalation More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-748-16-july-2025

Solidarity 748, 16 July 2025. Articles:Fight to roll back cutsHow to tax the richSupport the resident doctor strikes!Rebuild the NHS! Tax top wealth!Gaza: stop the bombs!Push labour movement to campaign for migrant rightsIs Murray flying a kite?“Anti-Israel” does not equal “left-wing”War, power, and sexual violencePutin looks to a long warWorker power can keep us coolLGBT+ Labour suspends its AGMNew party "not an overnight process"Fund higher education, fee-free!Story of a long Covid battleEye on the left: Behind the "new party" squabblesThe tariff war and Chinese capitalismThe Trotskyists at VorkutaDangers in the new NHS planSerbian protests challenge VučićThe SWP and political IslamAnti-Trump protests on 17 JulyUnion slams Trump’s recordBernie Sanders on the BBB and on the mediaBureaucrats, bureaucratisation, and how to beat themLetter: The Supreme Court and extrapolationsLetter: Trade unions must do more to fight welfare cutsBirmingham mass picket on 25 JulyMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-748-16-july-2025

Solidarity 747, 2 July 2025. Articles: Pay and funding: Winning strategy required Union-Labour rebels can beat cuts Setbacks at Unison conference Union win in Lambeth Israel out of Gaza and West Bank! Peace! EHRC “update” still in limbo “I am not the accused, I am the accuser” “No vote for Labour”… but does it matter? Zohran Mamdani wins the primary Why do “enemy feminisms” abound? Oppose the Palestine Action ban! Travelling without trashing the world Socialist Party equivocates on Israel-Iran A reply to Michael Chessum Hong Kong left forced into disbanding Marx on breaking the chains We still need to think about Stalinism Debate: USA: the unions can stop Trump Story of a long Covid battle Letter: The Supreme Court did think it through Letter: Reform UK is "Nationalist Authoritarian Right" Scarlett Letters bookshop goes into occupation RMT AGM debates policy Why not a mess room for all? MAS*H and Loretta Swit Doctors ballot over pay Nottingham strikers are stronger Sheffield mass picket on 9 JulyMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-747-2-july-2025

Solidarity 746, 18 June 2025. Articles: Schools: fight for pay and funding! Israel-Iran: Stop the War! Many fronts in Trump’s power grab Iranian left calls for peace Support opposition in Israel and in Iran! Billions in cuts still underway Lambeth set to strike China apologist’s accidental revelations The life and work of Dan Gallin, 1931-2025 Pushing back on EHRC guidance Abortion: end the 1861 law! Sheffield University win on trans rights Still on “local independent” line An underwhelming Labour victory Poor sick pay costs lives Labour after the Spending Review Gaps in Employment Rights Bill Workers’ Liberty at LO fête The legacy of Phyllis and Julius Jacobson Many millions out against Trump Sanders declares new “Fighting Oligarchy” drive How Putin rules in occupied Ukraine Woke but antiworker? Birmingham bin strike could last until December Sheffield injunction against strike Save Ealing’s children’s centres! The NPA-R and Lotta Comunista Breathless (À bout de souffle), 1960 Orgreave inquiry now! Nottm HCSWs are stronger than everMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-746-18-june-2025

Women's Fightback #34, Summer 2025.Women's Fightback is a socialist feminist magazine by Workers' Liberty. We stand for trans-inclusive, sex-positive, class struggle feminism. We organise in our workplaces and trade unions, and in the student movement and Labour Party for socialist feminist politics. Get your copy now! https://workersliberty.org/wfThe blunt truth is that things aren't getting better. Austerity continues in the UK and women are at the sharp end of it. The Supreme Court ruling on the definition of sex, and more substantively its interpretation in the hands of state and corporate institutions, is a major setback for the ability of trans people to live with dignity. The police have been instructed to seize the phones and search the homes of women who have late-term miscarriages, so that they might be prosecuted under a law from 1861. The manosphere is turning young men into activist misogynists.But the future is yet to be written. In this issue, we bring you news of these developments but we also set out what must be done – and what feminists, socialists, trade unionists, and trans rights activists are already doing – to push back. The battle lines run through our culture as well as our politics. So we also bring you reviews of a new stage play looking at Section 28, recipes from an incarcerated Iranian feminist, and much more.Articles:Pathways to poverty, women and the welfare stateDeath by a thousand cuts. A short history of getting less and needing moreOn the slogan 'Welfare not Warfare'Saving our domestic violence servicesAfter the Supreme Court: the fight for trans rightsTrans rights: the fight in the unionsWe fight again: a brief history of trans rights in BritainAfter the Act and the new Section 28Why we marchedLost BoysPink-pilledSex wars: why we stand for sex positive feminismWorkers for decrimThe weight of wordsMiscarriage? Still birth? Now the police will search your phoneThe Evin Prison Bakers' ClubSudanese women and the crisis of indifferenceThe cult of patriarchy (and how to resist it)Women without kidsElla Keidar released from prison

Solidarity 745, 4 June 2025. Articles:Tax the rich to fund social provision"Black flag" means an order you must disobeyAcademics in Israel oppose the warAnti-war movement in Israel stands firmUnions must move against Trump after 14 JuneGaza: ceasefire now!Lambeth libraries vote for strikesBuild on union-Labour revolt against benefit cuts!Denouncing Starmer for saying the sameIslamists flex their muscles in BangladeshThe jewel in the “local independent” crown?How unions can defend trans peopleLetter: Everyone is male or femaleKhan challenges Starmer on cannabisInflation in 2025?EHRC contradicts “free from harassment”Stormy days for Labour leadership“Not all Bengalis”: Bangladesh’s highlandsThe revolutionary left 34 years after 1991PKK to disband, but Kurdish rights doubtfulQuiet conference, tense year ahead?PCS leaders fold on payWhen it all goes wrong at onceMarcel Ophuls (1927-2025)Planning next steps against the closuresNottingham strike steps up 9-13 JuneOur 31 May day schoolMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-745-4-june-2025

Solidarity 744, 28 May 2025. Articles: Independent Labour Day in Singapore Care workers strike in Scotland Kneecap: drop the charges! After winter fuel u-turn: stop benefit cuts Birmingham bins need action to break deadlock Lambeth ballot closes 29 May Doctors ballot from 27 May Letter: Wrong on the Supreme Court Ignorant and cowardly: PCS leaders on trans rights Diary of a Tube driver: "£3k a month to look at the depot?" The origins of Militant and of the Socialist Party Great British National Strike: a flop, but a warning The Green Party: a home for socialists? This “anti-Zionism” is antisemitism MPs to debate decriminalising abortion We demand... what change? Condemned… for condemning Hamas Stop the war! Aid to Gaza! Recognise Palestine! Fight in the labour movement for trans rights Editorial: For Ukraine, and for Ukraine’s workers! Mass deportations and 14 June Another imperialist denial of Ukraine 2025 inflation at 8% or more The 1944 coup attempt against Hitler The fall of "orthodox" illusions Mass council house-building neededMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-744-28-may-2025

Solidarity 743, 14 May 2025. Articles: We need care workers, not Starmer's demagogy Trump’s road to economic chaos and autocracy Peace! Two states and equal rights! “Change is needed, and possible” The mask slips on Putin and Ukraine Turkish union’s whole leadership arrested Step up fight on benefit cuts! Iran: against war, against nuclear weapons Unions can push back for trans rights Open borders! Migrant and local workers’ unity Another version of Collective? Finland, the labour movement and women's rights Feminism, capitalism, and alienation The case for open borders International conference on 16-18 May Big vehicle-workers’ strike in China GMB takes Amazon to court Against war over Kashmir The cavalry at Lifford Lane Why is this the court’s problem? Setback in PCS election Disney’s Bambi and the original Letter: Who torched the Reichstag? Stop cuts in NHS! Vindictiveness at University of East Anglia Universities continue cutsMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-743-14-may-2025

Solidarity 742, 7 May 2025. Articles:NASUWT General Secretary: an appointment masquerading as an electionAgainst tariff wars, workers’ unity"Scientifically illiterate ruling", say doctorsThe benefits of Brexit?Scrap the benefit cuts!Ukraine signs minerals deal with the USStudents join university cuts fightDefy the EHRC non-guidance!Unions move to defend trans membersSolidarity? No, you’re just a proxyThe dogs that didn’t barkUnions are central to eco-policySchools and the “guidance” documentsTrump speeds power-grabDifferent roads to autocracyMay Day in the USAIsrael goes for “conquer” and “hold”Reform wins are a warningWorkers’ Liberty debates the year aheadHow we can learn from historyKneecap and the right to offendLink pay battles across public sectorThe debates due at PCS conferenceDo the trial, or lose the moneyLeni Riefenstahl: Hitler’s filmmakerMHCLG first wave is strongSupport the bin workers!Yes, the HCSWs can winUber drivers strike on 1 MayMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-742-7-may-2025

Workers’ Fight newspaper ran during a time of great class battles in Britain, dramatic events internationally, and intense and fluid debate within the left. It was a time which made for vivid and weighty memories. Workers' Liberty volume 3, issue #77 looks back at it.https://workersliberty.org/publications/workers-liberty-magazine/latest-issue/workers-liberty-volume-3-september-2005/workers

Solidarity 741, 23 April 2025. Articles:Their globalisation may be crashing, but ours must not20,000 protest for trans rights!Israel pushes people to the coast in GazaNEU conference votes to back UkraineThe Morning Star’s Jewish problemWhat’s happening with We Demand ChangeMake Unison act against benefit cuts!Having to travel for abortionStudents back Sheffield University strikeUSA: has the pushback started?“No Kings”, 1775 and 2025The realities of climate migration“Neither London nor Birmingham, but the bostin’ Black Country!”How workers beat the Kapp putschLi Dazhao, China’s first communistThe Bolsheviks and the syndicalistsVote for a fighting democratic union in PCSMHCLG striking from 22 AprilWide support for hospital workersFM strikes pause for reballotsG4S striker says: no two-tier system!How can he get away with it?Agnès Varda: a life in imagesBirmingham bin strikers reject new offerNationalise steel! A workers' plan for green transition!Lambeth libraries to ballot from 30 AprilMore online: https://www.workersliberty.org/index.php/publications/solidarity/solidarity-741-23-april-2025

Solidarity 740, 9 April 2025. Articles: Use referendum vote as launchpad for a fight for a four-day week on our terms The most drastic shift ever in capitalist world economics Unite to stop the cuts! Starvation and murder in Gaza Hurtling towards authoritarianism Full-spectrum response needed Fight back against university cuts Lambeth Unison against zero-hours The “traitor” and the Stalinist Lever, or “alternative labour movement”? Trump backs UK anti-abortionists Beating the benefit cuts Environment: a triple crisis Wait for a Moses? No, organise! Raid on Youth Demand meeting Germany seeks to deport protesters Decades of national revolt Unite: stop law cases, sort out scandal Ukraine: not a proxy war Poverty kills, austerity kills A week with Standing Together A strike before I was born shaped me "Workers'" candidate attacks Reform from right Hoping his own side will curb Trump The most popular cartoon character you’ve never seen Nottingham HCAs strike for pay Act now on Network Rail payMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-740-9-april-2025

Solidarity 739, 2 April 2025. Articles: Beating the benefit cuts 5 April action against Trump coup Threat from Reform on 1 May Will Trump become king? Resistance must be built Ceasefire! IDF out of West Bank and Gaza! Don’t let Trump keep us off-kilter A useful idiot for the Morning Star Benefit cuts will hit women worst Discussing Europe-wide Ukraine solidarity Fifteen JSO people still in jail An engine that isn’t driving A gap to fill on Labour left Lively conference, unclear plans French far right is not finished Myanmar: a crisis within a crisis Debate: From Myanmar to Ukraine A “frontlash” from neoliberalism Lenin and Joe Colombo Workers need party politics How Reeves painted Labour into a corner Listening to my friends argue about politics The world inside Facebook FM workers out again from 7 April Sheffield and Cardiff UCU vote for strikes Capita out again to 22 April Solidarity means learning fast When the Post exposed Nixon Strike vote in Rayner’s department Birmingham bins on indefinite strike Lambeth Unison sets red linesMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-739-2-april-2025

Solidarity 738, 26 March 2025. Articles: Coup in the USA Tax top wealth, stop the cuts! A movement not a moment Restore ceasefire! Peace! Dumbing down America for dictatorship The Maga takeover in microcosm Defending Duterte... and Chinese “democracy” Israel has had enough of Netanyahu Women’s TUC backs decriminalisation Free Mahrang Baloch! Free Balochistan! Draft constitution will not subdue fears in Syria Beyond EVs to eco-aware transport Street protests defy Turkey’s clampdown Like People’s Assembly, but not quite Fear and loathing in the Trump regime Scrap 50% rule now The cruelty of shrivelled souls Debate: Against cuts and against trashing Ukraine Lambeth ballots for anti-cuts strike Sheffield students vote to back UCU strikes Three schools reprieved in Isle of Wight When “agitation” contradicted propaganda Drop charges against the Drax 15! What resonated was socialist feminism Matt Wrack goes for Nasuwt job Unison: vote TFRC and build the grassroots! A Swedish classic: Wild Strawberries FM workers out again 7-13 April Teachers’ pay: vote for strikes! GSTT cleaners can win RMT activists launch new networkMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-738-26-march-2025

Solidarity 737, 19 March 2025. Articles:Resistance is urgentForce Netanyahu to back downStop the cuts!Stop cuts, tax top wealthBulldozing from the rostrumWhy to support increased defence spendingBacklashes, then and nowHow to travel with fewer emissionsRelease Mahmoud Khalil! Stop the deportations“Scrap fiscal rules” is no quick fixWill the Morning Star row back?Bangladesh students launch new “centre” partyWorkers central in BelarusJustice for Ukraine, not a Trump-Putin dealHow hidden doctrine swayed politics in the crisisUnion action made socialism realScrap 50% turnout rule now!Concede? Not before a fightThe greatest detective of all timeSolidarity with hard-pressed Ukraine!Isle of Wight schools ballot for strikesFacilities Management: be ready for re-ballotsMore online: https://workersliberty.org/index.php/publications/solidarity/solidarity-737-19-march-2025

Solidarity 736, 12 March 2025. Articles: Trump and Netanyahu push to restart war Block the cuts! Tax the rich! Against Putin-Trump! Ceasefire-protection troops in Ukraine? Stop Trump’s oligarchy! Permanent ceasefire! Rebuild Gaza! No increase in military spending! Unhealthy enthusiasm for Wagenknecht Belarus: Time for solidarity against Putin Climate change feeds child marriages Sanctions on Syria increase poverty The evolution of Extinction Rebellion Sheffield holds anti-cuts referendum Film shows Israeli-Palestinian “co-resistance” How McSweeney made his coup Minerals deal? Stand with Ukrainian workers Former Polish political prisoners denounce Trump What was “militancy” in Northern Ireland in 1968-69? After Reform UK, the RCP’s turn next? Gaining a real right to strike A new threat from H5N1 bird flu This “four day week” is no good PCS ballots in Rayner’s department The best Australian film ever? FM strikes may restart NEU strike against victimisationA lot more online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-736-12-march-2025

Women's Fightback 33, Winter/Spring 2025. With Trump back in office, and the far right ascendant across large partsof the world, the challenges facing socialists and feminists are starker than ever. In this issue we hear about the fight for democracy in Putin's Russia, from a military refuser in Israel building the opposition to the occupation of Palestine, and about socialists in the US trying to reorient and rebuild.We explore the 'manosphere' and the alt-right pipeline radicalising young men in the UK, the impact that pornography is having on our sexual horizons, and much more besides – with our usual mix of history, culture, and poetry. Enjoy!Articles: Trump's New World Order Gregg Wallace Building an independent socialist left Organise with us for abortion rights Israel's "fucked generation" takes on the occupation Poland's war on women Trying to make power out of hatred and destruction Dispatches from Ukraine The Manosphere Exposing the realities of pornography Un Violador en tu Camino (A rapist in your path) Trans Strike Back! All Fours The labour of care Organising barmaids and acrobats Acts of creation Hotel LuxMore online: https://www.workersliberty.org/wf

Solidarity 735, 26 February 2025. Articles:Against the Trump-Putin carve up of Ukraine!Save and complete the ceasefireStop Trump’s coup in USADay of action, but fightback needs moreIsrael out of the West Bank!Having a laugh about Ukraine“Only peace will bring security”Chemicals that pollute foreverTrump, Queensland, and apathyMarx and Engels on the German electionsThe resurgence of “Blue Labour”An “existential threat” from Trump“Contracted-out” campaigns will not beat ReformFar-right and left gains in German pollUkraine’s unions need our supportMake Ukraine pay for “left” posturing?Debating Ukraine and Israel-PalestinePrivatised water is an organised rip-offMore on Bob DylanFund transport by taxing the wealthyA compromise on refresher trainingLetter: Dimensions of the gender gapsThe Scopes trial: issues then and nowStop the cuts, use reservesLambeth Unison moves against cutsCapita strike from 26 FebruaryMore: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-735-26-february-2025

Day-by-day, how the state broke down in Northern Ireland, 1969: Workers' Liberty 3/76. By Sean Matgamna.More online: https://workersliberty.org/day-day-how-state-broke-down-northern-ireland-1969-workers-liberty-376

Solidarity 734, 19 February 2025. This paper came with WL 3/76, which will be uploaded as a separate audio. Articles: Trump prepares disaster for Ukraine Peace, two states, equal rights! Stop the anti-migrant drive! Campaign for free movement The West Bank is burning The “domestic labour debate” of 1960s and 70s Praising Trump on USAid and Ukraine Munich 2025: Return of the “Guilty Men” Solace workers win a pause 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz Letter: Strike call was too casual Letters: General strike, US coup d’état, BSW is good Behind the conflict in DR Congo Sheffield students ramp up anti-cuts effort Trump nixes worker rights watchdog Stop Rosebank! Replace fossil fuels now More on Bob DylanMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-734-19-february-2025

Solidarity 733, 12 February 2025. Articles: A world reshaped by Trump? Resist! Gaza: threat of return to war Resisting the far right in Germany Why defend bourgeois democracy? Reinstate the other three! Trump plan boosts Israeli far right Carbon-capture: the future and now US federal workers set action for 19 February Debate: A general strike to stop Trump Galloway, the Tates, and the far right Goma’s nightmare and global capitalism Serbia: rebuild from scratch? Wages for housework is no answer What the workers wrote in Lenin's day Sheffield anti-cuts fight accelerates Letter: We shouldn’t be deferential Letter: How to restrain flights An about-turn in RS21 Transphobia and the Women's March From Sheffield to Stuttgart to Bolton Letter: “Dozens of activities” in Gaza A new pole on the French far left More on Bob Dylan Another film from Norway Going to the brink isn’t enough Left challenge in PCS election Drive planned against council cuts Capita strikes for payMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-733-12-february-2025

Solidarity 732, 29 January 2025. Articles:Fight back! Tax top wealth!Complete the ceasefires! Peace, two states!Trump says evict GazansTrump restored: Heil to the Chief?New wave of cuts at universitiesThe West Bank is burningMorning Star: still backing Yakoob?McKinley: Trump’s favourite PresidentCuts threaten help for abuse victimsDo some leftists not want ceasefires to stick?Build alternatives to airport growthMore on Bob DylanNot just “PEM” tinkering: reverse Brexit!Owen Jones forgets about Salma Kaddouni“Left-populist” line in Germany is not so leftWas Stalinism ever a step forward?Northern Ireland from October 1968 to August 1969Inequality not our fault, but the systemLetter: Shouldn’t have printed Biden warningWhen we were sued and heresy-huntedWhy they joined the TubeTwo anti-fascist films from NorwayTroublemakers At Work first AGMPCS to reballot in Facility Management disputesFBU: open rank-and-file network neededHow Northern Ireland broke down in 1968-69More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-732-29-january-2025

Solidarity 731, 22 January 2025. Articles: RMT general secretary election: contest needed! Complete the ceasefire! Release fire engine for West Bank Economic impasse? Tax the rich, rebuild the NHS! Women march against misogyny Back Ukrainian workers! Back Ukraine! French far-left meets in tense times Is ceasefire “victory for the Palestinians”? Bob Dylan and the Stalinists Free those arrested on 18 January! Was Assad’s Syria a “workers’ state”? Carbon capture: not an answer, but part of it How a complete unknown became Bob Dylan Trump’s oligarchic power-grab Warnings from Biden and Eisenhower The other side of Rabochaya Mysl How Northern Ireland broke down in 1968-9 How Labour was a path to socialism for me The WRP and embarrassing fiction Help us raise £20,000 by our 2025 Summer Camp! Chatting in the cab Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror Serbia’s oligarchy shaken by protestsMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-731-22-january-2025

Solidarity 730, 15 January 2025. Articles include:Reshape the left to beat the far right!Gaza: stop now! Ceasefire, peace, equal rights“Local” and “independent” is no socialist answerClimate change behind LA firesBack the anti-war protests inside Israel!Musk? Farage? Really it’s all about JeremyIn unity is strength (maybe)Why cosmetic surgery is boomingCan strikes shift the president?Analysing the fall of AssadDebate: No, socialism is not austerityIs "tax the rich" demagogic?Palestine: lessons from historyThe first Irish leftIf you care, then overthrow capitalismPolitics can help win this strikeThe “old evils” are still aroundSolidarity meeting defies boycott callsThe Day of the Jackal mark 2Thanks for all the chats?Higher Education: pay and the financial crisisPCS: face up to austerity prospectsMake “ruthless” the word for the fightbackParis, and other atrocitiesFeeling your appearance is not normal is increasingly normalMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-730-15-january-2025

Solidarity 729, 8 January 2025. Articles: NHS: funding, not “fix-its”! Social care needs public ownership and decent pay Ukraine: new threat posed by Trump Musk, Kickl, Farage, and the rest The kickback from tick-box feminism Stop new horror in Gaza! End the cycle of war! HTS’s win in Syria: a plan made up by Israel? Who rules Georgia? Ivanishvili? Trump threatens the neighbours The opposite of the promises On the sidelines, or inside? Socialist Alternative: a split, but going where? Syria: stirrings against HTS A year of trying to stop arms for Ukraine How the left has used Connolly Korea: then as farce Debate: Blame capitalist production, not working class consumption When we have hours in the mess room Back Andrea Egan in Unison! Compassion put into actionMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-729-8-january-2025

Workers’ Liberty is a socialist organisation. Our members are active in workplaces, Uni campuses, trade unions, the Labour Party, and left politics. We think it is possible to replace capitalism with a better society — socialism. We think that the people who can do this are the working class.This pamphlet sets out what we think, what we do, and what makes us different from other political groups and NGOs. It tells you what is involved with being a member.Order, see contents, and download PDF online: https://workersliberty.org/wsfwl

Solidarity 728, 4 December 2024. Articles:Unity: an open letter to the leftRespite in Lebanon? Ruin in GazaPeace! Two states! Equal rights!“Third World War” hysteria and UkraineRenewed wave of protests in GeorgiaMisogyny and the rise of the far rightSheffield organises against far rightCare workers demand big pay rise in 2025Trump’s USA: “there’s going to be a lot of conflict”Far-right threat rises in FranceThe Earth and limits to consumptionGermany gives us a warningAnti-war protest still simmers in RussiaIreland heads for new FF-FG coalitionThe ups and downs of capitalism and of struggleDebate: Resurgent sexism and the 1968 precedentWhy SWP looks two ways on ZionismTrump 2: chaos and corruption on steroidsDebate: How to counter the “crazy ones”Behind the fall of AleppoFarmers’ struggles in the USAVote Wrack in the FBU!Facility Management strikes to continue into 2025Councils: rebuild our services!More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-728-4-december-2024

Solidarity 727, 27 November 2024. Articles: Ukraine is in danger Link with anti-war movement in Israel-Palestine! “The word to describe it is hope” Gaza: worse by the day Free the Hong Kong 45! Stalinists back Trump on Ukraine Anti-Trump march set for 18 January Only a revived workers’ movement can break climate impasse World leaders unite for workers rights? No From rage to organising A push-pull of capitalism Trump? Never mind, capitalist crisis will radicalise China, chimney of the world Behind the Assisted Dying Bill Sixth-form teachers strike on pay Forerunners of socialism in the early nineteenth century What will the resistance look like? Trump hardens his plans Debate: How the “crazy ones” win Far-right surge in Romania How Stalin starved Ukraine in 1932-33 Manchester police harass Travellers Driving in bad weather The Grapes of Wrath Speak out against Mayos! PCS: stirrings at the baseMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-727-27-november-2024

Solidarity 726, 20 November 2024. Articles: Gaza: Ceasefire! Aid! Back the anti-war left in Israel! Horror in Gaza Netanyahu's dirty politics Building united fronts against Trump United Electrical Workers respond to Trump victory Some lessons on left unity Morning Star says a “Jew hunt” is not antisemitic Georgia’s future depends on us How religion served child abuse League tables will harm the NHS Protest against HK jailings Incineration worse than landfill US election: pick your issue? Housing squeeze behind Irish election Need to lift union horizons Living in a Material World The ripples spread from 5 November Take on corporate greed Response? Join up! Debate: Two comments on the US election Reflections on the US election Marx against "bread and religion socialism" Forerunners of socialism in the early nineteenth century A major blow, and why? Overtime and home ownership I’m Spartacus! No, I’m Spartacus!… Fighting for rights at eCourier Off-key on identity politicsMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-726-20-november-2024

Solidarity 725, 13 November 2024. Articles: After Trump’s win, unite the left! Trump wins: redouble solidarity! Building a “critical mass” of protest Call PCS leaders to account Trump’s victory hangs over Ukraine Solidarity with Ukraine’s schools Will AI go bust? Fight university cuts, abolish fees The working class in the Blitz Referendums win despite Trump Trump, euphoria, and resistance From Third Period to Popular Front? “After Trump, it will be our turn next”? Resisting Trump: a symposium Debate: Employment Bill: a big opportunity Tube pay: not so “groundbreaking” Young Mr LincolnMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-725-13-november-2024

Solidarity 724, 6 November 2024. Articles: After the Reeves £40bn, anti-cuts fight still needed Defend democracy! Defend the US left, labour movement and minorities! Stop the school closures! RMT wrong to call off Tube strike Stop Gaza starving! Spain highlights climate emergency Nothing to fear from Trump? Georgians want democracy and a European future Reeves freezes ceiling on rent help Will Badenoch scare Starmer? Acquittal shows protest can work SOAS: defend the right to protest! Prices revolt in Martinique “Government of death” imposes social cuts Thousands of political prisoners in India Resist Israel’s ban on Unrwa! One press of a button, 100 killed Debate: The US left after 5 November Forerunners of socialism in the early nineteenth century If Trump is beaten, it’ll be thanks to women Debate: Why not a pick-and-choose line? The new RCP: a garbled return of old ideas Sanctions vs solidarity Don’t taint Palestinian cause with conspiracy thinking Betty Boop for President G4S workers strike against “two tiers” Support the eCourier strikes No cuts at University of Sheffield!More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-724-6-november-2024

Solidarity 723, 30 October 2024. Articles: Stop the war! Two states! What would be a workers’ Budget? Ceasefire now! Civil service: fight “60%” rule After 26 October, organise against far right Support self-determination for Taiwan! A counterproductive protest Putin’s victory, Georgia’s nightmare Socialist answers on domestic violence Sheffield university seeks cuts for £54m shortfall Water: public ownership, not “proper prices” Over 40 now jailed for protests Two million may starve in Sudan Solidarity, not cultural boycott Abolish these indefinite sentences! Debate: His own Chief of Staff calls Trump “fascist” Forerunners of socialism in the early nineteenth century Disinformation is the fifth horseman Stop Trump, build working-class politics Debate: How to vote in the “safe” states Polish left party splits Debate: Off-beam on “Lady of Heaven” How to gauge who you trust Rebuild NHS, roll back contracting-out Foreign “accents” in films Tube pay: a small shift by bossesMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-723-30-october-2024

Solidarity 722, 23 October 2024. Articles:Squeeze the millionaires!Gaza is starvingMarch against racism on 26 October!Employment Bill is too weakJustice and Chris KabaConfusion about investment and divestmentGaza: end the warIsrael out of Lebanon!Building solidarity and hopeEvolution Gaming: this strike mattersAre there no rights to defend in the USA?New laws and domestic abuseTransition call taken to TreasuryGrangemouth: public ownership!Campaign prospects in Higher EducationHoward Beckett: now what will his backers say?David Miller not vindicatedDangers in the Cass ReportBlasphemy rights are human rightsForerunners of socialism in the early nineteenth centuryEven more modern timesFight the PCS clampdown!Different shifts, different worldsA “gun control” filmSupport Tube workers’ pay strikesScottish school workers strike on payOverground, Liz Line, DLR, Trams: End privatisation!More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-722-23-october-2024

Solidarity 721, 16 October 2024. Articles: Ceasefire, peace, two states Israel out of Lebanon! Take from the rich, rebuild society Some positives, but not good enough Anti-government protests in Israel Food and medical supplies worse in Gaza One year on from 7 October Socialist Worker returns to “Cairo” line Rape courts and half-measures Turkey’s drive against Kurds: and now talks? Free movement campaign makes new plans Stop victimisation of Madeleine Norman Marx and Engels on Ireland Putin grinds on despite losses Debate: If Trump wins the Electoral College, will the Democrats fight? Big firefighters’ rally pressures Labour to rebuild service PCS passive over cuts drive Settle for the minimum? "Aviation workers must grasp the future"More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-721-16-october-2024

Solidarity 720, 9 October 2024. Articles include: Home is where the heartache is Their wealth, our poverty Students face campus clampdowns Chagos deal is a sell-out Halt the spreading war! Standing Together after a year of war Trump and Huey Long If Trump wins, this is why Stop Gaza-Lebanon horror! Ceasefire, peace! Israel’s religious right pushes on gender RCP sees history on its side against Ukraine Ukraine rescue appeal Downside of the datacentre bubble Debate: A reply on Austro-fascism The Irish hunger strikes of 1981 Out against racism and fascism on 26 October The upsides of disruption Morgan McSweeney and non-politics Trump xenophobia goes into overdrive A failed would-be masterpiece Union officials should be on workers’ wages Political pressure can help win Ealing disputeMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-720-9-october-2024

Solidarity 719, 2 October 2024. Articles include most of: The dangers now in Sri Lanka Asylum: defeat the “Meloni model” Kino Eye: Forty years since Threads Far-right surge in Austria Ukraine: a changing "analysis" Legal challenges to rats, mould, damp, high rents Kyaw Nyein and the "Third Camp" Free Phoebe and Anna! Solidarity with Haifa students Direct funding, not tuition fees! Scale down jails, end migrant detention “Mobilised literature” in Tbilisi £600 billion, the NHS, and the big picture Parking workers remain determined Debate: "Austro-fascism" was not fascist Gaza, Lebanon, Israel: Ceasefire! Peace with justice! Rejoin EU: the polls and the marches Labour council pushes through victimisation Frederic Jameson, 1934-2024 Singham’s man at the Morning Star Offers accepted, but we must renew our fights Diary of a Tube driver: Back to pen and paper Labour: uphill but with footholds Ceasefire, not regional war! Grenfell Tower fire was an indictment of capitalism Labour's environmental vacuum Starmer, Odger, Bevan, and freebies Thousands of jobs go in steel TUC Congress: left-wing motions, deference to Starmer New French prime minister depends on RN favour Cammell Laird 37: The fight for justice continues How will work be better under socialism?More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-719-2-october-2024

Women's Fightback 32, Autumn-Winter 2024. Inside: Labour in Power: What Next? — Editorial Pride in Labour? — An interview with Max O'Hara & Sacha Marten Labour Won't Save the NHS — Elaine Jones Justice for Justine & Jay — Jesse Michaels Slip — An Interview with Amelia Loulli Abortion is Healthcare: demo report — Sabrina Rahma Duale Free Speech and Abortion — An Interview with Greta Kaur-Taylor A Sigh of Relief – But for How Long? — Betty Allen Dispatches from the French Left — Marine Azua The Strike Against Apartheid — Lizzy Brooks Poetry: The Silent War — Sarah Pritchard Review: Uncertain Futures — Dominika Szarek Review: Judy Chicago — Jill Mountford Imane Khelif: Sport & Transphobia — Natalia CassidyThe bastards are out. After 14 years of Tory rule, this edition of Women's Fightback is brought to you under a Labour government. It is crucial that feminists and socialists think clearly about this new political reality, and that a real debate opens up about what our strategy should be. Our lead piece surveys the situation and sets out a rudimentary programme, and we continue the theme with a deep- dive into Labour's NHS policy. We also carry coverage of Labour's slide on LGBT rights, and some shocking union-busting by a Labour Council.As always, we also bring you a mix of history, culture and internationalism. We have first-hand reports from the US election and the French left, as well as the history of an anti-apartheid strike. We review a poetry anthology and some feminist art exhibitions. And we re-tell the story of a bizarre transphobic witch-hunt against a cisgender gold-medallist at the summer Olympics. We hope you enjoy it.More online: https://workersliberty.org/wf

Solidarity 718, 4 September 2024. Articles include:Debate: Labour Party story is more complexSocialist Worker accepts Maduro's rigged poll figuresTOCs drivers' dispute: offer is progress, but it's still a pay cut - we can win more!Banks, billions, and profitsThreat rises of wider warGeneral strike in Israel demands ceasefire dealMorning Star doesn’t support its own comrades in VenezuelaUkraine can still win this warFight the far right with socialist policiesAfghan women sing against new lawsDrop charges against Drax camp organisers!Flixborough and workplace safetyLabour in Liverpool, 21-25 SeptemberNurses strike in IranWhat next in Bangladesh?Stop university cuts: run universities as a public serviceOne-word judgements to go? Ofsted needs to go too!How official Russia sees its warLuxembourg battles over far-right backed homophobic initiativeUkraine in the unionsAgainst left antisemitism in the antifascist counterdemos!Ukraine still at great riskPlans, initiative, intervention, not "tailism"Answering the questions: Labour against TrumpDebate: Biden and lesser-evilismDebate: Trump - speak out about what isA political portrait of TrumpismTrump in the BunkerHow the left looked to meDebate: Disconnected criticisms and ConnollyThe bourgeois economists learn. And us?Diary of a Tube driver: Is retiring a "bad idea?"Do the Right ThingPCS democracy under attackLewisham Unison ballots over union-bustingMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-718-4-september-2024

Solidarity 717, 7 August 2024. Articles: Threat from the far right Defend the people targeted by far right! Yes, peace! Stop Israel-Iran-Hezbollah war! Drax: for a workers’ audit! Palestinian-Jewish movement starts new peace drive Serbia: Stop union-busting at Yura Morning Star praises Farage on Ukraine Iran: arrested for singing Labour: uphill fight to September conference Prisoner swap and its costs Trans rights revolt against Streeting Letter: Reclaim the Power vs XR? Not really Starmer praises far-right Meloni on asylum The Trump vote conundrum Rachel Reeves and the £22 billion gap Vance renews anti-union drive We are not just the "best builders" Call for a workers' party, not Biden or Harris Review: The Easter Rising and Irish History Caricaturing the Third Period Venezuela: Maduro clings to power Defend and use free speech on campus Years in jail for a Zoom call Do Tube drivers care? Kino Eye: Chariots of Fire Learn from the junior doctors! Support Jay and Justine against victimisation Labour accepts teachers’ pay recommendation - what now?More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-717-7-august-2024

Solidarity 716, 17 July 2024. Articles include:Don’t wait on Starmer, demand!What a workers’ government would doLet Gaza live! Peace, two statesMaking an equal futureConfused right up to election dayWhy was Leicester different on 4 July?Iran: regime retrenchesFrench left debates options after 7 JulyTrump picks hardline VPLooking for a new opposition blocWhich way will Jeremy Corbyn turn?SOAS seeks to overturn student union electionsA fraught future in India, tooPutin wars against Ukraine’s civiliansThere is a “Magic Money Tree”Sickness at work: think “collective” firstDSA discredits itself by nixing AOCThe legacy of “anti-vax”The man with a thousand kidsAir pollution causes early deathsAnti-gay laws in Burkina FasoWhy the battle of ideas is centralDebate: Electoral challenges part of the mixThe New York teachers' strike of 1968The decade of the conundrumDebate: What is the MAGA revolution?Debate: The Trump threatJunior doctors still need solidarityA debate on patriotismShowing who's bossTina RoeRequiem for the 1930s Popular FrontReignite the Justine campaign!Tata: keep unions on alertGMB battle at AmazonShipyard workers winAbout being a SwiftyMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-716-17-july-2024

Solidarity 715, 10 July 2024. Articles include: After the election: organise for chaotic times A good moment, but a fraught future Gaza: ceasefire still urgent Incoherence and a dash of Lenin Conference rallies growing opposition in Israel The "exemplary" soldier and the woman beaten unconscious Police make pre-emptive JSO arrests Labour’s Scottish gains are fragile Crash council-house programme needed Did Labour win on 4 July? Tata: unions must stay on alert Kino Eye: A Very English Scandal The far right in Germany: the AfD What Is To Be Done: a vital text, not a blueprint for bureaucracy Right-wing judges license Trump coups Biden: downplaying the “evil” in “lesser evil” We can’t evade 4 November The roots of the contemporary far right GMB ballots at Amazon BHX4 SOAS student co-president faces expulsion threat Reclaim the Power organises for Drax climate camp New money for the junior doctors! PCS faces difficult fight on pay restoration Justine campaign scores a win “A Monroe Doctrine for Labour”: The AFL’s position during the Mexican Revolution Cammell Laird workers defy anti-strike laws to show solidarityMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-715-10-july-2024

Solidarity 714, 26 June 2024. Articles include: Vote Labour, but fight for a workers’ government Gaza, Lebanon-Israel: Ceasefire now! France: action committees, not people’s front? Support the junior doctors! Housing and the socialist future Challenge Labour on housing Why we say “two states” Yakoob and his jokes about domestic violence Obvious lies used for Ukraine debate Women’s protests against Le Pen “Fare free” works, but isn’t enough Trump and the Teamsters Manifesto is a disgrace on disability Free JSO activists! Assange freed at last The turning points in July 1984 Ukraine: the national question cannot be bypassed Debate: Trumpite rollback is already happening Letter: Sanders, Trump, Biden, and DSA Letter: Starmer fails the litmus test Beware excessive or narrow realpolitik Glasgow marches against school cuts Hard line from Scottish FE colleges Barts workers win new offer Taking over the docks “There was talk of striking” Steel strike from 8 July GMB in run-up to Amazon ballot More left-wing young delegates at UnisonMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-714-26-june-2024

Solidarity 713, 19 June 2024. Articles: Socialise energy! Green conversion! The resources are there Fighting for a workers’ government Vote Labour everywhere Electrify transport and industry Ceasefire now! Let Gaza live! Far-right danger in France Peace, two states, solidarity! Brexit and “repetition compulsion” France: a new Popular Front is born New mood at Unison conference Demand an Orgreave inquiry University bosses move against Gaza camps When it's too hot to work Letter: Lack of foresight and imagination Debate: Sanders and rightward drift Vote Labour but fight for a workers’ government Fascist attack in Budapest Labour conference The Russian Marxists: where they began in building a party Parliaments, wealth, and workers’ councils Debate: Fight the Trumpite counter-revolution Industrial action on steel jobs The time I got sacked A story of early 20th century Vienna Labour: pay the junior doctors! Belated but welcome unity Goldsmiths on two-week strikeMore online: https://workersliberty.org/solidarity-713-19-june-2024

Solidarity 712, 12 June 2024. Articles:Win worker rights! For Labour, against Starmer!Cease fire, two states, equal rights!For unilateral nuclear disarmamentFor open borders and free movement!Trade unionists rally against Justine Canady sackingTata uses bully tacticsUnion protests? Good, but should be betterCeasefire in Gaza; stop Israel-Hezbollah war!Standing Together against “Flag Day” marchGalloway’s man at the CPBFor net zero, take over the banks!What we mean by “left-wing” and “socialist”Abuse in Chechnya rises with warBrighton Kemptown: fight back for democracyStudent Gaza camps hold outEU elections: The vaccine no longer worksSnap election in France on 30 JuneA new far-right street dangerNine million displaced in SudanUkrainian national rights against the KremlinD-Day and why we fight capitalism even when it is 'progressive'Debate: Don’t understate danger from TrumpThe far left and the general election on 4 JulyA preview of Unison conferenceDebate: Well-organised, but for what?WPB shown up by scandalsDementia care: there must be a better wayA film about end of World War 2Walk-out rallies workers for ballotUnion hierarchy blocks new Exec majorityGoldsmiths strike starts 17 JuneMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-712-12-june-2024

Solidarity 711, 5 June 2024. Articles: Doctors will strike from 27 June Vote Labour but fight for a workers’ government Ceasefire now, aid, peace. Two states, equal rights. They make Tony Blair look like a pluralist Stop the victimisation of Justine Canady! End the horrors in Gaza! Sabreen Msarwi reinstated The “TikTok lawyer” and misogyny The ILO and Russia: choose sides Just one working hospital remains in Rafah Free the Hong Kong 47! A true story from a hotter world The far right mobilises in London A call from France for solidarity, against antisemitism Student camps face threats Trotsky’s call for independent Ukraine Debate: Omissions about the Democrats Bernie Sanders on Gaza, Biden, and Trump Workers’ Liberty on 4 November Why there are Congo protests in London How wealth warps democracy under the capitalist system Labour’s “New Deal”: a terrain of struggle Scottish FE campaign steps up Sharp talk then a letdown Kino Eye: An early film about transition Steel: Unite promises escalation UCU congress: a mixed bag Workers' Liberty at LO fete 2024More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-711-5-june-2024

Solidarity 710, 29 May 2024. Articles: Vote Labour and organise! Why we say vote Labour everywhere Let Gaza live! Two states! Equal rights! Solidarity with workers in China! Defend Sabreen Msarwi! Ukraine is hard-pressed but defiant After defeating Rwanda plan, win free movement The pachyderm in the room The Zinoviev Letter after 100 years Keep abortion rights on the agenda! Georgia resists ban on “foreign influence” Yes to 22 June, but turn to workers Behind the blood scandal: profit, hierarchy, prejudice Open up debate in student camps! Student camps are still on Yakoob, Galloway, and the “independents” The working class as basis for socialism Trump as a rebel The road to Bolshevism: Ulyanov and Russian Marxists’ “second generation” Left gains at PCS conference Review, bulletins, and boycotts Aslef backs Standing Together Kino Eye: The worst “McCarthyite film” ever? Tata: delay is dangerous Reinstate Nigerian students in Teesside! UCU will debate Ukraine and GazaMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-710-29-may-2024

Women's Fightback 31, Spring/Summer 2024. The thread running through this edition of Women's Fightback is the state, and its capacity to coerce, oppress and harm. The prison system is a rough place at the best of times. But for pregnant women it is a living nightmare, and for newborns it can be deadly. Criminalisation is threatening our reproductive rights like never before. In Israel, state repression is unleashed on opponents of atrocities being committed in Gaza and teenagers refusing to serve in the military. In response to these attacks, we discuss abolitionism, and explore the debate over how the left engages with public sector workers who are, willingly or not, a part of the state machine.We also bring you reports of the fight against sexism in the trade union movement; a story of anti-racist organising in the 1980s; reviews of feminist films and art exhibitions; and plenty of international reports and analysis from Belarus, Sudan, Ireland, Iran and more.Beyond that, you will find a wealth of cultural criticism; an exhibition on feminist revolt; tales of Unwell Women and Genoa’s trans outcasts of the 1960s; dispatches from Mexico’s struggle for abortion rights and the fight for democracy in Hong Kong; feminist dissidents in Belarus, and much more. We hope you enjoy it!Article list: No Births Behind Bars The socialist case for abolition Soft cops or class fighters? #meTU Sexism in the unions Who's afraid of gender? Ireland's lost referenda A labour of love Taking on the racists — the legendary Sari Squad Poetry: Poke your woke A new chance for abortion liberalisation in Germany? Decriminalise abortion now! Belarusian dissidents face prison Refusing to serve Letters from prison In defence of Standing Together How do you solve a problem like Iranian women? The case of Sepideh Qolian War in Sudan one year on Acts of resistance With Women, We ExistWomen's Fightback is a socialist feminist magazine by Workers' Liberty. We stand for trans-inclusive, sex-positive, class struggle feminism. We organise in our workplaces and trade unions, and in the student movement and Labour Party for socialist feminist politics. Get your copy now!

Solidarity 709, 15 May 2024. Articles include: How to change politics Big anti-war protest in Israel Stop Rwanda scheme! Open safe routes for asylum Chance for a new start in PCS Rafah on brink of massacre Yes, Elphicke too right-wing. What about Galloway? Nakba Day: it’s a bit more complicated 15 May: no, nations do not have hereditary guilt 15 May votes on abortion access The tragedy of capitalist fishing Ireland and Algeria: another reply to John McAnulty Palestinian workers organising in West Bank Union gears up for Amazon recognition ballot The Punisher, Trump, and Carl Schmitt Georgia: Four million people, 200,000 protesters! “Social movements” instead of working class? “Working from home” and unionism Steel unions plan to strike Kino Eye: Fate of a “friend of Stalin” Don’t reject the IHRA definition Student protest camps spread Khan re-elected: now push him to act! End the scab-bassador scheme! Nottingham campaign steps up The road to Bolshevism: Adding agitation to educationMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-709-15-may-2024

Solidarity 708, 8 May 2024. Articles: Why we call for peace Restore and extend free movement Stop Rafah assault! Let Gaza live! Solidarity and links, not boycott New Putin offensive looms in Ukraine After 2 May: shape what’s next Protests in Israel demand ceasefire now Hamas, two states, and the way to equal rights A “slight bit of truth” and Odesa Georgia at a crossroads Petro-dollars versus equality and rights US campuses defy police repression Protest camps spread across Britain Climate adaptation: lessons from Covid Assailing workers' rights rather than sickness Rochdale result: a Galloway flop Humza Yousaf resigns as Scottish First Minister A tale of three RCPs The Carnation Revolution remembered From revolution to “stabilising” coup The road to Bolshevism: Adding agitation to education CWU: dragging back what was lost Upbeat after our conference Emancipation: why the working class? Mick Cash: another place-holder Barnet Unison Kino Eye: The Gulag on film Stop the Tories’ Rwanda clampdown! University unions edge towards action Doctors to strike in Northern IrelandMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-708-8-may-2024

Solidarity 707, 24 April 2024. Articles include: To green economic life: democracy! Israel-Iran: against war! Trump’s trial and a UAW victory Reverse the Brexit fiasco! Nottingham plans anti-cuts May Day Iranian left: “This is not our war” Ceasefire, peace, two states! Terror in West Bank Galloway and “unnecessary culture wars” Free speech even for the odious! Germany: push against 1871 abortion law Scottish Labour passive as SNP declines Third Period, First Republic, and symbols The climate and Memorial Day Stop the Rwanda scheme! National Union of Students conference: an undemocratic shambles The what, who, and why of socialism Wandsworth Prison campaign launched Against cuts! Fight for free education! Russia’s revolutionaries in the 1890s Action at Goldsmiths Bob Crow: differences and limits Amazon workers win ballot go-ahead Kino Eye: Adaptations of 1984 Vote for strikes and new PCS leaders Court win on right to strike Unison NEC backs Ukraine solidarity Glasgow: what sort of "anti-Zionism"?More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-707-24-april-2024

Solidarity 706, 17 April 2024. Articles: Kino Eye: The Miners’ Hymns The loot of the billionaires No to Iran-Israel war Ukraine in a corner: arm Ukraine! Galloway’s reactionary "grand alliance" The working class and the overpaid Solidarity with peace activists in Israel Keep pressing for ceasefire and peace Watching the real world From Madrid to Kyiv Inequalities in fertility care Red Sea and Yemen’s people under Houthi attack Fare Free London wins union support Debate: Boris Savinkov: a counter-revolutionary Cass final report: a major setback Starmer gives "total" pledge to arms industry Young Labour shifts to right The road to Bolshevism: Study, explain, agitate: how socialists organise The Chartist non-revolution of 1848 Unite steelworkers vote to strike Unison health conference ducks pay issue General secretaries I have known Wirral CSWs win their battle Slouching towards the election?More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-706-17-april-2024

Solidarity 705, 10 April 2024. Articles may include: For a “party of protest” Peace and equal rights Vote for new leaders in PCS! How to win elections Trump and the billionaires Back anti-war movement in Israel A new left party jettisoning socialism “Planetary boundaries” don’t say it all Anti-abortionists step up backlash Monkey Man, Modi, and Netflix Boris Savinkov: forgotten revolutionary Debate: Why the Starmer-Biden poll difference? Hong Kong passes new “security law” The road to Bolshevism: how a new start came from exile Talking about Israel in Germany Debate: Different views on Trump Worker demands for green conversion Debate: views on the Labour Party Succession planning in unions Letter: Fatal flaw in Irish polemic Letter: Seeing “parallels” between Algeria and Ireland The zigzags of technology Kino Eye: Comradeship across borders NEU fails to vote on Ukraine Junior doctors vote 97% for more action on pay restoration Goldsmiths starts action against cutsMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-705-10-april-2024

Solidarity 704, 3 April 2024. Articles may include:Transform the labour movement!Ceasefire, peace, two states!Owen Jones: From campaigner to social media "brand"Protests increase in IsraelCuts campaign grows in NottinghamPutin goes for more repression and warCuts at UK universitiesDomestic violence rooted in poverty and cutsEconomy, life, and caringKhan report: missing the Tories’ blameGaza and the left, USA and UKPush in schools union to back UkraineBegging banned in Europe’s wealthiest capitalThe Dmitriev Affair and Putin's RussiaHaiti in social meltdownLetter: Discuss climate change seriouslyLetter: Refer to earlier discussionsConspiracy theory on Moscow bombing serves PutinFrom ultra-patience to ultra-impatiencePublic ownership of water and utilities!Glasgow East Women's Aid closedKino Eye: Black and white unite and fightRMT members: vote yes to renew mandate on jobs, pensions, agreementsBack "Trains Modernisation" strikesAmazon seeks to scupper union bidMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-704-3-april-2024

Solidarity 703, 20 March 2024. Articles include: Our demands and a workers' government End the war! Peace! Two states! “Standing Together” acts on aid for Gaza Sheriff of Nottingham votes against cuts Tory demagogues turn on dissent Textile workers strike in Egypt Young men drifting to the right Singer with a tin ear Vote Steve for NUS VPHE Unrest rises in Iran SRM: research now, but more only under socialism Portugal: fading memories of fascism? The road to Bolshevism: Plekhanov as “the father of Russian Marxism? What is Standing Together? New shifts on far right Transnistria, Moldova, and Putin Momentum convention: a mixed bag Food couriers pause action Amazon: more strikes Bombastic, “dogmatic instead of critical” Defend right to bad posters A strange sort of Big Bang Leeds pledges no “work notices” A 1940 film about the miners’ battles Stop cuts at Goldsmiths Tata: nationalise, don’t subsidise Pay: time to fight to winMore online: https://www.workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-703-20-march-2024

Solidarity 702, 6 March 2024. Articles include: Fight for a workers' government Food couriers can win a living wage! Let Gaza live! Peace! Two states! Refusing in the name of hope Israelis push against the "occupation occupying Israel" Ceasefire, end siege, free hostages, reconstruct Gaza Morning Star lurches further "Red-Brown" New far-right group sets election plans "Pro-life" and the Manchester protests Alan Bates is wrong about Amazon Reinstate Lambeth councillors! We may be near tipping points Research ban will not make us safer Alan Woods and his "born again" RCP Antisemitism and Israel Two years later, anguish, anger, acceptance The fight for free unions in Belarus The road to Bolshevism: the triumph and defeat of Narodnaya Volya Repeal all the anti-protest laws! At the court of King Donald Trade unionists against Galloway Goldsmiths UCU ballots against cuts Free public transport? Why not? Grady scrapes back in The greatest French film ever?More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-702-6-march-2024

Solidarity 701, 28 February 2024. Articles include: The cuts and the rich Netanyahu out! End the war! Plans set for Drax 8-13 August Couriers to strike every Friday It's the rich who make "no-go areas" Stopping the cuts in Nottingham Ceasefire, peace, two states Labour and Gaza: now back Standing Together Playing parliamentary games on Gaza Rediscovering Dorothy Arzner Work and menopause Being anti-Labour doesn't put Galloway on the left Trump: the plutocrat as monarch Polish farmers block Ukrainian grain Students organise against cuts Russia turns Ukraine's occupied areas into an armed camp The road to Bolshevism: The Northern Union of Workers Iran: steel workers fight back Making reality of a moderate "utopia" Exposés of antisemitism Junior doctors remain strong Cohorts on the railway Steel unions call ballots for action PCS: undermining a fightback Jewish identity in Britain today Bristol Palestine Alliance and antisemitismMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-701-28-february-2024

Solidarity 700, 21 February 2024. Articles include:Gaza: End the war! Rebuild life! Labour: fit to oust the Tories? “Post-materialism”: 1796, 1840s, 1970s, and today Murray gets his way on Galloway Who is George Galloway? Backlash after unions’ trans-rights vote Solidarity with Ukraine! After Putin murders Navalny How to beat antisemitism AWL conference 2024 Prices are flat, but... David Miller’s world Pakistan in turmoil after poll "Putin has murdered Navalny” 2014: how Russia seized Crimea The Zapatistas after 30 years When the workers awakened in Moscow and Petersburg Axelrod the pioneer Civil service pay down 15 to 38% Belarus's 25 February election is rigged Don’t extradite Assange! Coming to see how to fight for a future Ridley Scott’s Napoleon Trust rules out "work notices": make others do the same Join junior doctors’ pickets! Northumbria university cuts Couriers out again on 23 February Word4Word: Mau-mauing Word4Word: Bog standard Removing Can Atalay from parliament is an attack on the working class Paramaz and his comrades in Beyazıt Square Letter: Not a response to others' slogans About Lula's statements on GazaMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-700-21-february-2024

Solidarity 699, 14 February 2024. Articles include: Make unions commit Labour to green and renewable energy! Why do “fiscal rules” squeeze so tight? Stop massacre in Rafah Ukraine on the back foot Northern Ireland: new strikes set for 27-29 February Full ceasefire, peace, two states Social provision and market rules “Someday this war’s gonna end” Union sets plan on sexual harassment “Free Fares London” campaign launches A hero? Better a democratic leader No run for mayor A half-story of the miners’ strike Gramsci’s laboratory: “subaltern social groups” The road to Bolshevism: the Narodnik labour movement Starmer to blame for Rochdale fiasco Jewish students protest at Miller Letter: “Massacre” too weak a term? David Miller’s world: “Zionist spies” operate everywhere “Minimum” is 100%? Days of Heaven Food couriers strike 14 February Amazon strikes again at BHX4 Junior doctors strike 24-28 FebruaryMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-699-14-february-2024

Women's Fightback 30, Spring 2024. Women's Fightback is a socialist feminist magazine by Workers' Liberty. We stand for trans-inclusive, sex-positive, class struggle feminism. We organise in our workplaces and trade unions, and in the student movement and Labour Party for socialist feminist politics. Articles include:We believe in joint struggle, an interview with Rula Daood A tribute to Vivian Women and the miners' strike 1984-5 Gays and miners: the enemy within Lessons from Mexico Free the HK47! Exile and the fight for democracy Women in revolt! Dee Dickens: Medusa A note on brothel-keeping On reading Annie Ernaux Champion of outcasts: Lisetta Carmi The Roma struggle for health Unwell women Abolition revolution The fight for justiceMore online and buy: https://workersliberty.org/wf

This short pamphlet explains why trade unions should not be giving political and financial support to a newspaper which is not the "daily paper of the left" but the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of Britain (CPB). More online and buy: https://workersliberty.org/morningstarThe Morning Star is not an effective way for unions to gain support for their disputes and campaign. And the political cost of backing the Morning Sar is immense: in effect, presenting a vision of “socialism” in which the totalitarian police state of China is held up as desirable, military coups (as in Niger) are hailed as legitimate means of achieving progressive change, and nationalist illusions of “socialism in one country” are promoted as the way forward for Britain. And it’s not even true that the paper allows genuine debate on issues where there are differences on the left.

Women's Fightback 29, Autumn 2023. Articles include: Sheffield's First Radical Pride 25,000 March for Trans Pride An achievable average, being a woman of colour around the world The liberating power of monstrosity Larisa Reisner a Bolshevik, revolutionary life Caste, class and rape Only Yes Means Yes Jina Mahsa Amini, one year on In defence of pregnant people Lessons from the Women's Liberation Movement The Fight Against Section 219a Our policy: abortion as early as possible, as late as necessary Bodies Under Siege Abortion: our demands Notes from Berlin: what we can learn from the hospital movementMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/womens-fightback/womens-fightback-29-autumn-2023

The Easter Rising and Irish history: The two souls of Irish nationalism? An attempt at a Marxist account. An inspiration across the world? Or an eclipse of working-class socialism by narrow nationalism? Both were in the Easter Rising.Workers' Liberty vol. 3 issue 75, Solidarity 694, is a special on this topic. More online: https://www.workersliberty.org/publications/workers-liberty-magazine/latest-issue/workers-liberty-volume-3-september-2005/easter

The left in Ukraine: Workers' Liberty 3/74, printed with Solidarity 683. Articles: The left in Ukraine Back Ukraine’s teachers and children Student organising in Ukraine Rescuing the Holocaust from Stalinism: Lviv Rescuing the Holocaust from Stalinism: Babyn YarMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/workers-liberty-magazine/latest-issue/workers-liberty-volume-3-september-2005/left

Solidarity 682, 23 August 2023. Articles include: Stop profit drive frying the planet PCS: when "continue campaign" means dump it Behind the Bibby Stockholm scandal Support doctors' pay fight Stop Labour backtracking! TUC: calls for action on anti-union laws Keeping up with the Star Fourth woman faces illegal abortion charge Azerbaijan: new unions emerge Free Sarah Jane Baker! Inflation: causes and socialist responses Building a new revolutionary party in France Putin jails more dissidents Students plan for the new term Letter: Neither "October" was a coup Big-power manoeuvres behind Niger coup Ukraine: it’s not a US “proxy war” The Kremlin line on the Ukraine war America braced for Trump trials SWP in PCS: where's the politics? Chile: "revolution by half" War and poverty in Ethiopia Alliances with the soft left? Letter: Wrong on the Driscoll campaign A letter to some comrades Traffic wardens: “Low pay? No way!” UCU: dangers of reballot delay Amazon: not just a number More strikes in TOCs dispute: escalation still needed Another view on "Troublemakers" Diary of a trackworker: the miracle of the S bend Diary of a firefighter: Fire Brigade cuts annual leave Kino Eye: The marriage of Maria Braun The "legacy" of James Connolly

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-682-23-august-2023

Israel out of the Occupied Territories! For a Palestinian state with the same rights as Israel! For Arab-Jewish workers' unity on a basis of consistent democracy! For a socialist Israel and a socialist Palestine in a socialist federation of the Middle East!

This Pamphlet contains articles, debates and more setting out Workers' Liberty's position on the conflict in Israel-Palestine arguing that a two-state solution, where a contiguous Israel and Palestine exist with equal rights, is the best starting point for ending that conflict.

Table of Contents

Introduction Socialists and the intifada Chronology of a conflict The origins of the conflict part 1 The origins of the conflict part 2 Unravelling the issues part 1 Unravelling the issues part 2 Marxism and the Jewish Question Two States, or 'Secular Democratic State'? There is no 'democratic' way to wipe out Israel! Boycott? A Jew-hunt won't help the Palestinians The Stalinist roots of left anti-Zionism part 1 The Stalinist roots of left anti-Zionism part 2 A mirror for anti-Zionists What is Islamic fundamentalism? What is left anti-semitism? Ken Livingstone and anti-semitism

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Solidarity 681, 2 August 2023. Articles include:

PCS: reasons for voting no Doctors strike in August Kino Eye: Milan Kundera (1929-2023) and a “joke” about Trotsky Trackworkers back in the day Unite: industrial advances yet to feed into politics Ukrainian unions back Scottish strike How can the union activist layer revive? UCU: risk of ballot delay Workers' Liberty Australia makes new turn Stop the charges on migrants! Tax the rich! Labour after the by elections Driscoll's opt-out is a misstep Regrouping in local government Free Sarah Jane Baker A parent's view on trans rights in schools The German October Why are thousands of women jailed each year? Minimum service law passes: demand repeal, prepare defiance! Heatwave shows urgency of green policies After NPF, make unions fight back! NEU: setback, but elements to build on Into the black box of AI Transform - new party or a waste of time? Security guards step up UCL campaign Parking wardens on indefinite strike Putin in anti-trans, anti-gay drive Trumpist right targets the unions Starmer and the two-child cap Protest to stop the atrocities in Manipur! LUL dispute: concessions are real but suspending strikes is a misstep Amazon strikes spread The addled rebirth of Eurocommunism Grammar schools: state-funded engines of educational exclusion Ideas for Freedom 2023: uplifting and yet nuanced Open letter: why is Israel the exception? Stop the charges for migrants! Tax the rich!

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-681-2-august-2023

Solidarity 680, 12 July 2023. Articles include:

Agitate for socialism! To rebuild services: tax the rich! Beijing sets bounties on activists Against Putin: victory to Ukraine! Morning Star veers even more anti-Ukraine The US left, Ukraine, and Biden Pro-choice plans for 2 September Capitalism and converging crises France: cops and courts on a rampage Four days in west Ukraine Hugo Blanco 1934-2023 Some “affirmative action” still thrives The left and a famous cartoonist Connolly and the 1916 Rising, part 2 Doctors demand pay redress First bout of management double-speak The gleaners and society Royal Mail deal approved NEU: 5-7 July strikes strong Local government: after the ballot setback PCS leaders push for "pause" Universities: risk of a shoddy deal Build for week of Tube strikes, and follow up!

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-680-12-july-2023

Solidarity 679, 5 July 2023. Articles include:

Public ownership for public services Labour must repeal anti-asylum laws Prigozhin future unclear, but Putin weaker Israel out of the West Bank! Conspiracy theory and invented “bans” RMT commits to demo on anti-strike laws Workers’ rights violations at “record high” The end of affirmative action Surveillance cameras tighten hijab rule Profit interests block climate action Public services and democratic control France: against the police who kiill! Report indicts spycops, but 40 years on A primer of tankie-talk No level playing field in cricket The politics of the ChatGPT hype Connolly and the 1916 Rising School strikes and ballots Royal Mail deal: vote no! Ode to the pole Will Lawson scandal be a watershed? An exceptional spy film Doctors now lead NHS pay fight UCL security guards fight back UCU: a reballot is essential PCS pay climbdown unravels Ticket office closures loom: step up the strikes! Tube bosses unveil “attendance” plans

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-679-5-july-2023

Solidarity 678, 28 June 2023. Articles include: Their economic crisis Decriminalise abortion; expand provision; as early as possible, as late as necessary Junior doctors strike 13-17 July Putin, Prigozhin, and the coup Old friends and conspiracy theories Chiatura’s miners once again in struggle To reach “green steel”, fight capitalism Sport official charged after protests After first result, campaign against university clampdowns will step up Strikers arrested by Myanmar military For a socialised care system! Greece lurches to the right China and the world’s largest army Hope and despair at Holyrood The case of Madame Dampierre Yes, more from Harper We can’t be inspector-general Dora Montefiore: a half-forgotten socialist feminist Dirty, stumbling and provoking NHS pay: regroup and prepare Tube: time for the unions to move False "ruling-out" in Unite Openings on new Unison NEC Tory push against transgender students The Tree of Wooden Clogs PCS members oppose dispute wind-down University bosses stay stubborn A new Social Democratic Party in Burma?

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-678-28-june-2023

Solidarity 677, 21 June 2023. Articles include: How to get the Tories out No more refugee shipwrecks! Open the borders! Campaign opposes PCS climbdown Inflation, disinflation, and exploitation Postal workers to ballot from 22 June The Morning Star still has time for Johnson What Washington can teach London about history Push Labour and unions on abortion rights North Sea: fight for the workers’ plan US bosses pursue child labour Junior doctors keep up the fight Biden fêtes Modi Free Russian internationalist Igor Kuznetsov! Jews in the anti-racist imagination Rail: escalating out of deadlock? Yes, Trump is fascist Connolly on Ireland and "permanent revolution" Is Solidarity collapsing into XR? Unison: after conference, turn to campaigning Not just populist Let’s hear more from Harper Documentary with the pain stripped out An empire massacres its own troops UCU boycott nears the crunch Mass pickets at Amazon Schools to strike again on 5 and 7 July

More online: https://www.workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-677-21-june-2023

Solidarity 676, 14 June 2023. Articles may include:

No to detention ships and camps Junior doctors strike 14-17 June China has new Covid surge Dam probably breached by Russia Why the strongest have done poorly in the strikes Trump’s stay-out-of-jail card? Israel and Ukraine: both no right to exist? Jailed for getting an abortion Can Johnson do a Trump? Trans rights: the UK falls behind More headaches for SNP Socialist Worker dismisses pro-Ukrainians as “NATO trolls” The Jevons paradox and capitalism The zoonotic transfer risk Trump not fascist North East mayor: almost half of CLPs refuse to nominate A slaughterhouse and Watts Unison left holds on in poll Civil service: continue the dispute! Heathrow security wins new offer Amazon workers say: the fight continues! St Mungo’s: “emboldened” UCU: raise the pressure Ukraine as the new cause célèbre of antisemitism

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-676-14-june-2023

Solidarity 675, 7 June 2023. Articles include:

Tax the rich, fund services! Capitalist “s/v” and mental health Pay rises, from 18% to 2% The risks from bird flu America the “most authoritarian”? Sheffield, Manchester, Brighton: students fight clampdowns Punishing families is no cure Hundreds killed in India train crash UCU boycott battle sharpens PCS conference sticks with weak strategy Next steps for PCS pay Re-establish the right to protest! A Book Banned, A Banned Famous Writer: on Zachar Prilepin in Poland Ukraine: backlash in the UCU “A socialistic nation of scholars and students” Sanders denounces Biden-Republican deal Cycling ban is political backlash A thirty-question pop quiz The Monocled Mutineer Lecturers fight job cuts NHS pay: getting the vote out The way forward for RMT in the rail dispute "Greedflation": a faulty picture Press for "no work notices" pledges

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-675-7-june-2023

Solidarity 674, 31 May 2023. Articles include: Solidarity with Chinese workers! Lutte Ouvrière fête 2023 University workers strike over 100% deductions Universities seek to victimise student activists New anti-strike law: prepare defiance! Lebanon’s crisis brings uptick of sexism Cambodian union leader jailed Ukraine: behind the Belgorod incident UCU turns its back on Ukrainians Political hypocrisy and apologism in Burma Hungary’s houses of terror Replying on ecology and entropy We are not nationalists Marxism against ecological economics Israel, Gaza, and asymmetry From the Long March 1934 to Tiananmen 1989 National and economic subjection in Irish history Postal ballot delayed again Leon Trotsky on Clara Zetkin St Mungo’s strikes from 30 May Off my diamonds Trevor Griffiths and 1945 revisited Teachers: the “6.5%” is no answer After PCS conference Tube union plans further action after strike vote RMT calls strike on TOCs on 2 June Restarting pay fight is key to rebuilding NHS How Beijing workers organised their own union Will Aslef strike again? The road to Tiananmen Square: workers and studentsMore online: https://workersliberty.org/index.php/publications/solidarity/solidarity-674-31-may-2023

Solidarity 673, 24 May 2023. Articles include:Stop the Tories running amokEducation, community, and the marketsUCU: build the MAB!RCN looks strong for re-ballotPostal workers organise against Royal Mail dealStudents criticise deflection tacticQatar, the ILO and the unionsStalinists still lying about Hungary 1956Anti-LGBTQ law mooted in GeorgiaRepression against anti-war activists in RussiaTelegraph gets it wrongWest Bank surveillance echoes ChinaFrom here to "two states"Getting thermodynamics wrong“Brotherly”? It dependsA hundred years ago: the Irish Civil WarThe Irish working-class and its inheritanceAn anti-racist politics “with DuBois”Keeping the lines clearSocialist Worker and “end Israel”NEU ballots support staff, postpones deciding on July strike daysUEA ballots over cutsRuined by the "upgrade"Fight for telecom jobs, for broadband for all!Satjajit Ray’s Apu trilogyJohn Moloney's column: Debates at PCS conferenceIncreased yes vote: now time for actionActivist Agenda: campaigns and infoMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-673-24-may-2023

Solidarity 672, 17 May 2023. Articles include:Public ownership and workers' controlADHD: the big scandal is waiting listsFor Ukraine, against "derussification"Pro-Ukraine protest at Russian ambassadorNext steps in the TOCs disputeThe drivel of comrade BlimpUnions: pull Starmer into line!Israel/Gaza: no security without peaceFor solidarity, against antisemitismIran's bans make illegal abortions soarDiscussing ecology and entropyUS script writers face long strikeCombat bad politics with good politicsSheffield University comes under pressure"Safe with me": for how long?"The Conquest of Ireland"Rebuilding the forces of socialismWhy nurses voted to rejectBehind the "crisis of democracy"The City Without JewsCancer vs wet wipesPress for more all-out strikesIssues in the RCN re-ballotUnite union election: who won?More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-672-17-may-2023

Solidarity 671, 10 May 2023. Articles include: Fight for liberty! Pay: we can beat the Tories Sheffield University: drop the investigation! Open safe routes from Sudan! Royal Mail: reject the deal! Tories lose votes in spite of Starmer's drift to the right The Morning Star changes tune on monarchy AI’s hidden moderators unionise Adapting to fiercer heatwaves Tbilisi: Meeting at a time of crises Iran strikers: “We are not slaves” Vaping, smoking, and children Workers' Liberty in conference James Connolly's Marxism part eight: Socialism in Ireland The Land Acts and socialism Turkey: challenges to Erdoğan Solidarity as the principle for the future The real origins of the Chinese Communist Party Why a Russian activist died for Ukraine School workers strike again on pay Lewisham academisation fight Two more Amazon sites to ballot UCU: support needed for marking boycotters RCN reballot is key to NHS pay fight Harry Belafonte, 1927-2023 PCS: learning the lessons Ballot thresholds smashed again: now escalate the action! Brighton University workers fight job cutsMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-671-10-may-2023

Solidarity 670, 26 April 2023. Articles: No kings, no bosses! Price inflation: facts, prospects, and responses Unions need more democracy Sudan: stop the war, fight for democracy Public Order Act imminent Organising economic life without “bosses” Russia out! Arm Ukraine! Push forward after May Day weekend strikes Union links after 21-24 April Morning Star mentions Nicaragua again The politics of emotional life EHRC flies a kite for Tory “culture-war” Diane Abbott and racism Solidarity, not saviour complex Connolly, the strike, and the children of Dublin Worker solidarity against apartheid St Mungo’s strike to start mid-May STUC backs Ukraine solidarity Glasgow CCA expels Saramago Letter: The German SPD on Zimmerwald, 1915 NHS: press forward on pay Letter: Strikes, exams, and exemptions Schools: scope to escalate Support the junior doctors! Build university Marking and Assessment boycott! Michael Collins, from 1916 to 1922 Postal workers: reject Royal Mail deal! PCS reballot ends 9 May Tube pay: don’t let bosses set the paceMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-670-26-april-2023

Solidarity 669, 19 April 2023. Articles include:Revive the strike wave!India: drone attacks on civiliansRCN nurses to strike on 1-2 MayJoin XR action 21-24 AprilGive junior doctors their pay rise!The lessons about union officialdomEducation: capitalism warps its own workThe “Global South”, “multipolarity”: what about class?Letter: Musk’s banning cultureProtest hits Sheffield snoopingWomen’s protests in the BalkansCurbing capitalism on the high seasSolidarity, not saviour complexAnti-strike law: what “defiance” meansSudan coup: against both factions!Ban prepayment meters outrightJames Connolly's Marxism part six: Socialism or the Catholic ChurchUkraine: where are the International Brigades?"Fate la rivoluzione in casa vostra!"Amazon workers step up actionRoyal Mail: what "agreement"?UCU marking boycott from 20 AprilUnison Health delegates protestRail TOCs: a rotten dealNo to 4.5% for 2023-24!More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-669-19-april-2023

Solidarity 668, 12 April 2023. Articles may include: Workers' plans to save the planet Too little but also too much NHS "reject" campaign discusses plans French strikes continue despite 49.3 Escalate strikes to break postal deadlock! Strike wave: signs of revival The Morning Star, Ireland and Brexit Musk, Twitter and the far right TUC youth conference rejects solidarity Putin moves to demonise feminism Teachers go for more strikes Sheffield protests against crackdown Saito: making a mess of Marxist ecology The war has damaged every sphere of Ukrainian life Putin apologism defeated at NEU How the NHS failed on Covid control Against ban on Corbyn, against "independent" contest Remembering Ahmed Rajib Haider Protests against Netanyahu continue SNP in turmoil: chance for the left? Why Socialist Appeal can't "learn to think" Connolly and religion Zheng Chaolin, great Chinese revolutionary socialist The Warsaw ghetto: 63 heroic days Montenegro: A much-needed new start, but one that could further divide A conspiracy theory of Israel's protests Junior doctors stand firm Vote TFRC in Unison election UCU calls for marking boycott from 20 April Diary of a railworker: a first test of resolve The man who hated the Oscars Rail dispute: yes, more strikes are needed! We need to intensify From the archives: How the STUC ratted on Solidarnosc in 1982 The real origins of the Chinese Communist Party Help us raise £35,000More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-668-12-april-2023

Solidarity 667, 29 March 2023. Articles may include: France: power in the streets Economics: trim our ship for storms Nick Wright, Qatar and "mal-information" Children, capitalism and communism Pay: still time to turn the tide Far right demos outnumbered The Met: it's not just shape and size Letter: Listen and learn from workers Remembering Eden Knight A workers' plan to shut down oilfields Abolish benefit sanctions Trump: too big to jail? Harvard's academic helots organise Iran: schoolgirls under attack Make childcare a universal service Childcare: gaps in Tory promises Connolly's Marxism, part four: Physical force in Irish politics Connolly's Marxism: socialism and nationalism How to win on pay in the civil service UCU: union democracy needed Postal workers’ union gears up for more strikes Solid strike wins 16.2% Diary of a tubeworker: paying more for less Amazon workers fight back: "We want to reach out to more and more sites" Kino Eye: Conrad Veidt, anti-fascist, 1893-1943 NEU plans strikes 27 April, 2 May Junior doctors strike again 11-15 April PCS to strike on 28 April NHS: reject the pay offer, organise to escalate Israel: “Solidarity among all who live here” Indian parliament expels opposition leaderMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-667-29-march-2023

Solidarity 666, 15 March 2023. Articles include: French workers show how to fight Strikes multiply against pension changes After 15 March: build links locally Cuban feminists arrested for asking to protest on IWD Strikes and strike ballots Carnival of reaction at the Morning Star Religion out of schools! Behind the far-right outcry on "15 minute cities" Ukrainian socialists speak in UK Students rally to India solidarity Marko Bojcun, 1951-2023 Women's Fightback: Trying to revive the community Legal regulation of drugs Letter: Take risks, push the envelope National Union of Students: don't disaffiliate! Why junior doctors are striking Clara Zetkin: founder of International Women's Day Connolly's Marxism, part 3: Socialism and religion A political party of the workers West Midlands buses on indefinite strike UCU: fight to stop sell-out Scottish teachers vote to accept offer Kino Eye: Paths of Glory A thousand picket lines (John Moloney's column) Health pay: break the pause! Prepare for the ballot in local government NEU: stand firm New twists to anti-migrant abuse and exploitation Refugees: stop the Bill, open the Border Letter: Listen and learn from workers “We’ve come this far, we have to see it through” The labour theory of value, Kane, and Connolly Country and city in EstoniaMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-666-15-march-2023

Women's Fightback 28, Spring 2023. Articles include: Strike to save the NHS! 5 days in 1979 The Feminist Five What can we learn from the women in Iran? Hookers against hardship Poetry vs. Oppression: Laura Taylor Drag Queens vs the far right Childcare, families and another failing system Hot tramp I love you so Flora Tristan: Pioneer socialist feminist No Surrender is out motto and our duty Abolish the family? #MeTU: Tackling abuse in our unions Letter to Women's Fightback One year on: Ukraine's feminists and left still fightingMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/womens-fightback/womens-fightback-28-spring-2023

Solidarity 665, 1 March 2023. Articles include:NEU: forward to 15-16 MarchTax the rich to refloat the NHSThe ups and downs of the labour movementIt's urgent to speed up and widen strikesIsrael-Palestine: Two nations, two statesCurrent strikes and strike ballots (rolling update)Oborne, Corbyn and antisemitismThe dark side of IkeaThe way for safety in and out of jail"Stop the War" march flops; pro-Ukraine protest at Russian embassyProtocol patch-upLetters: Hands off Clara Zetkin and Rosa LuxemburgLetter: Regulation of drugsKeir Starmer and the "growth mantra"Behind the Omagh shootingThe ambiguities of Hayek“My life changed 180 degrees”Connolly's Marxism part twoSocialism has only one great principlePost workers: tired, frustrated, angryReject the offer, rebuild local government unionsBrings you to tears, makes your blood boilKino Eye: Remake of All Quiet On The Western FrontPCS new ballot from 20 MarchJunior Doctors strengthen NHS fight!More strings than an orchestra: TSSA Capitulates on TOCsUCU to strike on 15 MarchOne year on, Help Ukraine defeat Putin!Navalny Comes out for Ukraine's 1991 borderIsrael: building joint resistance to the far-right governmentMore online: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2023-02-28/ups-and-downs-labour-movement

Solidarity 664, 22 February 2023. Articles include: Solidarity with the Ukrainian left Solidarity to beat Tories! Labour: Let Corbyn stand! Labour left: Stay in there! Far right outnumbered in Rotherham Will workers be the revolutionary class? To win, we need much less calm The "poetry and humanitarianism" of Roger Waters The tragedy of Clara Zetkin Socialism goes beyond liberalism, not falls behind it Letter: FBU reject in the name of what? Letter: Let asylum-seekers work! Eleven rail cars of hazmat crash Anti-LGBTQ culture war in USA, and a fightback Tories seek way out of Brexit snarl-up Making "Prevent" worse Brexit: Labour movement debate, not talk with Tories! Did Sadiq Khan spy on climate activists? Connolly and his influences Ukraine, Israel and the left Connolly and Marxism: Introduction James Keir Hardie The children, the Irish transport and general workers' union, and the Archbishop Lesbian life in the section 28 era Higher education strikes: stop the sell out NHS: escalate and coordinate Diary of a primary care worker: The services the Tories have broken Scottish teachers keep up the pace New strikes dates in national dispute: we need to escalate to win Kino Eye: My brilliant career John Moloney's column: Continue and escalate! Post workers vote for more strikes New York nurses win Current strikes and strike ballots (rolling update) Sturgeon step-down unlikely to lead to Scottish Labour revivalMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-664-22-february-2023

Women's Fightback is a socialist feminist mag by Workers' Liberty. Issue 27 includes articles on women and the cost-of-living crisis, war-time feminist activism in Ukraine, the US abortion rights battle, women workers' struggles in South Asia, feminist cities, social reproduction and trans rights, and much more... https://workersliberty.org/wf27

Solidarity 663, 15 February 2023. Articles include: Ukraine: Beat back Putin! Emancipation, class struggle, and "classism" Turning it round for 15-16 March Erdoğan must pay the political price French unions call for ongoing strikes after 7 March Oborne and the Trojan Horse affair Oust the Tories! Make unions turn Labour round! Arming Ukraine: Lessons from history After TSSA, all unions need checking Akehurst and the ban Ukrainian socialists visit UK in March Rights for under 18 asylum seekers! When the lakes run dry 150 at Modi film showing Israel: quarter of a million on streets Action on Covid Holodomor: the Ukrainian famine of 1932-33 After the earthquake: Solidarity and accountability! Misogyny is not something to sing about Bring back hanging? The Tories must be desperate NUS: refresh, don't disaffiliate! Socialist Worker bemoans backing for Ukraine Sri Lanka: Cancel the debt RCN due to call more strikes Scottish teachers step up strikes NEU Wales postponement a bad move UCU: discuss in the branches The keys? You'll have to share Firefighters should reject offer Kino Eye: Ninotchka and Italy’s 1946 election NEC meets 16 February (John Moloney's column) PCS leader contributes £100,000 to strike fund Offers rejected, now call more action!More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-663-15-february-2023

James Connolly in World War One — Running with the Hare and Riding with the Hounds. Workers' Liberty vol. 3 no. 71, February 2023.

Solidarity 662, 8 February 2023. Articles include:Strike together 15-16 MarchHow capitalism is a class societyNHS bosses are feeling the pressureStrikes and strike ballots (published 7 February)The Morning Star's Jewish problem"Delilah" and domestic violenceWomen's Fightback: Police beatings and child marriage in IndiaFree the Hong Kong 47!Windfall tax served only to boost fossil-fuel riseIndia’s richest man crashes. Support India’s workers!Rail and Tube disputes at turning pointAction on Covid-191798: Ireland's Year of LibertyThe war criminal, the lawyers and Rishi SunakSylvia without the politicsThe racism of "The Birth of a Nation"Salaried GPs? Salaried by whom?Unison HE: 2023-4 talks start while 2022-3 dispute continuesOver 20 days of Abellio bus strikesCWU must use new mandateUnison sinks strike support at London Labour conferenceDiary of a firefighter: On the eve of strikes?Labour trans rights Zoom meetingKino Eye: Orchestra conductors on film15-16 March very likely (John Moloney's column)RCN staff row complicates nurses' disputeWorkplace meetings needed to sustain strikesThe Tories will be "weak" only if we get strongerNHS: how to win on pay and rebuildingSchools strikes: increase the pace!More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-662-8-february-2023

Solidarity 661, 1 February 2023. Articles include (not in order):Unite the working class against the ToriesIsrael-Palestine: Stop the war drive! Two nations, two states!Capitalism and the battles of democracyStrike together on 15-16 MarchStrikes and strike ballots (published 31 January)For a national union protest against anti-strike lawsThe Tory that (some) lefties loveWomen's Fightback: The Oscars and bigger thingsTransphobia and the real issues on prisonsHow capitalist productivity boosts eco-destructionProtest over under-18 asylum-seekersUS police killings up since 2020Letter: Red-brown in BritainAction on Covid-19The Tory elite which has ruled since 2010How "Integrated Care Boards" will hurt the NHSRussia and the threat of the open windowThe best biography of ConnollyNHS: reballot, unite, organise!Escalation in universitiesA local Enough is Enough marchCWUDiary of a firefighterKino Eye: Holocaust Memorial Day - Eva's diaryMore after 1st February (John Moloney's column)NEU: set action now for after 16 March!Arms for Ukraine, victory for UkraineNHS: escalate and unite after 6-7 FebruaryIndian students confront Modi's censorshipRMT members in the Midlands meet to discuss national disputeTom Nairn, 1932-2023How antidepressants can helpMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-661-1-february-2023

Solidarity 660, 25 January 2023. Articles include:Tax the rich to repair wages and NHS!Capitalism and freedomStrikes and strike ballots (published 24 January)From 1 February to 15 March and moreProtest for trans rightsMorning Star and the red-browns in GermanyThe Tories and Lord Palmerston's ghostWomen's Fightback: Women's marches across the USAHuge strike in France on pensionsLetter: The politics of collapseThe toll of fertilisers and pesticidesTuck report find NUS lackingTurkey reaches out to AssadAction on Covid-19The suffrage story, a working-class slantInternational solidarity and ChinaMore crises to come in ChinaIreland's war of independenceEmmett Till: a lynching which fired the Civil Rights MovementThe BBC, Gujarat and Modi's fake anti-imperialismTeachers' strike is for all who work in educationWhy I refused to cross the picket lineCWU moots more mail strikesReject new RDG offer, fight on to win more!"Test cases" against asylum-seekersDiary of a Tube worker: How many to change a bulb?Kino Eye: All Quiet on the Western Front15-16 March, and more? (John Moloney's column)Unite: disaffiliation attempts continue to simmerNHS strikes: unite and coordinatePutin can be defeatedNEU calls for maximum picketsMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-660-25-january-2023

Solidarity 659, 18 January 2023. Articles include:Raise benefits, ban pre-payment meters, public ownership of energy!Break Labour from the Brexit cultHow capitalism makes distressMake 1 February a springboardStrikes and strike ballots (published 17 January)New anti-protest lawReturning to their Brexit vomitThe Israeli opposition: from politics to protestWomen's Fightback: Sunak blocks Scottish gender lawLetter: The monarchy and spectacleLetter: Morocco, another Qatar-type scandalCOP15 fails to slow extinctionsBrazil's coup attempt: botched this timeIranian regime is not stabilisedThe politics of the lie-blizzardAction on Covid-19Hindu nationalism, communalism and the leftThe Sri Lankan Trotskyists and the betrayal of the Tamil minorityA how to which doesn't tell us howNHS workers need unity in actionNEU support staff fight for equality18 days of strikes in universitiesWhy we want £35,000Kino Eye: A landmark for gay rights1 February can be a launchpad (John Moloney's column)Rail: let the members see any offerEscalate to win on London UndergroundCampaign now to defeat minimum service lawIran: regime steps up terrorSchool workers call strikesMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-659-18-january-2023

Solidarity 658, 11 January 2023. Articles:A class battle on several frontsSolidarity in SheffieldNHS crisis kills thousandsWhy poverty remains in a rich societyBeyond the first wave (John Moloney's column)Workers, united, will winStrikes and strike ballots (published 11 January)Qatargate and the union movementKeep up the fight for free movementWomen's Fightback: Tate thrives on outrageChaos at the Capitol againGetting out 100,000 on 21 April?Putin digs a hole with more repressionWhy we won’t march with Stop the War on 25 FebruaryWhy I joined AWLFusion energy: moonshine or sunshine?The royal family rowRevolutions, socialist and otherBrazil: workers’ organisation needed against the fascistsA continental revolutionAnti-union laws: scrap them all!Defiance is not the magic bulletHow to make student occupations effectiveStrike pay in the strike waveStaying solid in Royal MailNot just about pay, but future of NHSWorkers' Liberty union fractions discussUnison NEC electionsDiary of a railworker: Management on the back footNEU plans a strong startKino Eye: The Magdalene sistersUCU: no confidence in GradySolidarity in NottinghamshireAnti-strike law fight must start nowHelp us raise £35,000Covid surge and worker revolt in ChinaTrain drivers offered pay cutMore online: https://workersliberty.org/solidarity-658-11-january-2023

Solidarity 657, 14 December 2022. Articles include:Up the strikes, down with the Tories!Exploitation and how to end itThe strikes must take on politicsStrikes and strike ballots (published 13 December)The Morning Star on human rightsOn the streets to oppose anti-strike lawsWomen's Fightback: Dorothy Pitman Hughes, 1938-2022New India solidarity group launchedStarmer snubs BAME membersNew coal can still be stoppedUnite scandal: give the members the factsThe "minimum service" law in FranceAfghanistan 15 months onAction on Covid-19What comes after neoliberalism?The return of the 24 hour general strikeThe story of Ireland's hidden mass gravesLetter: Worker-led conversion, not just shrinkingLetter: The immediate and the fundamentalSupport and spread the NHS strikes!Royal Mail: it's an existential fightOrganising in workplaces and localitiesDiary of a Tubeworker: Snow, frost and crowdsKino Eye: The story of the migrant EliasJohn Molyneux, 1948-2022Time for a levy to fund sustained strikes?PCS mulls all out strike (John Moloney's column)Back Ukraine against Russia's warChina simmers after November revoltIran: protests defy violenceMore online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-657-14-december-2022

Solidarity 656, 7 December 2022. Articles, see list online:https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-656-7-december-2022 Solidarity to save the NHS! Beat the freeze Solidarity versus squandering "General strike" on 1 February? Developing the logic of the strike struggle now December will be full of strikes Strikes and strike ballots Morning Star on China protests China: the workers and the regime Climate change will force mass migration Class struggle in Ukraine Canadian First Nations women under threat Yes, victory to Ukraine! US strikes spread despite Biden Mao's China was no workers' state James Connolly, German warmonger (2) Letter: Focus on rejoin and free movement Letter: Stop the acceleration of matter NHS pay: push for united action When other workers struck to back the NHS UCU: don’t wind it down! Return to meeting in person! Action on Covid-19 Kino Eye: Chantal Ackerman and “the greatest film” Civil service strikes start 13 December (John Moloney's column) Shelter dispute is key for non-profits Iran: women’s equality and a secular republic! Postal workers rally on 9 December China erupts: the workers are key Capitalism creates its own coffin-maker Network Rail “offer” should be binned too Ex-members come out against UCKG Justice for Bilkis Bano - solidarity with Muslims in India Myanmar protest in support of movement in China

Solidarity 655, 30 November 2022. Articles include: Making imagination, and remaking reality Make 15 December a solidarity day Strikes and strike ballots (published 29 November) The Morning Star against free movement The left should back Ukraine's fight China rebels for democracy Women's Fightback: "All the Rage" sets agenda for activities COP27: no pause in capitalist ecocide U Nu and Burmese political Buddhism Iraq: ferment from 2019 still simmers Citizens spurned by the UK The Tories and the uncaring economy James Connolly, German warmonger Scotland: yes to a referendum, no to raised borders Firefighters ballot 5 December to 23 January Universities to strike again in February BT: a flat-rate offer, but beware the detail Diary of a Tube drive: Leaves on the line, unwelcome plans Stop the Public Order Bill! Kino Eye: Football on film Send ideas to the NDC! (John Moloney's column) Nurses to strike 15 and 20 December NHS unions should coordinate ScotRail deal accepted CWU presses Royal Mail harder Iran: from uprising to revolution? Open the borders!

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-655-30-november-2022

Solidarity 654, 23 November 2022. Articles:

Which side are you on? The “iron cages” of capitalism Strikes escalate again Strikes and strike ballots (published 22 November) Conspiracy theories about the Poland missile Pages from a militant life: No shop steward, no hope Women's Fightback: Malta begins shift on abortion rights Further council cuts looming Labour expels top union figures The New Pangaea and biodiversity Labour and the “trend of Bregret” How work visas help Musk Looter capitalism in Iraq Action on Covid-19 The politico-economic consequences of Liz Truss West Papua: occupation and deforestation The strike wave in France Getting the imaginary into reality Rail workers will strike again from 13 December Unison to strike at 19 universities Universities strike 24-25-30 November Diary of a trackworker: Here’s hoping it’s not the time-warp again “Final position” in BT talks? Kino Eye: The labour theory of value on film PCS strikes start selective (John Moloney's column) Selective action good; no national action bad Jacob’s strike escalates Russian imperialism leaves Kherson in ruins NHS workers set to strike Postal workers plan more strikes

More online: https://workersliberty.org/solidarity-654-23-november-2022

Solidarity 653, 16 November 2022. Articles: Stop Sunak’s cuts! Tax the rich! 24-25 November is next high point for strikes Strikes and strike ballots (published 15 November) Many face pre-pay switch Nonsense about Ukraine peace talks Planning an NHS fightback Maternal mortality rises in UK and US Free movement, not more border cops Letter: Less work? Less capitalism Letter: Open borders To make good damage, seize capitalist wealth! Action on Covid-19 Free Alaa Abd el-Fattah! Help Egypt's workers against Sisi Iran: will the workers move as a class? General strike in Belgium The economics of inflation Connolly, the socialists and August 1914 Unison HE branches strike from 24 November Strikes in Scotland 24 and 28 November London bus workers strike Defend Radeck, defend the union Escalation needed in rail disputes Diary of a paramedic: What the “NHS crisis” means A dispatch from the Elizabeth Line Liverpool dockers win on pay Kino Eye: Another film from Glauber Rocha PCS decides on 18 November (John Moloney's column) NHS unions move towards strikes UCU demo on 30 November Murdoch dumps Trump, but DeSantis poses threat Ukrainian win is threat to Putin

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-653-16-november-2022

Solidarity 652, 9 November 2022. Articles include:

NHS in worst-ever plight Behind the £30 billion cuts Open the doors for refugees! Strikes and strike ballots (published 8 November) Huge payouts for the rich The Morning Star talks about Trotskyism Pages from a militant life: Richer, and with more poverty Women's Fightback: Iran - "This is a left movement" Ukrainians are not deluded "pawns" of the US Free Alaa Abd el-Fattah! Winning the cooperation we need Action on Covid-19 Union fightback stops anti-strike law Racist right gains in Israeli election NUS: debate, not summary sacking! Xi tries to clamp down China's tensions Revolt against Foxconn Connolly and World War One Universities to strike 24, 25, 30 November Unison wins Barnet dispute National Coal Mining Museum Liverpool dockers out again from 14 November Reballot at Amazon warehouse Diary of a social worker: A piece of the hostile environment Restart the rail strikes Kino Eye: Cinema Novo in Brazil Action should not stop for talks (John Moloney's column) Royal Mail dispute is still ongoing USA votes under the gunman's shadow Trumpist surge poses threat to Ukraine Strike wave can still grow

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-652-9-november-2022

Solidarity 651, 2 November 2022. Articles include:

Worker power can defy “the markets” Building up the pressure Upcoming strike and strike ballots (published 1 November 2022) Second thoughts about China? Pages from a militant life: Life as a casual worker Women's Fightback: Anti-choice MP becomes Women’s Minister Letter: Armoured cars on Russia’s eBay Letter: No spoilers, please Myanmar’s sham election plan Shoulder to shoulder for the strike Oust Braverman! Hold Labour to its free-movement policy! COP27 won’t stop the ecocidal spiral Brazil: the continuing strength of the right Letter: Bolsonaro and corruption Connolly and Partition: summary Energy bills: worker revolt and consumer revolt Unison should back NEU efforts Council pay: start now for 2023 CWU cancels strikes after legal threat Action on Covid-19 Diary of a firefighter: Time to duck, or chance to win? Scottish health workers gain better offer Kino Eye: A film from Iran Go for action, not a pause (John Moloney's column) UCU: action, not delay! Student protest hits military links RMT launches expanded cleaners' ballot Royal Mail’s new wave starts 12 November Ukraine risks losing aid

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-651-2-november-2022

Solidarity 650, 26 October 2022. Articles include:

Tory fiasco raises the stakes Local strikes spread as national disputes expand and accelerate Strikes and strike ballots Lessons in democracy... from Xi Jinping! Montenegro Pride: no more buts, no more excuses Iranian protests spark wider fightbacks Iran: what revolution? Tories say they’ll review school trans guidelines Thousands march to rejoin the EU Pages from a militant life: The suburbs from the 1980s to now Midterm malaise in the USA Zelenskyy: A government of millionaires against billionaires Action on Covid-19 BJP out of the Labour Party! The left and lessons from Corbynism The Liberals and Ulster Organising to fight for the NHS Sheffield students occupy against arms trade Student conference on cost-of-living crisis NHS: make links across unions BT workers moot four-day strike As TOCs strike again, keep the fight together! Diary of a rail worker: Base roster not fit for service Liverpool battle will reverberate Kino Eye: A film for Tube workers PCS ballot ends 7 November (John Moloney's column) TUC: despite the strikes, a flat Congress UCU wins strike mandates Putin declares martial law Post workers ramp up strikes Kick the Tories out: general election now!

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Solidarity 649, 19 October 2022. Articles include:

Capitalism: a new crisis Private affluence and public squalor Strikes still stepping up One-day, indefinite and other strikes Strikes and strike ballots Paul Mason is wrong, but less wrong than Nick Wright Pages from a militant life: Halfway house on healthcare Where next for environment activism? Threats force trans-rights cancellations Letter: More on secularism 41 dead in Turkish mining disaster A new world food system Thakin Soe: Burmese Trotskyist? Action on Covid-19 How Tories won a huge swing in Leicester amidst Truss debacle 67% of Labour voters want to rejoin EU Shifts in the world order Workers’ Assemblies for aviation New mood in Further Education Anger and resolve in Royal Mail fight NHS pay ballots begin How Arriva bus drivers won an 11% pay rise Honesty on pay offers Diary of a Tube worker: Something up, but they’re not telling us Liverpool dockers out again from 24 October Kino Eye: Banned books burned Teachers look to strike in January London Underground workers will strike again National Coal Mining Museum strikes Putin’s new recruits start dying in Ukraine Strikes: seize the time while Tories flounder Kick the Tories out! Spinoza, democracy and socialism: four articles Return to Gate Gourmet! 1968: Martin Luther King and the Memphis sanitation strike Marcus Garvey and the socialists The French revolution and black liberation School history and Black Lives Matter

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Solidarity 648, 12 October 2022. Articles may include:

Putin threatens nuclear war Socialism vs Trussonomics From piecemeal strikes to class-wide battle Upcoming strike dates If Chris Williamson’s the answer, it’s the wrong question Ukraine: the proxy fallacy Unveil Iran! Action on Covid-19 Letter: Qatar, Al Jazeera, Israel and The Labour Files Capitalist farming is wasteful From US strikes to politics Aviation: already approaching disaster point Why secularism matters The debate on exclusion Taking the line from the Irish nationalists Ireland on the dissecting table The 19 days in Royal Mail Battling a 2.5% pay offer in FE Schools formal ballot opens 1 November Diary of a paramedic: Queueing to get into hospital Pages from a militant life: The paradox of the 1980s Kino Eye: Coal Miner’s Daughter A sense of confidence (John Moloney's column) Liverpool dockers strike again Unite members reject TfL pay offer UAL cleaners plan to escalate Why we welcome Ukrainian victories Campaign to raise benefits! Getting the union onto construction sites Socialists and the Green Party "Unite for a Workers' Economy" The economics of inflation Honour and learn from the Grunwick strike! Haitian revolution vs British empire John Archer: black pioneer of labour politics How transport workers beat the colour bar An organiser for black workers

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Solidarity 647, 5 October 2022. Articles include:

Strikes pick up the pace Upcoming strike dates Free Our Unions protest on 10 October Strikes are spreading Battles win concessions A right royal cop-out The Russian people are winning Women's Fightback: Transphobes lose it over story-telling alien Letter: 280 million years too late Iran rises up for women's rights Action on Covid Russia's "No" to military call up Labour conference shows the need for political work in the unions Proving us wrong? The Labour Files: neither revealing nor convincing Putin and the opposition Belgrade reminds us: Pride is a protest Truss, Kwarteng and economics How capitalist farming destroys our world environment Myanmar: reconciliation or revolt? Ukrainian trade unionists battle against Putin and for rights Council pay: looking to 2023 Strong pickets at London universities Liverpool dockers determined to win Diary of a Crossrail worker: Pressure increases Pages from a militant life: Ten years since the QCH dispute Kino Eye: The films that gave us "gaslighting" John Moloney's column: More young workers joining Outsourced workers win staff travel passes Luton couriers stage protest Russia annexes parts of Ukraine, Putin threatens nuclear war Solidarity with Italy's workers and oppressed Kick the Tories out!

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Solidarity 646, 21 September 2022. Articles: Protest now against new anti-union laws Squeezing the right to strike Trade union laws since the 1980s Unite, accelerate, spread the strikes Trash Ukraine to curb prices? A spectre is haunting Europe Far right rallies 70,000 in Prague Demand justice for Chris Kaba - fight to curb the police The case against fracking Freeze rents, expand council housing Ukrainian victories are step forward to liberation Action on Covid-19 Women's Fightback: On not sleeping with political contacts Letter: Abuse is easier online "Used by the profit-mongers to blind the people": Keir Hardie on the monarchy Pro-monarchy “consensus” is a fake "Heeds not the shriek of penury" James Connolly on the working class and monarchy Pages from a militant life: Why are there homeless in a rich society? Armed struggle in Myanmar Students face cost-of-living crunch Labour conference: will unions rebuke Starmer? The valuable, critical Marxism of Paul Le Blanc What was James Connolly's alternative to partition? Ukrainian socialists hold conference More Trump plots and mayhem Putin and the opposition Russia’s anarcho-communist rail saboteurs Last Times where “nothing has ended” Putin pushes rail workers to join army Strikes at start of university term Architecture workers could strike Timing next Tube strikes Vote Daniel Randall for RMT NEC Good results so far in NHS Nurses: the mood is shifting Diary of an engineer: “Even I’m going on strike” Jean-Luc Godard, 1930-2022 PCS ballots go out soon Royal Mail: a stand against bullying Truss: foolish but dangerous Energy: make Labour demand public ownership Speak out against the monarchy!

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Solidarity 645, 7 September 2022. Articles: Spread the strikes! Strikes and strike ballots: what's coming up in September and beyond Inflation and how to counter it Why we back Ukraine's offensive Sanctions are not effective solidarity The Morning Star's trouble with Gorbachev The case for space Towards a general strike in Sudan? Women's Fightback: Women killed for being "witches" Analysing Labour's poll results Pakistan: a disaster made by capitalism Myanmar: the need for mass strikes Action on Covid-19 Chile: setback for the left Far-right threat to EuroPride in Serbia A public health new deal Putin and the opposition Time to lose faith in markets North-East Ulster Unison HE branches to strike Big anti-abortion march in London BT: needing a strategy from below Scottish local government: strikes can win more! RMT election: vote Daniel Randall! Pages from a militant life: Richer and more predatory Diary of an NHS worker: Tragedy, shame and anger Kino Eye: Native Americans onscreen TUC Congress, the strikes and the Truss regime Preparing for Truss' attacks (John Moloney's column) Royal Mail: now is the time to strike to win RMT and Aslef to strike together London Underground dispute: we must strike again! Wage spiral to beat bills spiral

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Solidarity 644, 31 August 2022. Articles: Unite, accelerate, spread the strikes! The threat from Truss and Sunak "Enough is Enough": now build democratic organisation on the ground Why do unions back the Morning Star? Haunted by Andrey Vyshinsky’s ghost Women's Fightback: Feminist revolt in China Price curbs no substitute for wage rises Letter: Grey area or no difference? Free Our Unions steps up Expropriate the energy industry! Exploitation rises in Myanmar The Trump Show season two Action on Covid-19 This drought was avoidable Gay rights in Singapore: one step forward, two steps back Organising for worker power The British Marxists, Ireland and Ulster The other £100 billion Scottish council workers force improvements UCU’s new ballot starts 7 September Unison to strike in some universities Diary of a trackworker: But it's not in the KPIs NHS: create strike committees Kino Eye: Wolfgang Petersen, 1941-2022 Preparing for 26 September (John Moloney's column) Barristers strike indefinitely from 5 September BT workers strike 30-31 August Postal workers upbeat after first strike Where next in the national rail dispute? Ukraine fights to drive back Putin

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Solidarity 643, 17 August 2022, 24 pages. Articles include: The threat of new anti-strike laws Make clear demands! Unite, accelerate and spread the strikes Orbán: best just to say nothing? Starmer, Biden and the picket line Don’t ban Russians from tourist visas Women's Fightback: Using hate to become a TikTok star Focus on energy efficiency Action on Covid-19 Monkeypox: a history of neglect Kids' storytime fends off far-right attack Strikes can change the mood at Labour conference Trans healthcare: expansion or alibi for cuts? Bangladesh tea-producing workers strike Against Putin, back Ukraine Self-determination for the people of Taiwan! Support Sri Lanka protesters against repression Linking social and democratic struggles in Israel - interview with Uri Weltmann Knowledge from the workplaces Diary of a steel worker Partition, Irish Protestants and James Connolly BICO and Stalino-Unionism “Enough is Enough” and workers’ struggles Letter: Schematism and the CPB Letter: Not in a single jump Connolly on the dynamic and durable Lousy night in Georgia UCU to ballot in the new term Goldsmiths UCU settles but the fight continues Postal workers set to strike: "The shop floor is buzzing" Local government £1,925 flat “pay rise” is a real-wage cut Diary of a construction worker: The dreams are different NHS workers vote over next months Kino Eye: Tory slime-drama at its best Part of a wider movement (John Moloney's column) Transport workers discuss co-ordination Connolly, unions and politics Beat the winter catastrophe Why we defend Salman Rushdie

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Shapurji Saklatvala, revolutionary socialist, Indian nationalist and Labour's first BAME MP, was elected in 1922. Representing radical local and international workers' and anti-colonial struggles, he suffered ostracism, surveillance, imprisonment and exile from India to fight against capitalism, racism and imperialism: for working-class self-liberation.

Activists from socialist organisation Sotsianiy Rukh in Ukraine and from the anti-war movement in Russia spoke at our Ideas for Freedom event this year, at a session on workers' solidarity with Ukraine. Comrades from Workers' Liberty who were part of an international labour movement and left solidarity delegation to Ukraine also reported back on their experience.

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In 1984 workers at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead occupied their workplace in defence of jobs. The occupation and the strike which preceded it lasted just over three months, and then on 3 October the occupiers were arrested.

37 of them were found guilty of contempt of court and jailed. There is a campaign to lift the convictions.

Workers’ Liberty has published this pamphlet so that we can remember those who took risks to fight to save not just their jobs but the jobs of future generations.

Solidarity 642, 27 July 2022. Articles: Tories' strife is our opportunity Profit-taking, not wages, behind price surge Russia expands imperialist aims in Ukraine And the trafficked refugees who aren't Olympians? The Morning Star and "muscular genius" Johnson Bristol protestors face 74 years jail A revolution within a revolution: women in Sudan Letter: Neither slogan can prevail Letter: Georgia and the Russian civil war The totalitarians at Tolpuddle Action on Covid-19 Labour dithers on trans rights Sri Lanka's protests and the fall of Rajapaksa Climate change as class war The Catholic leftist who fired anti-abortion protest The Irish in history Levelling-down in Wolverhampton Putin signs a hundred new laws What the Unison left should do NEU to ballot from 24 September Council workers set to strike on pay BT workers to strike 29 July and 1 August NHS workers suffer real-wage cuts Diary of a firefighter: 2% rise? Shove it! Forde inquiry praises Heeley model PCS to ballot from 26 September (John Moloney's column) The Hot Strike Summer: support the rail workers! Kino Eye: Iranian film directors jailed Night Tube strikes halted How Connolly linked class struggle to socialism Royal Mail workers vote to strike on pay Winning climate-safe workplaces

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Aiming to replace capitalism with socialism, James Connolly’s organising and ideas evolved considerably. One idea he clung to from the turn of the century to his death in 1916 was industrial unionism, workers’ solidarity across grades and trades and sympathetic strikes. That is how he saw his work with Larkin on the Irish Transport Union: a union for an industry and the members watching the moment until they could take over running the industry. His articles on that theme have never previously been collected compactly, and many appear in this short book — here in audioformat — for the first time in full since original publication.

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Introduction by Liam McNulty and Sean Matgamna

Solidarity 641, 13 July 2022. Articles:

Change Labour to beat Tories After Johnson, we breathe more easily Putin threatens worse to come Ideas for Freedom 2022 A "time and place" for Stalin-worship? No heroes of ours! YCL celebrates the Stalinist tradition Letter: Correct usage is not middle-class Oppose the extradition Royal Mail ballot closes 19 July 20,000 at London Trans+ Pride Bristol Pride — trans rights is central Action on Covid-19 Gota goes. What next? Uber, capitalism, Peter Mandelson and GMB Sixty years after Silent Spring Putin’s new laws crush rights in Russia Wage rises, price curbs: where to push Yes to Scotland's rights, no to a new border Getting Russia wrong: Beevor’s history Trial time for Donald Trump? Solidarity with Verso workers Doctors protest on pay cuts Connolly and the Protestant workers (1) Bristol care workers strike against pay cuts Preparing for battle (John Moloney's column) Unison ballots for pay action in HE Reinstate Freedman and Khiabany! BT workers vote for strikes Reversal in Momentum poll Kino Eye: Jean-Louis Trintignant, 1930-2022 Aslef drivers vote for strikes: now name coordinated action! RMT AGM debates rail dispute, Belarus, politics Underground jobs, pensions, and conditions fight: next steps Connolly and a history relevant now The quicker the strikes, the better the chance Fightback for choice

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Of the famous suffragette family Pankhurst — Emmeline, Christabel, Adela — Sylvia became the pioneer communist who organised the East End of London, where many working class men also lacked the vote. The pamphlet recounts the contrasting evolutions of the "votes for ladies" of Christabel and Emmeline, and of Sylvia's working-class organising.

Solidarity 640, 29 June 2022, articles: Get the Tories out! Labour: demand a debate on Brexit Back Ukraine’s call for arms supplies Political ripples from the war Steve Sweeney, Ukraine and Russia The CPB on 18 June Trade unionist’s pre-trial arrest extended USA rolls back women’s rights A system of minority rule The North York Moors and extinction “Kick the Tories out” and socialist politics Stop the Rwanda scheme, oppose new Tory Bill Action on Covid-19 Police break up Istanbul Pride A public service railway! Make Labour back the pickets What should our pay demand be? Maintain momentum after magnificent week! Connolly on partition (2) NHS: organise now to win on pay How to make Unison “strike-ready” School workers’ pay: a long road yet Diary of a trackworker: Back to the flying pickets? Momentum calls its election Building for September (John Moloney's column) Preparing to renew courier pay fight UCU Congress dodges Ukraine Wakefield does not vindicate Starmer Make wages spiral!

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Solidarity 639, 22 June 2022. Articles:

In Ukraine, Russian occupation means destruction of rights Action on Covid-19 Strikes show how to fight price surges London’s Russians Against War Reply to a reader on Ukraine Union conferences should hear from workers, not bosses Letter: Work from home and union organising Women's Fightback: Bechdel Test gets an update Tories push to curb human rights Protesting transphobes in Bristol Trans rights: consensus not won yet Heatwaves bring deaths, floods and more Break the left’s Brexit silence! Eye on the left: Two views on PCS "Progressive economics": think tanks or struggles? Johnson’s tattered “Orange card” Urgent challenge for French left Left seeks place in Momentum election Connolly on partition (1) Left NEC under attack at Unison conference Post workers set to strike in August GMB: still a way to travel Diary of a Tube worker: The loudmouths and the rattled Dispute could be central at RMT AGM An uptick in struggle (John Moloney's column) Strike shows rail workers have power Starmer to lurch on tuition fees and Europe Arriva strike: could it spread? Why is Starmer no more trusted than Johnson? After 18 June protest: we need clear demands, strong action

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Solidarity 638, 15 June 2022. Articles:

Solidarity with Ukraine! Defeat Putin! Support the rail strikes Rwanda: it's state trafficking New anti-union law threat Morning Star stumbles in fog of war Letter: Bitcoin's e-waste problem Letter: A festival of dialogue Putin to expand anti-gay laws Women's Fightback: Not shock absorbers, but fighters! 91% tax break on fossil fuels Left voice needed in Momentum elections The pitfalls of sanctions China is not the monolith it seems Post-Covid suffering and how to minimise it Action on Covid-19 The Lady of Heaven row: no to religious censorship Winston Churchill: his times, his crimes Michael Marmot: “We need to restore the funding councils have lost. There’s no way round it” Debating tactics for local government pay fight Arriva busworkers strike on pay Resist the bus cuts Diary of a paramedic: Expanded primary care? Or just cheaper? Summer camp 25-28 August From blocking Macron to rebuilding left politics Preparing for the pay ballot (John Moloney's column) Local deals and the UCU disputes TSSA members: vote yes for action! January 6 hearings: Nothing to see? Strike to push up wages and benefits - Squeeze profits, tax wealth

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Solidarity 637, 8 June 2022. Articles: Side with Ukraine! Russian troops out! Belarus: free the Railway Eleven Tories in turmoil: seize the chance to oust them Russia: repression prompts arson Next couriers' day of action 1 August Delusions of "Non-Alignment" Wrong about the Morning Star on Ukraine Labour's economic policy vacuum The baby formula shortage and capitalism Stopping the insect apocalypse Momentum to run new elections Blockchain: gimmick, not solution Action on Covid-19 Ukraine: making a war of liberation Workers' Liberty on trans rights Debate: Ill-informed repetition at a key moment for trans rights Debate: Autism is not a trauma Fight still on against Florida "Don't Say Gay" law Different debates on Ukraine at Lutte Ouvrière fête Yes, rejoin the Single Market! Protocol flux entwined with Tory fall-out Unison right wing plans pushback Imperfect victim Training to the tests? Diary of a Crossrail worker: A mixed mood UCU votes for new ballot Kino Eye: Transgender history on film CWU ballots in BT. What about Royal Mail? Stations strike shuts down the Tube Night Tube re-ballot successful: now escalate the action PCS pay ballot will start 1 September Rail strikes set for 21, 23 and 25 June

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Solidarity 636, 25 May 2022 — 24 pages! Articles:

Beyond the windfall tax Action on Covid-19 Couriers organise for a long haul Anti-war feeling may be rising in Russia Inflation 10.2% for rich, 8.7% for poor Murray’s way forward for Labour A new terminology for Israel-Palestine Israel-Arab détente leaves Palestinians sidelined Letter: The age of consent, again Letter: Threat to women's sports Green hydrogen? Yes, but... Letter: Huge gender care waiting lists are a danger Twilight of the oligarchs Sylvia Pankhurst and "the first of its kind" Drop the debt! A Workers’ Plan for Ukraine! The language question in Ukraine Women and Roma in the war The history behind the war To resist is not anti-feminist! Socialist Worker condemns “war of conquest”... by Ukraine! Lutte Ouvrière and Ukraine’s right to self-determination Refugees need a real welcome USA: a House Divided yet again A good start, but there’s more Democracy vs sexism in the unions “I have always believed in discontent” Mixed verdict from Texas Supreme Court Aslef and FBU vote down disaffiliation Tories’ "extremism" adviser airbrushes far right Another clampdown by Starmer UCU needs a new strategy Post workers prepare to ballot New Labour purge in Wirral Diary of a trackworker: Facilities for extra staff Diary of a Crossrail worker: Two tiers Kino Eye: Silkwood and work safety PCS meets in conference Rail workers vote to strike Station staff: all out on 6 June! Drive out the Tories! Drive out their policies! Be bold for a republic Patel facilitates racist harassment How to defeat “minimum service” threat

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Solidarity 635, 18 May 2022. Article:

How the left can help Ukraine Action on Covid-19 Dissent simmers in Russia A strike for LGBT rights Building broad support for the couriers Morning Star’s international editor breaks cover In Georgia, workers challenge a Russian oligarch Ban anti-trans conversion therapy! Two states is the only way out Why are you booing Zack? He's right Letter: PR is not magic Teenagers and rights to decide Women's Fightback: Ukraine is centre of world surrogacy industry What socialists are doing in Ukraine US: many thousands protest for abortion rights The Dublin Labour War, 1913-14, part three The right to refuse unsafe workplaces Euphoria rather than dysphoria Unison to debate building turnout Scottish FE teachers push on pay Tories “derecognise” NUS Diary of a firefighter: Working nine to nine? Bus workers strike over pay Kino Eye: NHS on film Coordinate rail strikes for best impact A wild move for job cuts in civil service (John Moloney's column) For a federal united Ireland! Rewind Brexit! Union action to beat inflation Cuts, pay, Ukraine: issues at PCS conference Higher education fights gridlocked Glasgow Labour's death wish

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Solidarity 634, 11 May 2022. Articles:

Stop the Tories wrecking the NHS Couriers next big day of action is on 17 May Russia's opposition and Navalny Jailed for refusing war machine? China and Covid: silence from the Morning Star Federal united Ireland is only way Women's Fightback: White Ribbon and virtue signalling Letter: PR could open way to new party Letter: Children and the trans debate Song not slogan The story of Steven Donziger Macron, Mélenchon and June War in Ukraine means hunger in Africa Sri Lanka's prime minister forced out The real history of Labour, NATO and bans Roe v Wade: Day of action on 14 May Bird flu: a warning for the next pandemic A titanic struggle: the Dublin Labour War, 1913-14 (part 2) Charlotte Despard in Ireland in the 1920s Erasing world-class sportswomen? Court upholds Gillick competence Get moving on council pay! UCU moves to marking boycott Diary of a track worker: More managers who don't know how 5 May results show need to fight back Scottish Labour: not "back" yet Kino Eye: A Popular Front film, 1936 As more station job cuts announced, we must name strikes Night Tube strikes named on Jubilee: dispute must escalate Aslef win reballot on LU Delegation to Ukraine reports back Workers' solidarity with Ukraine!

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Solidarity 633, 4 May 2022. Articles may include: Workers' solidarity against Putin Action on Covid-19 Russians use May Day to protest No to Wimbledon Russian ban Free couriers' leader Kirill Ukraintsev! Stalinists, whataboutery, Ukraine and the unions Better paths to union renewal A film about puberty? Good. But not well done Musk plans an "anti-woke" Twitter Police Act: defy, demand repeal! "Not exactly surprising, but awe-inspiring" - Yuliya Yurchenko on Ukraine's resistance Our drum sounds for Ukraine, too Hospital security guards rally support France: prime minister vs president? Glorious Dublin! Karl Radek on China Charlotte Despard, a rebel from age 46 to 95 Truce unlikely to end Yemen war Ukraine and fetishising the anti-NATO call Sri Lanka's workers stand up Johnson poses as BJP bulldozes Muslim homes Raising money for Indian unions Climate change: how unions can step up Tories say: "out" trans students Clampdown at Unison health conference CWU debates Ukraine and BT pay Italian couriers strike on May Day Diary of a paramedic: Why we can’t even get ambulances out of the station Kino Eye: Gangsterism as capitalism The Kinder mass trespass A full ballot on pay (John Moloney's column) 3,000 rail workers rally to win ballot UCU outcomes unclear Couriers set new tactics Resist Labour's "capricious" bans Vote Labour on 5 May! Push back abortion rights threat! Pushbacks defeated: now beat new anti-refugee law

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Solidarity 632, 21 April 2022. Articles may include: Putin launches new onslaught in eastern Ukraine Union convoy for Ukraine Out-Torying the Tories? Johnson out, Tories out! Fire up the pay fight! Mobilise for 18 June Oppose the invasion, but don't fight it? Russian university pushed back on student expulsions Junket for bosses, pay cut for workers Women's Fightback: Secure housing for Ukrainian refugees Vote Labour on 5 May Climate activists join refinery workers' picket P&O defies jobs protests and law France: grim choices on 24 April, an urgent need to rebuild An active tactic, or shrugging? Best to call for a blank vote Putin and the Chechen wars Unions: the potential for resurgence Mass protests in Sri Lanka Johnson signals threat to trans rights Speed up on 2022-23 pay! Questions after police raid University disputes: don't postpone! Goldsmiths starts marking boycott Diary of a trackworker: The big vote approaches NEU conference debates Ukraine Funnel anger into vote Rail ballot from 26 April John Leach for RMT AGS Rail cleaners strike for £15 One of the Hollywood Ten Stop Tory offshore asylum ploy Opposing Labour's ban on Workers' Liberty New purge in Liverpool Labour Hospital strike rally 29 April

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Solidarity 631, 6 April 2022. Articles may include: March for Ukraine on 9 April Oust Johnson, oust the Tories! Street protests return in Russia Unions must act on maternity scandal Tory retreats on Elections Bill War, peace... and trade? Jovan Divjak, 1937-2021 Rana Ayyub barred from leaving India Women's Fightback: Council clamps down on “semi-nudity” Why we oppose NATO Tory u-turn throws trans people under bus Target must be converting from capitalism Far right calls off 9 April march Arms for Ukraine? An exchange Don't tell us the ending Using "anti-imperialism" to avoid siding with Ukraine The "West" that backs Putin China, Covid and ultra-lockdowns Action on Covid-19 India's workers fight against the odds Unions: rally for real NHS pay rise Forced academies, mark 2? Fighting the death penalty in Singapore Diary of a Tube worker: Measures had already frayed P&O faces court, but workers still sacked Kino Eye: Deflating McCarthy, 1953 Next steps on pay (John Moloney's column) Strikes throughout April at GOSH Rail union plans national strikes to break pay freeze Keep connecting with Workers’ Liberty to debate! Model motion on Labour ban on Workers' Liberty Ban means narrowing Labour For Labour victories on 5 May! Food courier strikes spread to Leeds "Crass, indiscriminate smear" Two accounts of the DSA Public funds boost emissions and exploitation The FNPR: Putin’s pet trade union Class struggle under Boric Piccadilly Line drivers: vote yes for action on training standards! Green Park/Euston: vote yes for action! Pensions review confirms cuts plans: strike again for jobs, pensions, and conditions!

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Due to a technical error, we accidentally uploaded the audio of 631 with pages 7-11 missing, and pages 12 to the end repeated instead. Sorry. Here are the missing pages.

Solidarity 631, 6 April 2022, pages 7-11 only. Articles may include: Arms for Ukraine? An exchange Don't tell us the ending Using "anti-imperialism" to avoid siding with Ukraine The "West" that backs Putin China, Covid and ultra-lockdowns Action on Covid-19

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Solidarity 630, 30 March 2022. Articles may include: Down with Putin! Arm Ukraine! Fight back against Sunak's inequality push Police out of schools! Quietly hoping for a Russian victory The world divided, the labour movement united Alternatives to punishment in schools Labour suspends council candidate Green transition to beat petro-tyrants? Not so simple The DSA and what unravelled SDS "Energy security" and priorities Long live cosmopolitanism Orbán set to win in Hungary Solidarity from Ukraine against Labour ban New clashes in Armenia Challenge is better than bans Not really a conference Russia: "thousands, millions against the war" Sanctions and inequality in Russia The religiosity of Connolly and Larkin (2) Catholicism and socialism Stalling in Kirklees union impasse Action on Covid UCU re-ballot: vote yes-yes Goldsmiths bosses still stubborn Diary of a paramedic: Helping fewer because busier Hungarian teachers strike for pay Kino Eye: William Hurt, 1950-2022 From fear to fightback (John Moloney's column) Nationalise P&O! Reinstate the workers! Preparing for pensions fight Russia: dissent swells despite de facto martial law Resist this Labour ban! Upping pressure on Just Eat and Stuart

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Solidarity 629, 23 March 2022. Articles may include: Stand with Ukraine Academic boycott would help, not hurt, Putin Boris Johnson's friendly tyrant Sudan's school workers step up Karnataka decision sharpens communalism Defend workers' rights in Ukraine Statement on temporary ban on some parties in Ukraine Why banning Russia Today is a bad idea Women's Fightback: Mental-health pill-popping escalates Letter: Learning from collapse of SDS Denialism, power and Putin This climate-denier and friend of Farage should not be a Labour MP Were Pisa workers right to block weapons for Ukraine? In the badlands of Donbas Putin, Eurasianism and Alexander Dugin The religiosity of Connolly and Larkin (1) Chile's new president takes office Diary of a Tube worker: The strike and the small mess room Striking every Friday in April Kino Eye: Left to die in the Balkans Campaign on the April 2022 pay round DWP plans 40 office closures Stirrings in student union PCS gets 45% turnout, 81% yes Fight to save P&O Ferries jobs Couriers’ strikes spread and need more funds Hard-hitting action needed in universities

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Solidarity 628, 16 March 2022. Articles may include:

“Stop the War”? Yes, but with victory for Ukraine! Why we look to workers' "sanctions" Open the doors to refugees! Putin is not a victim of NATO Corrections Lithuania cancels Covid vaccines for Bangladesh Why has the Morning Star ignored Unite on Ukraine? DSA needs to learn the lessons of SDS Croatia 1992, Bosnia 1992, Kosova 1999, Ukraine 2022 Tax the rich to shift from fossil fuels Anti-feminist backlash in South Korea Support the anganwadi childcare workers in Delhi and Haryana! Indian elections: what happened Why the Minsk agreements are no answer The United Irish League, the Labour Party, and “the pleasant relations” Strike for equal pay claims Starbucks union drive accelerates Avanti West Coast cleaners strike against poverty pay Diary of a trackworker: We could see this coming Vote Independent Left in PCS Kino Eye: Two angles on the Light Brigade Union backs Ukraine (John Moloney's column) After 1/3 March: name more dates, build the political campaign Cleaners brought in house, security guards strike Varied anti-war action in Russia Courier strike needs funds and volunteers New push needed in UCU battle

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-628-16-march-2022

Solidarity 627, 9 March 2022. Articles may include: Support Ukraine’s war of self-defence! Russian troops out now! Unite the left to defend Ukraine Back Ukraine Solidarity and Ukraine’s left Break the government’s blockade of refugees! Drop Ukraine’s debt now Morning Star: for solidarity, turn to the sports pages! Crimean War wasn’t “collective security” Karl Marx: sixth campist For Ukraine on International Women’s Day ITUC: kick Putin's union out Putin's bots and whataboutery Socialist Appeal and SWP on the invasion they said was false scare Worker boycotts back Ukraine Silvertown Tunnel protest Free Sepideh Gholian! Listen to Ukrainian and Russian socialists! Putin's far-right lies about "de-Nazifying" Ukraine Ukraine's centuries under Russian imperialism Lords slashes anti-migrant bill. Up the pressure! Gardiner and Gujarat: how a "left" Labour MP defended genocide Serco workers win in-housing and pay rise RMT cleaners strike again 12 March New university strikes from 21 March Union sets new strikes in GDST GOSH strikers forge links Liverpool cuts producing Labour split New protests follow SOAS occupation Kino Eye: A symbol of defiance Going for clear anti-Putin line (John Moloney's column) Tube: now follow up on 1-3 March impact! Russia's anti-war people still defiant Energy workers act against the war Couriers urgently need more for strike fund

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-627-9-march-2022

Solidarity 621, 26 January 2022:

Russia: hands off Ukraine! Sudan: anti-coup movement keeps surging Omicron: brake rush back to workplaces Campism runs up against reality Has someone kidnapped Eric Lee? Converting TV to the US model? Women's Fightback: The sexy M&Ms controversy Hasty and dilettante? From Munich to Geneva Cells, complexity and chaos “Falling membership is good”, says Rachel Reeves Corbynism, pacts and left parties The socialists who deny Ukraine's rights American nightmare revisited? 20,000 days: a history of life expectancy Omicron and the anti-vax swirl UCU debates action restart Hospital strike postponed Turning round Unison after the pay setback Barts Trust workers plan two-week strike Diary of a trackworker: Havoc, thy name is lease-hire Kino Eye: The Lost Prince Feminism and “gender wars” Look again at Section 44 (John Moloney's column) Step Up Night Tube Strikes We Must Strike to Stop Station Job Cuts Out with Johnson! Out with Johnson’s policies! Make unions launch pay offensive! Learn from the Just Eat strikers

More online: https://www.workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-621-26-january-2022

Solidarity 626, 2 March 2022. Articles include:

Russian troops out of Ukraine! The "Stop the War" Coalition and Ukraine A very short history of NATO Open door for Ukrainian refugees! Workers’ boycotts can hit Putin Cuba defends Russian imperialism Defend the right to criticise NATO Russians defy arrests to oppose war What anti-war Russians want you to know Against Putin, move to renewables A third Starbucks unionises Women's Fightback: Colombia decriminalises abortion Collective security and NATO Did the Morning Star believe Putin’s denials? Londonski glaz or London Eye Gujarat 2002: the mass killings that launched Modi's rise Connolly and Home Rule, part two Churchill cleaners’ strike: spread the action! Rebuilding in local government GDST needs more strikes Longest strike in NHS history Highs and lows as RMT meets Diary of a Tube worker: Another day “up the wall” Free Sepideh Gholian! Kino Eye: Post-USSR disillusion Opposing Borders Bill and Putin (John Moloney's column) Tube strikes: prepare for more Couriers' strike spreads to south Police Bill: prepare to defy and repeal! The universities dispute after 2 March

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-626-2-march-2022

No To War - Solidarity with Ukraine

Intro and summation speeches from a meeting of the same name, Monday 1 March, 2022. Speakers: • Denys Pilash from the Socialist group Sotsialny Rukh in Ukraine. • Chris Ford from Ukraine Solidarity Campaign. • Dale Street from Workers Liberty.

Putins invasion of Ukraine is to force Ukraine to be part of Russia sphere of influence at the very least and may even be about snuffing out Ukraine as an independent nation full stop. This is a naked example of brutal imperialism.

Socialists, the trade union movement and Democrats need to oppose this war and support the Ukrainian peoples right to self determination and self defence.

We will also be discussing the practical way we can support the Ukrainian community here in Britain.

https://workersliberty.org/ukraine

This is the link for people to signup and keep in touch with Workers Liberty: http://www.workersliberty.org/signup Sotsialniy Rukh on fb https://www.facebook.com/social.ruh Taras Bilous' letter https://commons.com.ua/ru/letter-western-left-kyiv/

Денис Пілаш: Here is a list of different organizations and charities which work to help Ukrainians in their anti-imperial war against Russia: The Social Movement — The Social Movement is a left-wing public organization. The money donated to them will go to support refugees, civilians and also Ukrainian trade unions. Their requisites: For UAH 4246001000888754 Longo-Maï coop — this coop in Zakarpatia oblast is evacuating children from Vrubivka village in Luhansk oblast. They helped them for a long time and they even made a summer theater camp for them last year. Last week Vrubivka school was shelled by russian forces, so they are helping children to get to safety. They are ready to take in more refugees, considering the latest development in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. Their requisites: For UAH 4441114451067639 (Кошан В’ячеслав Антонійович, Монобанк) For EUR: Beneficiary IBAN UA 20 322001 00000 2620 6306 3111 62 Account No 26206306311162 Receiver KOSHAN VIACHESLAV, 90440, Ukraine, reg. Zakarpatska, district. Khustskyi, to 01:25:13 Денис Пілаш: Khustskyi, town. Nyzhnie Selyshche, st. Tsentralna, build. 53 Account with Institution Bank JSC UNIVERSAL BANK City KYIV, UKRAINE Swift code UNJSUAUKXXX @solidarnistinua — this is a newly created anarchist mutual aid org. Their mission statement is following: "Hello! We are supporters of horizontal society, solidarity and cooperation from different cities of Ukraine. Today we have united in the volunteer project "Operation Solidarity" in order to jointly help all healthy forces of society to counteract imperialist aggression against our country. We plan to collect humanitarian aid and fundraising in favor of territorial defense fighters and in support of all grassroots initiatives that unite people in confronting a common threat. We also plan to help refugees, host social events and spread the practices of equal decision-making and direct democracy." Their requisites: UAH 5375 4141 1919 7571 EUR 5375 4199 0742 1968 USD 5375 4188 1104 6176 @solidarnistinua — their Telegram channel

To donate to AWL https://www.workersliberty.org/donate

Signup to keep in contact and find out what the AWL are doing http://www.workersliberty.org/signup Message to share from Labour Campaign for Free Movement in response to the situation - open the borders & welcome refugees https://www.labourfreemovement.org/russia-ukraine-welcome-refugees/

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Solidarity 625, 23 February 2022. Articles may include:

Solidarity with Ukraine Student activism is alive, kicking and occupying at Sheffield University Stuart can well afford to pay couriers more Putin and Xi's unpaid propagandists Carbon markets are no answer For Lithuania's workers, enough is finally enough The people reclaim the Chagos islands Against far-right anti-vax blockades: labour movement action, not new state powers COP26 lessons: the need for workers' climate action Hindu bigots' hypocrisy against the hijab Sudan in revolt Women's Fightback: A "socialist line" for monogamy? To block pandemics, keep ecosystems healthy Covid: defend and extend sick pay! Transforming UCU: interview with Rhian Keyse Connolly and Home Rule, 1910-14 Picketing curbs pushed back London Underground is lying to us "Do Nothing"? The wheels on the train go thunk, thunk, thunk ASLEF disaffiliation would be a dead end Kino Eye: James Joyce on screen PCS ballot starts 24 February Strikes set example in universities NHS and care protests 26 February Paul Holmes re-elected Workers and students against university bosses Student action escalates Spreading strikes push back courier bosses

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-625-23-february-2022

Solidarity 624, 16 February 2022. Articles may include: For Ukraine, against Putin Why couriers are striking Canada's blockades boost far-right anti-vax movement 23-24 April conference Met chief ousted; now stop Police Bill! When some on the left support the far right Sceptical about benefits of blockchain A ban on publishing? Bernie Sanders is wrong about Ukraine Women's Fightback: Focus on prevention and support, not penalties Climate strike on 25 March Tories reckless on Covid Deselect Neil Coyle! Free Fahad Shah Opposition to Modi expands United Ireland, politics and "economism" Connolly's critique of De Leon's Marxism Unison NEC left must turn outwards Strikers challenge dancing ban How to use union clout in Labour Students step up strike solidarity Unison to join in at Goldsmiths Diary of a health worker: Listening without prejudice Pensions strike is strong Kino Eye: A Ukrainian film about collectivisation Atos and Fujitsu vote for action (John Moloney's column) NEU lacks urgency on pay New Tory push for "Singapore-on-Thames" UCU dispute needs escalation Unison joins universities battle Couriers' strike is spreading Stop airport expansion

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-624-16-february-2022

Solidarity 623, 9 February 2022. Articles may include:

Strikes can beat gig economy bosses McDonalds CEO hamburgled Together we are stronger DUP flounders in Brexit crisis Omicron: lessons from Denmark Morning Star silent on Irish impasse Carbon offset is deceit Joe Rogan, Neil Young and me Women's Fightback: Changing the culture in football A starting point on left antisemitism The poison in the prison system Justice through solidarity - not through nudging or conquest Who was James Connolly? Tube strikes on 1 and 3 March Reinstate Paul Holmes! Unison begins to move on university pay Goldsmiths fights redundancies Targeting Stuart's owners, DPD Diary of a firefighter: Two per cent for a Kevlar vest Kino Eye: The best known film from Ukraine New stirrings over pay (John Moloney's column) Strike against outsourcing Biggest NHS trust on strike Neil Faulkner, 1958-2022 Tories' level-up is a sham Universities: push for harder hitting action Oppose Russian war on Ukraine!

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-623-9-february-2022

Solidarity 622, 2 February 2022. Articles may include:

The London labour movement must back the Tube workers! The arrogance of the super-rich Tuning in beats dropping out Covid: not nearly “over” yet Tommy Robinson rallies racists in Telford Quorum used as clampdown Support Tang Mingfang! The Morning Star on splintering 80 Days and the US West Bring Your Own Women's Fightback: Fighting toxic masculinity at university Cambodia: Union busting sparks world-wide outrage Capitalism is still ramping up waste How Socialist Worker fails to support Ukrainian rights Strike in private schools Students build solidarity University strikes restart from 14 February, but stronger fight required "What is the sympathetic strike?" Johnson turns on the jobless Making change real in Unison Goldsmiths out from 7 February “Student strike” 2 March Diary of a Tube worker: "We are the union" Kino Eye: Ulysses, the film Bart’s strike to 13 February PCS prepares for ballot (John Moloney's column) Bus drivers strike over pay Questions and answers on Ukraine Striking to tame "gig economy" bosses Protesters show solidarity with Ukraine Hospital security guards reinstate strikes "We need to recognise our power" Behind the Winter Olympics

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-622-2-february-2022

Solidarity 620, 19 January 2022. Articles may include:

Not just Boris Johnson Socialists in Ukraine appeal for solidarity against Russian imperialism Kazakhstan: fight for democracy and workers’ rights Christine Lee, Barry Gardiner and the labour movement Whatever Putin does in Ukraine, the Morning Star will support him For scrupulous reviews Women's Fightback: Cops aren’t answer for women’s safety Before Arrhenius James Webb telescope: celebrating homophobia? Gas is not green Tories push on Elections Bill How Democrats are paving way for Trump A radical adventure From the Malayan Communist Party to Lee Kuan Yew A welcome contribution to a necessary debate Corbynism failed on class focus Covid: “the moon is not a hamster” The French left in hard times 1971: Bangladesh's "Liberation War" “Success” for China. And for China's workers? A childhood in Stalinist Albania Permanent revolution and working-class politics Remembering Hrant Dink, fifteen years on Tube: act now to forestall cuts Hostel sit-in opposes closure Take energy into public ownership Setback in local government Kino Eye: Early Soviet film posters Opposing the two Bills (John Moloney's column) 67 universities now ready to strike Labour: why and how to stay and fight Sheffield couriers' strike: "Yes, you can"

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-620-19-january-2022

What should socialists do in the unions? A discussion led by RMT activist Janine Booth and UCU activist Josh. This is one of many discussions we had at our dayschool "After Corbynism: Building a New Left" on 27 November 2021 at the Camden School for Girls in London.

James Connolly is most associated with the Easter Rising of 1916 when, amidst the imperialist slaughter of the First World War, Irish republicans and the revolutionary socialist Irish Citizen Army launched an armed uprising against the British Empire. The Rising triggered a series of events, culminating in the Irish War of Independence in 1919 and the Irish Civil War, and shaped the course of modern Irish history.

Before 1916, Connolly had almost three decades of activity behind him, as a socialist propagandist and a trade union organiser, in Scotland, Ireland and the United States. So who was Connolly and what were his political ideas? How did he come to be involved in the Rising, and what can socialists learn from his life, writings and political activity?

Micheál MacEoin, author of a forthcoming book on Connolly, discussed these questions and more at a Workers' Liberty public meeting: this is the audio recording of the intro speech.

As socialists we organise for Palestinian rights. But do we aim for a Palestinian state alongside and with the same rights as Israel, or for a multi-ethnic, inclusive, secular, socialist state? What are the prospects for these perspectives? How do we analyse Zionism, the right of return and the class struggle in Israel-Palestine?

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpIzJufiCw

Recordings from debate Sunday 16 May 2021 between Red Flag and Workers' Liberty, including only contributions from those who gave their permission to have them published.

Solidarity 619, 12 January 2022, full paper. Articles may include: Sheffield couriers lead pay fight Kill the two Bills! Russian troops out of Kazakhstan! For democracy and workers’ rights! “Live with” Covid, but safely Beijing renews Hong Kong clampdown Women's fightback: Tackling sexual violence on campus The real “Money Heist” James Webb: in search of our cosmic origins RS21 climate pamphlet: revealing the need for debate Celebrate Colston Four acquittal - and fight harder India heads for new clashes The Corbyn-exit story: probably fabrication, surely dead-end The invention of tradition on Marxist ecology The coup against the Capitol A previous culture war: Turner and Styron Threshold cleared, now call action Deaths down to police homophobia Diary of a Tube worker: When will it end? Scare Starmer more than the ghosts do Kino Eye: A tribute to Sidney Poitier Ballot starts mid-February (John Moloney's column) Hospital security guards plan six-week strike University ballots close 14 January Health workers win in Berlin Self-determination for Ukraine! Workers still battling in Sudan

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-619-12-january-2022

This is one of many discussions we held at our dayschool "After Corbynism: Building a New Left" at the Camden School for Girls on 27 November 2021. Speaker: Ruth Cashman, trade unionist in Lambeth Unison

Janine Booth gives an illustrated talk about 'colour bars' on the UK railway between the end of the Second World War and their formal abolition in 1966.

Video: https://youtu.be/YEuFPgmOdB4

This talk was given at an online meeting in September 2020 hosted by Workers' Liberty bulletins Tubeworker and Off The Rails.

Future meetings: https://workersliberty.org/meetings Tubeworker: https://www.workersliberty.org/tubeworker Off the rails: https://workersliberty.org/rails

Vestas wind turbine blade workers occupied their factory at St Cross, Newport, on 20 July 2009. They demanded that the Government nationalise Vestas Isle of White factories and continue production of turbine blades. This pamphlet brings together that story through the eyes of Vestas workers and their supporters.

Buy a paper copy, download a PDF, and more, at: https://workersliberty.org/vestas-pamphlet

Listen to a talk on the topic, from a decade later: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/the-vestas-wind-turbine-factory-occupation

This audio was released for a reading group on the topic. More: https://www.facebook.com/events/995844177636361

COP26 has failed us. Humanity remains on a path towards catastrophic climate change. World leaders, serving only narrow nationalist and capitalistic interests won't challenge the power of the system accelerating climate change – so we have to.

The coalition of forces taking this on is diverse but in large parts disconnected. From civil society groups like Insulate Britain, student activist networks such as the UK Student climate network, and workplace organisations popping up in various sectors. How do we cohere these groups and others to build a movement capable of stopping climate chaos?

Solidarity 618, 15 December 2021, whole paper. Articles include:

The need for week-to-week socialist organising Borders Bill puts 40% of ethnic minority UK citizens at risk Putin’s hands off Ukraine! Revanchism, irredentism... and the Chinese state Again on Rittenhouse More environment reading Women's Fightback: Is Die Hard a feminist movie? Uyghur Tribunal delivers its verdict Lithium for batteries: how? High Court rules against Assange Europe’s policies enable Belarus border gambit Reddit vs. Kellogg’s union busting Polish government whips up nationalism The origins of Bangladesh and Pakistan's 1968 Climate justice, yes! Reparations, no! More on our half-price book offer UCU dispute: build the next stages Tube: unite all grades to fight the cuts Night Tube battle will run into 2022 Diary of a paramedic: Who will pick the next Margaret off the floor? Private school teachers set to strike Kino Eye: One of China’s best films, Red Sorghum Demands for levelling-up (John Moloney's column) NHS pay: organise now for April 2022 Ethan Bradley, 1993-2021 Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union collapsed How to curb Omicron Police Bill: wake up the labour movement! Support the Sheffield couriers' strike

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-618-15-december-2021

Sections from Solidarity 575, written by Len Glover. Bosnia-Herzegovina: 25 years after Dayton. Published December 2020, audio published a year later. More online: https://workersliberty.org/index.php/publications/solidarity/solidarity-575-9-december-2020

Should socialists advocate "degrowth"? Our socialist environmental reading group looked at the "degrowth" debate from a Marxist perspective. The two core articles - free to download - were Kallis, Socialism Without Growth (2017) and Schwartzman and Engel Di-Mauro, A Response to Giorgios Kallis’ Notions of Socialism and Growth (2019). https://sci-hub.mksa.top/10.1080/10455752.2017.1386695 and https://sci-hub.mksa.top/10.1080/10455752.2019.1638612 More readings at https://workersliberty.org/readings-degrowth

Solidarity 617, 8 December 2021 — all in one audio. Articles include:

Workers’ battles can beat bosses Stop the expanded Police Bill! Hundreds protest against immigration detention in North East Too shameful to be reported? Regroupment among the "absolute anti-Zionists" Background to the LAW-LIEN merger and the Resist-WPB rapprochement, December 2021 Rittenhouse and self-defence Women's Fightback: Biggest threat yet to Roe v. Wade The truth about 27 November in Chinatown Why we "March with Midwives" Reading on environment emergencies Against Modi’s repression, stand with Kashmir Referendum win for change in the United Auto Workers Asylum rights for Uyghur refugees The Zapatistas are not a model for climate action The Stalinist history of Maoism Use the coming weeks to study Night Tube strikes first step in larger dispute Louise Lewis victimised again Clarks victory is a tribute to the strikers Diary of a firefighter: Food first and foremost Yang freed. Back his call to free Lee! Kino Eye: Hungarian classic films PCS plans to move on pay and cost of living (John Moloney's column) Goldsmiths sets plans for January Unison local government: vote yes for action Strong student backing for university strikes The future of Covid-curbing Sheffield JustEat strike: support the pickets and strike fund!

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-617-8-december-2021

Solidarity 616, 1 December 2021, part 3 of 3, pages 12-15, inside-outside pages, back page. Articles include: To curb Omicron, requisition Big Pharma Solid action takes grade consolidation fight forward Hospital security guards to strike 6-9 December Goldsmiths union calls for boycott to back strike Diary of a paramedic: The worst in twenty years Kino Eye: Chinese film after “socialist realism” The union and outsourcing (John Moloney's column) Couriers prepare strike against pay cut University strikes are launchpad for January Push Labour to fight the Tories Safe routes for refugees! Fight for free movement!

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-616-1-december-2021

Solidarity 616, 1 December 2021, part 2 of 3, pages 7 to 11. Articles: For a publicly-owned integrated transport system Day school celebrates struggles and international solidarity Chile: how to build on two years of left-wing revolt to defeat the far right? A life for the class struggle: Rob Dawber, 1956-2001 Vigilante violence stalks America Free Khurram Parvez!

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-616-1-december-2021

Solidarity 616, 1 December 2021, part 1 of 3, pages 1 to 6. Articles: Requisition resources for the NHS Social care: the public service alternative Barbados ditches the monarchy. So should we! Squaring anti-racist instinct with pro-Brexit policy Protesters silenced, not Stock Protests against child marriage in Iraq Nationalise water to stop sewage dumping Developing carbon drawdown via algae UAW sells out John Deere workers

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-616-1-december-2021

Solidarity 615, 24 November 2021, part 3 of 3, pages 12-15, inside-outside pages, back page. Articles may include: Women's Fightback: Taliban ban women actors Couriers to strike from 6 December Victory at Sage care home Goldsmiths out for three weeks Unison battle heats up Diary of a Tube worker: Trying to do the sensible thing Ireland: Tories seek to crash their own deal deal Kino Eye - Ireland on film: Strumpet City Royal Parks: an interim advance (John Moloney's column) Night Tube strikes from 26 November Take midwives' cause into the labour movement Bernie Sanders slams USA’s huge military budget while social spending stalled Covid: resist the far right!

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-615-24-november-2021

Solidarity 615, 24 November 2021, part 2 of 3 pages 7 to 11. Articles may include: Abolish GCSEs, turn the tide on toxic testing War sharpens in Ethiopia The churches and the mobs in the battle for human freedom

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-615-24-november-2021

Solidarity 615, 24 November 2021, part 1 of 3, pages 1 to 6. Articles include: A good time for strikes Votes on pay action in health and local government Victory for HK strikers Against Fortress Europe and Fortress Britain Sudan: resistance committees reject junta deal Morning Star’s Nick Wright praises Wagenknecht Needing right-wing policies to beat the Tories? Glossing over threats to Stock COP26 was no triumph, but the protests were a base to build on

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-615-24-november-2021

Solidarity 614, 17 November 2021, part 4 of 4, pages 18-25. Articles may include: The campaign against Stonewall's "diversity champions" 1888: Río Tinto and Spain’s first climate strike Requisition capacity and boost pay for NHS and care! Reviewing the ScotRail dispute RMT calls strikes of drivers on Night Tube lines Diary of a Tube worker: When women drivers avoid the messroom Kino Eye: Life out of balance "Fire and rehire" battle at Clarks Sheffield bin workers fight for "going rate" Near victory in Royal Parks dispute Poland: let the refugees in! How to clean the stables of capitalism

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-614-17-november-2021

Solidarity 614, 17 November 2021, part 2 of 4, pages 12 to 17. Articles may include: James Connolly on the yellow unions in Ireland China 1949: What about the workers? Building organisation at Barnoldswick John Deere strikers face re-vote The Dreyfus-deniers of the French far right The MP banned for being an atheist

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-614-17-november-2021

Solidarity 614, 17 November 2021, part 2 of 4, pages 7 to 11. Articles may include: Minneapolis votes down police changes 26 November mobilisation in India Academic freedom: we must fight for it CWU calls for demonstration for New Deal for Workers Corbynism's fundamental failure was on campaigning Corbynism's flaw was unity with the right, not Stalinism The hinge of Corbynism's downfall

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-614-17-november-2021

Solidarity 614, 17 November 2021, part 1 of 4, pages 1 to 6. Articles may include: Support the university strikes Reinstate Crispin Flintoff The political economy of Sudan's coup and uprising When to love authoritarians Barry Gardiner’s support for far right Lillian Lane Murphy, 2003-2021 Moral panic over advice to sex workers COP26 and the credibility gap

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-614-17-november-2021

Solidarity 613, 10 November 2021, part 3 of 3, pages 12-1, inside-outside pages, back page. Articles may include: Facebook and its plan for “proper empires” Time to turn round Unison Goldsmiths sets 21 days University disputes: how to win Diary of an engineer: Bin strike - “Someone must be bullshitting” Kino Eye: Rosa Luxemburg on film Aslef members vote 98.8% for action Sticking issue in Royal Parks John Deere workers hold firm Barnoldswick workers to vote ScotRail strikes off as settlement accepted Universities: act on the strike mandates! COP26: Building our movement

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-613-10-november-2021

Solidarity 613, 10 November 2021, part 2 of 3, pages 7 to 11. Articles may include: Attacks on Sheffield "Girls Night In" spiking protests James Connolly and the Catholic "Orange Order"

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-613-10-november-2021

Solidarity 613, 10 November 2021, part 1 of 3, pages 1-6. Articles may include: To save the climate, push back the bosses! Sudan's neighbourhoods and workers vs the military coup “Cityclean is a powder keg” Climate change, China, and the Morning Star Couriers are defending jobs and health Dave Ward, Billy Hayes and the CWU Women's Fightback: Spain extends IVF rights Yorkshire cricket: a racist disgrace Christmas appeal for miners’ families Climate finance: take it out of the bosses’ hands After Paterson: push Labour to fight Tories

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-613-10-november-2021

Geoengineering and carbon drawdown: thinking through climate futures, with Holly Jean Buck, author of "After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and Restoration", and Zack Muddle, Workers' Liberty. Introductory and concluding speeches from a discussion by the same name at Ideas for Freedom 2021.

More on this topic: https://workersliberty.org/geoengineering-readings

Video of this: https://youtu.be/QneXgpw_A-U

Solidarity 612, 3 November 2021, part 3 of 3, pages 12-15, inside-outside pages, back page. Articles may include: Kathleen Stock resigns Steps forward at RMT AGM Firefighter interrupted: a typical day (Diary of a Firefighter) Kino Eye: Warsaw’s anti-fascist resistance Surprise vote in NEU Refounding? Or lost? A union policy on climate (John Moloney's column) Social provision key against Covid long-term Restore the NHS for winter!

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-612-3-november-2021

Solidarity 612, 3 November 2021, part 2 of 3, pages 7 to 11. Articles include: Syria: how Assad defeated the democratic revolt Justice for the 37 jailed for fighting for jobs! The early life of Paul Frölich The counter-revolution has been televised

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-612-3-november-2021

Solidarity 612, 3 November 2021, part 1 to 3, pages 1 to 6. Articles may include: For social foresight against profit priorities: workers’ climate action! Expropriate the banks! Resisting the coup in Sudan Assange: against extradition Cycling is safer than driving Girls Night In: better demands needed The real-life William Walker Structural problems and child abuse Women's Fightback: Moral panic against trans women Sudan: unions take lead in fight for democracy One of the memories we must unearth China, climate and 2030 John Deere striker killed in the US New anti-Orbán coalition in Hungary

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-612-3-november-2021

Corbynism: What Went Wrong? Part 5 of 5, chapters 20-23, pages 45-60.

In summer 2015 things suddenly “went right” for the left in an unexpected way, with Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader. By December 2019, they had evidently “gone wrong” again. That can’t be explained just by ill-will from the media and the Labour right: those were always there. This booklet offers an attempt to analyse the setbacks, learn lessons, and sketch a way to renewed efforts. More online, or buy paper copies: https://workersliberty.org/corbynism

Chapters: 20. Corbyning Alone? 21. Protesting too much? 22. Manifestos, policies, and “real change” 23. Globalisation

Listen to the other parts: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbyn-1-intro https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-2-ch8-p15 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-3-ch13-p25 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-4-ch16-p34 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-5-ch20-p45

Corbynism: What Went Wrong? Part 4 of 5, chapters 16-19, pages 34-44.

In summer 2015 things suddenly “went right” for the left in an unexpected way, with Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader. By December 2019, they had evidently “gone wrong” again. That can’t be explained just by ill-will from the media and the Labour right: those were always there. This booklet offers an attempt to analyse the setbacks, learn lessons, and sketch a way to renewed efforts. More online, or buy paper copies: https://workersliberty.org/corbynism

Chapters: 16. Brexit 17. Antisemitism 18. April 2016 and Ken Livingstone 19. Curbs on debate, curbs on development

Listen to the other parts: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbyn-1-intro https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-2-ch8-p15 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-3-ch13-p25 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-4-ch16-p34 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-5-ch20-p45

Corbynism: What Went Wrong? Part 3 of 5, chapters 13-15, pages 15-34.

In summer 2015 things suddenly “went right” for the left in an unexpected way, with Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader. By December 2019, they had evidently “gone wrong” again. That can’t be explained just by ill-will from the media and the Labour right: those were always there. This booklet offers an attempt to analyse the setbacks, learn lessons, and sketch a way to renewed efforts. More online, or buy paper copies: https://workersliberty.org/corbynism

Chapters: 13. Momentum 14. The Momentum coup of January 2017 15. The pre-2015 Labour left

Listen to the other parts: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbyn-1-intro https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-2-ch8-p15 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-3-ch13-p25 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-4-ch16-p34 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-5-ch20-p45

Corbynism: What Went Wrong? Part 2 of 5, chapters 8-12, pages 15-24.

In summer 2015 things suddenly “went right” for the left in an unexpected way, with Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader. By December 2019, they had evidently “gone wrong” again. That can’t be explained just by ill-will from the media and the Labour right: those were always there. This booklet offers an attempt to analyse the setbacks, learn lessons, and sketch a way to renewed efforts. More online, or buy paper copies: https://workersliberty.org/corbynism

Chapters: 8. Corbynism on the streets. Or not? 9. Labour and young people in the Corbyn period 10. The Corbyn leadership, Momentum, youth, and activism 11. Corbyn and socialism 12. “False brothers”

Listen to the other parts: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbyn-1-intro https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-2-ch8-p15 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-3-ch13-p25 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-4-ch16-p34 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-5-ch20-p45

Corbynism: What Went Wrong? Part 1 of 5, chapters 1-7, pages 1-14.

In summer 2015 things suddenly “went right” for the left in an unexpected way, with Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader. By December 2019, they had evidently “gone wrong” again. That can’t be explained just by ill-will from the media and the Labour right: those were always there. This booklet offers an attempt to analyse the setbacks, learn lessons, and sketch a way to renewed efforts. More online, or buy paper copies: https://workersliberty.org/corbynism

Chapters: 1. Introduction 2. The real lost promise 3. How Corbyn won in 2015 4. How Corbyn held on in 2015-16 5. The June 2017 general election 6. The Leader’s Office 7. The unions in the Corbyn period

Listen to the other parts: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbyn-1-intro https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-2-ch8-p15 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-3-ch13-p25 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-4-ch16-p34 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-5-ch20-p45

A discussion of what modern slavery is and how it is used by conservative (and other) politicians to further and justify their anti-migrant policies

Video: https://youtu.be/uVabDXy6Qyg

Women's Fightback Issue 26, Autumn/Winter 2021. Full contents, buy a paper copy, or download the PDF online: https://workersliberty.org/wf26

Women's Fightback Issue 26, Autumn/Winter 2021. Full contents, buy a paper copy, or download the PDF online: https://workersliberty.org/wf26

Women's Fightback Issue 26, Autumn/Winter 2021. Full contents, buy a paper copy, or download the PDF online: https://workersliberty.org/wf26

Women's Fightback Issue 26, Autumn/Winter 2021. Full contents, buy a paper copy, or download the PDF online: https://workersliberty.org/wf26

What kind of union do we need? There are strengths and weaknesses in our current union set-up. Union officials will often have you believe that things can only be done the way they are done, because ... well, because they have always been done that way.

We do not agree. We have several criticisms of the existing rail unions, so it is only fair that we set out in more positive terms what our ideal union might look like. Let's call it the Fantasy Union of Rail and Transport Workers (FURT).

Video: https://youtu.be/38zbtZkvoMQ

Some of the good things about this fantasy union could be put in place by changes in rules and ways of organising; others by electing better officials and leaders. But others need changes in the culture of the union and a big increase in workers' confidence.

This description of our fantasy union is a manifesto for change in our unions, but it is also a statement of how we aspire to work, and the principles we try to uphold, as union activists. It is about the present as well as the future.

By "Off The Rails" blog: https://workersliberty.org/OTR/fantasy

Women's Fightback 25, Winter/Spring 2021. Articles include: Tenants' organising and feminism Understanding emotional labour Wages for immigration? Pregnancy, abortion and the women's strike Social reproduction in prisons Rent strike!

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/womens-fightback/womens-fightback-25-winterspring-2021

Women's Fightback 25, Winter/Spring 2021. Articles include: Can Biden kill off Trumpism? Solidarity with the Uyghur people Free Nodeep Kaur Feminism, Interrupted: a write-up The Paris Commune and the Union des Femmes Cancel culture and trans rights Esther Roper, Eva Gore-Booth and "Urania"

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/womens-fightback/womens-fightback-25-winterspring-2021

Women's Fightback 25, Winter/Spring 2021, part 1 of 2, pages 1 to 9. Articles include: Strajk! An interview with Ewa Pospieszynska Life under lockdown Working mums, paying the price Cut the working week Discrimination on the Tube Women of the Poplar rebellion More green space Can Biden kill off Trumpism?

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/womens-fightback/womens-fightback-25-winterspring-2021

For #InternationalWomensDay 2021 Jill Mountford takes a look at the origins of IWD, the work of Mary McArthur and the women chainmakers of Cradley Heath: their fight against injustice, and fights against sweatshop labour today. #ChooseToChallenge sweatshop labour

Tonight at 6pm Workers' Liberty Students have a meeting on it: https://facebook.com/events/761405588108413

And at 7pm Leeds Workers' Liberty are running a meeting on the story of the Grunwick strike by mainly women, Asian, migrant workers - a pivotal working-class battle in the 1970s: https://facebook.com/events/477530426614635

And you can read or buy the new edition of our Socialist Feminist paper Women's Fightback here: https://workersliberty.org/publications/womens-fightback/womens-fightback-25-winterspring-2021

Read about the socialist and labour movement origins of the International Women's Day idea: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-03-10/socialist-history-international-womens-day

See our youtube playlist on Socialist Feminism for more!

InternationalWorkingWomensDay #SocialistFeminism

Reposted with thanks from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28ui8JZjdWQ . Created originally for Lewisham's IWD celebrations.

Tubeworker and Off The Rails - two rank-and-file bulletins published by Workers' Liberty - hosted an online meeting on 19 November 2020. These are the two opening speeches, from TWU Local 100 Fightback's John Ferretti and Vermont socialist Traven Leyshon.

Videos: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-12-10/video-us-rail-workers-struggles-wake-presidential-election Future meetings: https://www.workersliberty.org/meetings Tubeworker: https://workersliberty.org/tubeworker Off The Rails: https://workersliberty.org/rails All audio: https://workersliberty.org/rails

Sweeping cuts are now taking place and are expected in local authorities across the UK, but neither Labour nor the left are prepared for this. If Labour does not take up the fight it will have much less chance of winning back working-class voters, and importantly, saving the jobs and services we all rely on.

Josh Lovell, a Labour Party councillor (in opposition) discusses the history of past battles in local government going back to the 1970s, and how we can apply lessons learned from those struggles today.

From a meeting of the same name, on 4 October. All meetings: https://workersliberty.org/meetings

Video on several platforms: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-11-25/video-fighting-council-cuts

The referenced other talk, more focussed on Covid-19: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/josh-lovell-covid-19-and-fighting-council-cuts?in=workers-liberty/sets/public-meetings

Intro speeches from 15 December on "After the US election, which way for the left?" by Ruth Cashman; Thomas Harrison, New Politics Editorial Board (personal capacity); and Robert Cuffy, Guyanese socialist based in New York, member of DSA and the Socialist Workers Alliance of Guyana.

From a meeting of the same name, future meetings at: https://workersliberty.org/meetings All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio Video of this meeting: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-11-21/video-after-us-election-which-way-left-ruth-cashman-robert-cuffy-and-tom-harrison

A discussion on the results of the US election and tasks facing class struggle socialists.

Trump and the Republican Party continue to resist the result of the US election; what impact will they have?

We heard about what the left and social movement activists are doing to defend US democracy and develop class struggle responses to the pandemic, jobs and social crisis.

What does the left say about Biden, as the "lesser evil" in the election. What are the longer-term tasks and prospects for the left?

Introductory speech by Daniel Randall from a meeting of the same name. Future meetings: https://workersliberty.org/meetings

Video: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/what-is-left-antisemitism-and-how-can-it-be-confronted-with-daniel-randall-workers-liberty

The imminent publication of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report, as well as the ongoing fallout from the Panorama documentary and subsequent legal wranglings, have kept the issue of antisemitism in the Labour Party in the news and political discussion. But the “debates” so far have tended to generate more heat than light, by keeping the focus on the factional implications rather than the underlying political issues.

This discussion seeks to get back to the fundamental questions: what does antisemitism on the left consist of, where does it come from, and how can it be confronted?

More on this topic: https://workersliberty.org/left-as

See more videos on this and related topics: https://www.youtube.com/c/WorkersLibertyUK

Reading list

Steve Cohen – That's Funny, You Don't Look Antisemitic https://libcom.org/files/thats_funny.pdf

Robert Fine and Philip Spencer – Antisemitism and the Left http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526104977

Moishe Postone - “Zionism, Antisemitism, and the Left” https://www.workersliberty.org/files/100205postone.pdf

Stan Crooke – “The Stalinist Roots of Left Antisemitism” https://www.workersliberty.org/files/wl10stalinismantisemitism.pdf

Isabella Tabarovsky - “Soviet anti-Zionism and contemporary left antisemitism” https://fathomjournal.org/soviet-anti-zionism-and-contemporary-left-antisemitism

Workers' Liberty - “The Slansky Trial: Stalinism, antisemitism and conspiracy theories” https://www.workersliberty.org/slansky-trial-stalinism-anti-semitism-and-conspiracy-theories-workers-liberty-336

Dale Street - “Three decades of Socialist Worker on antisemitism” https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2020-01-27/three-decades-socialist-worker-antisemitism

John O'Mahony - “The 1980s left and antisemitism” https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2018-06-01/1980s-and-left-antisemitism

Satnam Virdee - “Socialist antisemitism and its discontents in England, 1884-98” https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0031322X.2017.1335029

Brendan McGeever – Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/antisemitism-and-the-russian-revolution/AF5AE3BB29CB5A7909C75036694CDADE

April Rosenblum - The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere https://www.aprilrosenblum.com/thepast

Spencer Sunshine - “Looking At Left Antisemitism” http://transformativestudies.org/wp-content/uploads/Spencer-Sunshine.pdf

RMT activists Janine Booth and John Pencott offer their views on fighting the wave of job cuts that face the rail industry. These were the opening remarks at an online meeting held on 16 July 2020, hosted by Tubeworker and Off The Rails, bulletins written by and for Tube and rail workers respectively and published by Workers' Liberty. Tubeworker: https://workersliberty.org/tubeworker OTR: https://workersliberty.org/rails Video: https://youtu.be/PtNKvZE07HQ All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

Camila Bassi delivered this talk at the AWL online meeting on 30 August 2020. For all AWL online meetings go to: https://workersliberty.org/meetings

The outbreak of SARS Coronovirus 2 or COVID-19 proceeds an escalation of recent epidemics and proto-pandemics: notably, H5N1 or Avian influenza, SARS, MERS, Swine flu, Ebola, and Zika. Camila tells the story of HIV/AIDS and SARS to explore the nexus between capitalist political economy, nature, and emergent infectious diseases; concluding that, without radical change to how we organise and run our world, our future will be locked into this deadly trajectory.

For a transcript of the talk and the full set of references, please see Camila's blog here: https://anaemiconabike.com/2020/08/19/on-global-capital-not-abiding-limits-and-a-history-of-pandemics/

Video: https://youtu.be/zSSbkGbBCpA

The quote during the pause is: “PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan 26 – An American‐owned company here is buying blood plasma from impoverished Haitians who need the money and exporting 5,000 to 6,000 liters of it every month to the United States. […] Hemo Caribbean is owned by Joseph B. Gorinstein, stockbroker with interests in New York and Miami. He has a 10‐year contract with the Haitian Government that was negotiated with President Francois Duvalier, who died last April. Werner H. Thill, the company’s technical director, said that the Haitian Government received no money from Hemo Caribbean. Reliable sources here say that the principal agent between the Government and Hemo Caribbean was Luckner Cambronne, the Minister of Interior and National Defense, who is said to be one of the most influential persons here. […] Mr. Thill says that applicants are rejected if they are known to have hepatitis, but he adds that he is not especially concerned about those who may slip through the screening process with venereal disease or malaria. The freezing process used on the plasma “kills those bacteria,” he says. The Haitians, many in rags and without shoes, crowd into Hemo Caribbean six days week from 6:30 A.M. to 10 P.M. They spend about an hour and a half to two hours in screening and actually giving blood. […] The plasma is frozen and shipped to the United States by Air Haiti, Mr. Cambronne’s airline.” The New York Times, January 1972

Introductory speeches from a meeting of the same name, which outline the complex events that led up to the war, left responses and legacies of the war. Sarah Correia is a researcher at LSE, researching memories of the Bosnian war. Martin Thomas talks about the response of much of the left at the time. A recent interview on this topic with Sarah Correia: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-09-09/bosnian-war-25-years-later And an article by Martin Thomas: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-09-09/left-and-bosnia December 2020 marks 15 years since the end of the Bosnian war. In 1992 after Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence, a Serb-backed military assault took place, bringing ethnic cleansing, rape and destruction of mosques. Under the banner of “peace” and opposing Western intervention many on the left sided with, or failed to oppose, the Serb nationalists. Workers' Liberty argued an international arms embargo should be lifted so that the Bosnians could defend themselves. This meeting will outline the complex events that led up to the war, the left responses and the legacies of that war.

The 1945 Labour Government - an introduction by Mark Catterall to what lead to the election victory and what socialists today can learn from it. From a meeting in May 2020. Upcoming meetings: https://workersliberty.org/meetings

Video: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-09-07/video-1945-labour-government-causes-and-lessons

A speech by Dan Davison, a labour activist and sociology PhD student at the University of Cambridge, for a talk on C.L.R. James and the Haitian Revolution held in July 2020. Future meetings: https://workersliberty.org/meetings Read online: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-08-26/black-jacobins-haitian-revolution-against-slavery All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio Cyril Lionel Robert James (CLR James) was born in Trinidad in 1901. He wrote his first book, a novel called Minty Alley in the 1920s (published in 1936), while a school teacher in Trinidad; the book is a critique of class and colonialism, and indicated a lifelong interest in integrating race and class struggles. James, spent six years in the UK before the Second World War, joining the ranks of British Trotskyism. In 1938 he travelled to the US at the invitation of the American Socialist Workers’ Party and stayed for 15 years. In the same year The Black Jacobins was published. James left the Trotskyist movement in 1951 and from that time, until his death in 1989, James had a long and varied socialist and literary “career”, remaining a Marxist but also heavily influenced by Pan-Africanism. The Black Jacobins is the story of the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804, focusing on the life and leadership of the ex-slave leader Toussaint L’Ouverture. It is also a history of European colonialism, the slave plantation system, the huge sugar factories of the French colony of San Domingue (the eastern half of the island that is now Haiti). Slave resistance came first in the form of flight to the mountains and forming of maroon band. But the French Revolution created a political conflict in the colony, one of many dimensions, including of whites against the French monarchy, of the free people of colour as well as the slaves. One ex-slave Toussaint Breda, later Toussaint L’Ouverture (meaning opening to liberty) joined up with the expanding slave army in the mountains; they created a disciplined fighting force. What happened next is a complex story of shifting alliances, increasing radicalisation, the end of slavery, and a war for independence.

Workers against slavery: the US Civil War, the First International and the British working class. A Workers' Liberty pamphlet by Sacha Ismail.

In 1865, slavery was abolished in the United States at the end of a four year Civil War. This Workers' Liberty pamphlet looks at the stand taken during the war by workers in Britain, who organised mass protests against slavery and against British ruling-class plans for military intervention in support of the slave-owners. It tells the story of how this internationalist and anti-racist struggle revived the British labour movement, gave workers the confidence to fight for the vote, and contributed to the birth of Karl Marx's International Working Men's Association, the "First International".

PDF of this, including photos and scans, at https://workersliberty.org/workers-against-slavery All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources

Contents: Title quotes Timeline Introduction Britain and the American Civil War Workers against slavery The Voice of Lancashire The Voice of London Renewing the labour movement The birth of the First International Enfrachising labour black and white Solidarity Picture captions: Karl Marx; Ernest Jones; Black soldiers; mass demonstration; Peterloo; Reconstruction; Slaves What to read

How To Beat The Racists, part 10 of 10. Contents: How Europe underdeveloped Africa — by Chris Reynolds No Sweat: workers of the world unite against sweatshop labour — by Sacha Ismail

Whole playlist: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/how-to-beat-the-racists Read the articles online, download the pdf, order a paper copy, or subscribe to our newspaper: https://workersliberty.org/beat-the-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G

In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have.

The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need.

Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

How To Beat The Racists, part 9 of 10. Contents: "No-platform" and free speech — by Violet Martin Self-defence is no offence Lewisham: a turning point The Anti-Nazi League: The poverty of "anti-fascism" — by Mark Osborn

Whole playlist: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/how-to-beat-the-racists Read the articles online, download the pdf, order a paper copy, or subscribe to our newspaper: https://workersliberty.org/beat-the-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G

In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have.

The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need.

Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

How To Beat The Racists, part 8 of 10. Contents: What is the Nation of Islam? The Black Panthers: The cult of the gun — by Dan Katz The Panther Programme (1966)

Whole playlist: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/how-to-beat-the-racists Read the articles online, download the pdf, order a paper copy, or subscribe to our newspaper: https://workersliberty.org/beat-the-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G

In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have.

The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need.

Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

"Minnie Lansbury - a different sort of Labour councillor", intro speeches with Janine Booth, author of 'Minnie Lansbury: suffragette, socialist and rebel councillor', and Selina Gellert, the great niece of Minnie Lansbury — from a meeting by the same name. Upcoming meetings at: https://workersliberty.org/meetings Video version: https://youtu.be/Cer7PeO0Nb4

Janine's books: https://fiveleaves.co.uk/product/minnie-lansbury-suffragette-socialist-rebel-councillor/ and https://www.janinebooth.com/writing/guilty-and-proud-it-poplars-rebel-councillors-and-guardians-1919-25 Two videos by Janine Booth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8zC24zVOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8IFbUlmCDA

Janine Booth will speak about this inspiring working-class woman. The daughter of Jewish immigrants to London's east end, Minnie was one of the Poplar Labour councillors who carried out extensive reforms in the interests of the borough’s working class and, when the council began to struggle financially, led a mass campaign for poor boroughs to receive more funding. Defying the Tory-Liberal coalition government, she went to prison as a result, along with 29 other councillors. They won!

She was a member of both the Labour Party and the Communist Party inspired by the Russian Revolution.

Before that she was a suffragette, a campaigner for the rights of war widows, orphans and disabled ex-servicemen.

The Poplar council which took on the government in 1921 was very different from Labour councils today and Minnie Lansbury was very different from virtually all our Labour councillors. We can draw great inspiration from her story – what lessons can we learn for our struggles now?

How To Beat The Racists, part 7 of 10. Contents: Martin Luther King and Malcolm X — by Dion D'Silva Was Malcolm X a socialist? — by Martin Thomas Black trade unionists today

Whole playlist: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/how-to-beat-the-racists Read the articles online, download the pdf, order a paper copy, or subscribe to our newspaper: https://workersliberty.org/beat-the-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G

In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have.

The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need.

Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

How To Beat The Racists, part 6 of 10. Contents: The roots of anti-semitism — by Dan Katz The roots of racism — by Jeni Bailey Unemployment

Whole playlist: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/how-to-beat-the-racists Read the articles online, download the pdf, order a paper copy, or subscribe to our newspaper: https://workersliberty.org/beat-the-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G

In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have.

The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need.

Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

How To Beat The Racists, part 5 of 10. Contents: A short history of black people in Britain William Cuffay

Whole playlist: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/how-to-beat-the-racists Read the articles online, download the pdf, order a paper copy, or subscribe to our newspaper: https://workersliberty.org/beat-the-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G

In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have.

The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need.

Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

How To Beat The Racists, part 4 of 10. Contents: What is fascism? The battle for Cable Street Trotsky on fascism: Demonstrations are not enough; For workers' unity against the fascists; No to state bans!; The causes of fascism Oldham, Burnley and Bradford: The threat from the fascist BNP

Whole playlist: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/how-to-beat-the-racists Read the articles online, download the pdf, order a paper copy, or subscribe to our newspaper: https://workersliberty.org/beat-the-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G

In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have.

The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need.

Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

Brazil is now one of the epicentres of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The far-right Bolsonaro government's irrational response to the pandemic has triggered political turmoil. The Black Lives Matter movement has organised against widespread racism and police violence in Brazil. A Workers' Liberty activist from Brazil discusses the political background to current events. Introductory speech from June 28 2020 meeting.

Video version: https://youtu.be/cLK0ax23ZEA Future events: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

How To Beat The Racists, part 3 of 10. Contents: Police injustice — UK — by Alan McArthur Free Mumia abu-Jamal! America's racist death penalty The police after Macpherson: still armed and dangerous — by Sacha Ismail Police violence: "representative"? Police violence — the facts Free Satpal Ram! Racist attacks What we say on the police

Whole playlist: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/how-to-beat-the-racists Read the articles online, download the pdf, order a paper copy, or subscribe to our newspaper: https://workersliberty.org/beat-the-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G

In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have.

The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need.

Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

How To Beat The Racists, part 2 of 10. Contents: Scapegoating refugees: Labour's new racism Immigration: Their lies, and our replies Solidarity with the Roma people — by Cathy Nugent

Whole playlist: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/how-to-beat-the-racists Read the articles online, download the pdf, order a paper copy, or subscribe to our newspaper: https://workersliberty.org/beat-the-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G

In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have.

The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need.

Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

How To Beat The Racists, part 1 of 10. Contents: Cut the roots of racism! Fight for a workers' government! — by Sacha Ismail and Faz Velmi A programme to beat racism Workers can unite, do unite — by Jim Denham

Whole playlist: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/how-to-beat-the-racists Read the articles online, download the pdf, order a paper copy, or subscribe to our newspaper: https://workersliberty.org/beat-the-racists Anti-racist resources: https://workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio In particular, other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6axvxELjd0hAoRSscUR_CaXWMzmLpT0G

In 2001, the far-right British National Party (BNP) more than tripled its vote share in the general election, reaching record levels for any UK fascist party in some constituencies. This was fuelled in large part by the Labour Party and the New Labour government. The left and the labour movement were, as a whole, not taking the fight against racism as seriously as they should have.

The republished pamphlet aimed to convince labour movement activists of the importance of the fight against racism, and anti-racists of the importance of the labour movement — and the fight to transform it once more into a militant force for human solidarity and progress. It sketches a programme to beat racism, and the kind of radical anti-racist and anti-fascist labour movement we need.

Decades later, racism and fascism have again been rising. The labour movement and the left, as a whole, still do not take anti-racism seriously enough. With the upsurge of anti-racist activism and protests, anti-racists, in general, still do not look to the labour movement. The fight to transform the labour movement, imbue it with radical anti-racist politics, and to beat racism is as important as ever.

"Religion... is the opium of the people", wrote Marx in 1843. What did Marx and Engels say about religion? How should Marxists and socialists think, talk and act about religion today? Introductory speech by Kate in a talk: 'Opium of the people': Marx on Religion. All upcoming meetings here: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online

All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio Video: https://youtu.be/tkYVbmxuqRY

What is the history of mind-altering substances, and of prohibition? Are there potential medical benefits that prohibition has limited?

Are we just libertarians who have a live and let live attitude to what people consume? Are their public health benefits to legalising currently illegal drugs? Who are the real victims of the drugs trade and are we just advocating for criminal enterprises to gain capitalist respectability?

Intro from meeting 3 of 4 in The state, crime, prisons, and the police series. Future meetings and more: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

Referenced: ‘The Inner Level’ by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson Rat Park study http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park further reading A review of the Inner Level published in Workers’ Liberty’s newspaper Solidarity: https://www.workersliberty.org/node/33768 https://workersliberty.org/story/2018-06-06/psychedelic-drugs-therapy https://workersliberty.org/story/2018-07-17/what-should-labour-do-about-policing https://workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/prescription-opioids-opiate-people https://workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/story-banning-legal-highs https://workersliberty.org/story/2013/05/08/cuts-will-undermine-drugs-progress https://workersliberty.org/story/2013/01/09/end-%E2%80%9Cwar-drugs%E2%80%9D

Many of the above will be in audio form in Solidarity. Look for the recording of that issue, or search for the title, you may find

The AWL has long argued for Marxists to intervene in the Labour Party to politically shape it, despite many obstacles of organisation and ideology, particularly during the Blair years. What is the basis for that argument, and how has the Corbyn period reshaped the Labour Party to make it an instrument for socialist organising? What are the limitations of the Corbyn project? And what does the prospect of a Starmer-led Labour Party mean for class struggles ahead?

Intro to the meeting of the same name, from April 2020, by Cathy Nugent. Upcoming meetings: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online

Part of the ABCs of Marxism series of meetings. More at: https://www.workersliberty.org/abcs-marxism Related reading: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2010/06/15/labour-party-perspective https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/organise-labours-newcomers-remake-party https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2020-03-11/left-opposition-starmer Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Aa4IkIrW9I&list=PL6axvxELjd0gjNYHKiuMs7xQ0OdYSTcZg

Why not a united Ireland? Ireland, Brexit, and Partition, 100 years after the declaration of the Irish Republic by Dail Eireann. Part 4 of 5: The mind of Irish Republicanism.

This Workers’ Liberty pull-out discusses the interaction of Brexit with the partition of Ireland. It reviews the basic and long-standing arguments why Northern Ireland, as it stands, is not a viable democratic political unit. It surveys the historic inadequacies of the often-heroic Irish Republican tradition in dealing with the issue of Partition, and the political logic of the recurrent transitions of Republican currents, once revolutionary by their own lights, into conventional bourgeois politics. The articles are all by Sean Matgamna.

All sections of this pull-out: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/why-not-a-united-ireland Read online, download PDF, subscribe: https://www.workersliberty.org/wl-3-66 All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

Why not a united Ireland? Ireland, Brexit, and Partition, 100 years after the declaration of the Irish Republic by Dail Eireann. Part 5 of 5: The mind of Irish socialists.

This Workers’ Liberty pull-out discusses the interaction of Brexit with the partition of Ireland. It reviews the basic and long-standing arguments why Northern Ireland, as it stands, is not a viable democratic political unit. It surveys the historic inadequacies of the often-heroic Irish Republican tradition in dealing with the issue of Partition, and the political logic of the recurrent transitions of Republican currents, once revolutionary by their own lights, into conventional bourgeois politics. The articles are all by Sean Matgamna.

All sections of this pull-out: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/why-not-a-united-ireland Read online, download PDF, subscribe: https://www.workersliberty.org/wl-3-66 All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

Why not a united Ireland? Ireland, Brexit, and Partition, 100 years after the declaration of the Irish Republic by Dail Eireann. Part 2 of 5: timeline.

This Workers’ Liberty pull-out discusses the interaction of Brexit with the partition of Ireland. It reviews the basic and long-standing arguments why Northern Ireland, as it stands, is not a viable democratic political unit. It surveys the historic inadequacies of the often-heroic Irish Republican tradition in dealing with the issue of Partition, and the political logic of the recurrent transitions of Republican currents, once revolutionary by their own lights, into conventional bourgeois politics. The articles are all by Sean Matgamna.

All sections of this pull-out: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/why-not-a-united-ireland Read online, download PDF, subscribe: https://www.workersliberty.org/wl-3-66 All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

Why not a united Ireland? Ireland, Brexit, and Partition, 100 years after the declaration of the Irish Republic by Dail Eireann. Part 1 of 5: Why not a united Ireland?

This Workers’ Liberty pull-out discusses the interaction of Brexit with the partition of Ireland. It reviews the basic and long-standing arguments why Northern Ireland, as it stands, is not a viable democratic political unit. It surveys the historic inadequacies of the often-heroic Irish Republican tradition in dealing with the issue of Partition, and the political logic of the recurrent transitions of Republican currents, once revolutionary by their own lights, into conventional bourgeois politics. The articles are all by Sean Matgamna.

All sections of this pull-out: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/why-not-a-united-ireland Read online, download PDF, subscribe: https://www.workersliberty.org/wl-3-66 All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

Why not a united Ireland? Ireland, Brexit, and Partition, 100 years after the declaration of the Irish Republic by Dail Eireann. Part 3 of 5: What's wrong with the Six Counties?

This Workers’ Liberty pull-out discusses the interaction of Brexit with the partition of Ireland. It reviews the basic and long-standing arguments why Northern Ireland, as it stands, is not a viable democratic political unit. It surveys the historic inadequacies of the often-heroic Irish Republican tradition in dealing with the issue of Partition, and the political logic of the recurrent transitions of Republican currents, once revolutionary by their own lights, into conventional bourgeois politics. The articles are all by Sean Matgamna.

All sections of this pull-out: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/why-not-a-united-ireland Read online, download PDF, subscribe: https://www.workersliberty.org/wl-3-66 All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

PJ aka the Repeat Beat Poet, is a hip hop and spoken word artist, and an activist. He spoke to Janine Booth, a trade unionist, Workers' Liberty activist, and poet about George Floyd Protest, police, fighting racism, and more.

Video: https://youtu.be/eN96j9nB2sg

See https://www.facebook.com/repeatbeatpoet/ for PJ's page and https://www.facebook.com/JanineBoothTheBigJ for Janine's. More from Workers' Liberty at https://workersliberty.org

Questions asked 1. What are your views on the recent events in the USA? The killings of George Floyd and Tony McDade, the protests, the police clampdown?

What are your views on the protests?
How do you respond to people who say they support peaceful protests but condemn ‘rioting’?
How similar or different do you think policing of BAME communities is between the USA and the UK? Why?
What specific demands do you think will be effective against police brutality? People have been variously calling for: defund the police; disarm the police; scrap the police; make the police accountable to elected scrutiny committees; sack all cops and make them reapply for their jobs; reorient the police towards helping vulnerable people and away from social control? Do you agree with these? Which do you prefer? Are there others that you would advocate?
As a spoken word artist, how have you used this medium to fight racism? What are its strengths and its limits in the anti-racist struggle?
Which other BAME spoken word artists (or writers or musicians) would you recommend people listen to/read?
To what extent do you think police brutality is an issue of class?
How well do you think the left and the labour movement involve BAME people and fight against racism? What more could it do?
How important is it for us to debate and educate ourselves about these issues? Are there any subjects or resources that you would recommend?

Poets, musicians, artists mentioned: Solomon O.B. Aliyha Hasinah Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan George the Poet Kojey Radical Liv Winter Lowkey Boots Riley Nina Simone

Books/authors mentioned: bell hooks Angela Davis The End of Policing by Alex Vitale (https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing free ebook) Staying Power by Peter Fryer The State of Africa by Martin Meredith Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century by Kehinde Andrews

A panel debate with speakers: Ruth Cashman from Workers' Liberty, Neil Faulkner from Mutiny, and Kady Tait from Red Flag. Introduction and summation speeches only. See upcoming debates from Workers' Liberty: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online

As protests against police brutality and racism continue, alongside struggles over the government's mishandling of the pandemic, and with massive job cuts set to follow, and the climate crises, what should class-struggle socialists say and do? How can we revive workplace organisation and militancy, and confront the global wave of right-wing nationalism of which Trump, Johnson, Bolsonaro, Modi, Netanyahu, and others are a part? Where next for the left?

This panel brings together speakers from three different revolutionary socialist groups to discuss the issues, with plenty of time for questions and discussion from the floor.

Write up of the debate: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2020-07-13/whats-way-forward-revolutionary-left Video: https://youtu.be/oVd0iFA2_tw

Workers' Liberty: https://workersliberty.org/ Mutiny: https://www.timetomutiny.org/ Red Flag: https://www.redflagonline.org

"The politics of identity", an opening speech by Cathy Nugent, part of the "ABCs of Marxism" series of meetings. For future online meetings see: https://www.workersliberty.org/c19-online

Video: https://youtu.be/vx7jjLC0Fq4

Identity politics is an approach which prioritises social and cultural identities. This is usually, but increasingly not always, to advance the interests of marginalised and oppressed people. The approach has been criticised as divisive.

But what is “identity”? How do we assess criticisms of identity politics and the role social media plays in promoting those politics? What alternative approaches are there for fighting social oppression? Is a universalist socialist politics adequate?

Relevant articles: • https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2017-10-18/experience-and-revolutionary-politics • https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2013/04/10/marxists-oppression • https://www.workersliberty.org/index.php/story/2020-02-05/morning-stars-identity-politics

Even the Prison Officers Association say that the majority of prisoners should not be locked up in prison. But what would calling for the abolition of prisons mean now? What does justice mean for us now and what would it mean in the socialist future? "Do we need prisons?" introductory speech by Anita Downs in "The state, crime, prisons, and police" series of meetings. All meetings coming up at: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online . Video:

Notes from meetings below Key facts • 79,645 people in prison in the UK • 69% of these have not committed any violent crimes • 27% are BAME (13% in UK population) • 5% are women. 89% of women have not committed any violent crimes • Percentage reporting drug addiction rose 8.4% from 2013/14 to 15% in 2018/2019 (effect of spice) • Mental health – 26% women & 16% men had mental health treatment in the year before prison • 87 suicides in 2019 • 1 in 3 have learning disability or learning difficulty • 62% have reading age of 11 or lower (compared to 15% in population) • 1 in 7 homeless at release (37% of women) • Only 17% in PAYE job a year after release • The number of detained children has decreased, but less so among BAME children. 50% of detained children are BAME • Short sentences of 6 months or less are less effective in reducing reoffending than community sentence. Yet number of community sentences has fallen by half in a decade • 44% leaving prison reoffend within a year Trends: • Self harm, violence to each other and staff are all at record high levels. • Prison population was rising until last two years • Overall length of sentences increased • Staffing and budget reduced 2010 – 2015 (POs reduced by 26%) • Inspectors issued ‘urgent’ notifications for many prisons – uninhabitable, inmates in cells for long periods due to lack of staff. Cuts & privatisation • Recruitment from 2016 – POs now 10% down compared to 2010 • No relationship between prison numbers and crime figures Covid in prisons: • April – up to 4000 planned to be released due to Covid (vulnerable / pregnant • Less than 100 actually released due to poorly understood plans (up to end of May) • Single cell occupancy would require release of 10,000 – 15,000 • Opted for restrictions rather than release (stopping visits, association) • Prisoners complain of lack of PPE for officers History: • Before 1700s – death penalty, public humiliation, corporal punishment, transportation. Prison while awaiting trial. 1777 John Howard – debtors & murderers, women, children, men, should be separated! • 1800s – hard labour, religious instruction. (last public execution 1868)(Hulks ended 1857) • 1877 – 1907 - idea of reform and training, • Early 1900s Churchill, prisoner in Boer war 1899 – reforms – shorter sentences, less harsh • 1948 – Abolished penal servitude and flogging • 1965 – Abolition of death sentence • 1990 – ‘Prison works’ more punitive approach – subsequent Labour and Tory governments – increased prison population, privatisation • 1990 – Strangeways riot Woolfe report (cells should have toilets!!) • Incentives and Earned Rewards Scheme – slavery? References: • http://www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk/Portals/0/Documents/Bromley%20Briefings/Prison%20the%20facts%20Summer%202019.pdf • https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49324718 • https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandjustice.org.uk/files/09627250802476668.pdf • https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2010/08/10/prisons-tool-capital • Prison Reform Trust • Howard League for Penal Reform

Mark Osborn and Sacha Ismail discuss the history of the Civil War, British workers' mobilisation and the lessons for the internationalist, anti-racist left of today. Introductory speeches from a meeting of the same name. Upcoming meetings: https://www.workersliberty.org/c19-online . All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

Timeline 1850s US politics convulsed by issue of slavery; breakdown of old party political system, rise of Republicans; armed clashes over whether Kansas will be slave or free state

1859 Abolitionist John Brown attempts to lead slave uprising at Harpers Ferry, Virginia

1860 November: Republican Abraham Lincoln elected President December: South Carolina secedes from US

1861 Six other Southern slave states secede, Confederate States of America formed, soon grows to eleven states April: Civil War begins, slaves start to flee to US army August: US Congress passes first anti-slavery war measures November-December: Trent crisis seems to threaten US-British war December: British workers’ meetings in support of US begin

1862 Summer: Congress, led by Radical Republicans, pushes US policy in more radical anti-slavery direction Second half of year: Wave of workers’ meetings in Lancashire 22 September: Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation promising to free slaves in Confederate states November: Recruitment of black soldiers begins tentatively 31 December: Great meeting at Free Trade Hall in Manchester, meetings in London

1863 1 January: Emancipation Proclamation comes into effect, recruitment of black soldiers massively accelerates 26 March: “Monster” workers’ meeting at St James’ Hall, London

1864 September: Foundation of International Working Men’s Association November: Lincoln re-elected

1865 April-June: Confederacy surrenders 14 April: Lincoln assassinated by Confederate sympathiser December: Thirteenth Amendment to US Constitution ratified, slavery abolished throughout US

1867 “Radical Reconstruction” begins in US, enfranchising ex-slaves; Reform Act enfranchises over a million British workers

Recommendations, referenced by the speakers Pamphlet: https://www.workersliberty.org/node/25435 Article: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/workers-against-slavery-us-civil-war-first-international-and-british-working-class Pull-out: https://www.workersliberty.org/index.php/revolution-black-liberation-workers-liberty-342 Article: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-12-03/trump-blocked-putting-harriet-tubman-20-note-why "Beyond Equality" by David Montgomery Glory (1989 film) Sacha mentioned "Forced Into Glory" by Lerone Bennett Junior, which gives the case against Lincoln, but he thinks it is one-sided

Description The American Civil War of 1861-5 was the most important event in US history, and one of the most important in world history. The victory of the North liberated four million black slaves and abolished slavery, although the movement it unleashed did not defeat racism.

In Britain, despite hardship caused by the war, the working class rallied to Lincoln and abolition, and Karl Marx wrote for a New York paper about the pro-North mobilisations in London and the textile towns of northern England. These mobilisations helped pave the way for a new growth of the British labour movement and for the emergence of the International Working Men's Association (the First International).

“Left Unity: is Momentum fit for purpose?” introductory speech by Ruth Cashman, trade unionist and Labour Party activist, and Momentum NCG candidate. Future meetings: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online

Video: https://youtu.be/dil6nKoHSYI

See https://www.facebook.com/RuthCashmanforMomentumNCG

Meeting hosted by Lewisham and Sheffield Workers' Liberty. Mentioned articles in discussion: https://theclarionmag.org/2020/06/02/forward-momentum-drops-democratically-agreed-left-policies https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-04-25/anti-trans-feminists-blinkered-tories

Janine Booth interviews musician Rhoda Dakar, who talks about Two-Tone, policing, the centrality of class and much much more! Rhoda Dakar was in The Bodysnatchers and The Special AKA, and performed in "Free Nelson Mandela"

Rhoda Dakar's latest single: https://orcd.co/standtogether

Workers' Liberty anti-racist resources: https://www.workersliberty.org/anti-racist-resources

Rhoda's soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-463087528

The Dub Pistols: https://soundcloud.com/dubpistols

The Special AKA: https://soundcloud.com/the-special-aka

Video version of this audio: https://youtu.be/L2zRPf-YvPg

The state has undergone a lot of change in the last 100 years and since the partial or full lock down in many countries driven by the spread of Covid-19, we have seen an increase in its powers both in Britain and internationally. What has neoliberalism meant for the role of the state? Are we now more prepared for greater state intervention in the economy and into our lives? And how should we think about the state in the context of the Black Lives Matter movement?

Intro to "The state and the current crisis" by Kate, part 5 of 5 in the series of meetings "The state, crime, prisons and the police". Upcoming meetings and more: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online

Other sections https://workersliberty.org/audio#forums

Video of this talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM5-VBa5gMY&list=PL6axvxELjd0hETzHJtyEWU8oREbGFw6fh&index=2

How did the Corbyn surge of the last few years end up with Sir Kier Starmer as Labour Leader? And what should socialists be doing within Labour now? Duncan, an education worker from South London introduces the situation at a discussion group in April 2020.

Upcoming meetings and more at https://workersliberty.org/c19-online

Video: https://youtu.be/gDV92V1NpHs

Josh Lovell, a Hertfordshire Labour County Councillor, speaking in late May 2020 about the situation of Local Government finance, in the context of Covid-19 and austerity that has now been hammering council budgets for now over a decade; and why the Labour movement must fight the council cuts.

A campaign Josh helped initiate: https://fightcouncilcuts.carrd.co/# — please get involved!

Josh's 'top level' take on what we should be minimally advocating: https://momentuminternationalists.org/2020/05/11/labour-councils-and-cuts-what-should-momentum-do/

Guardian article detailing some of the stats Josh outlines: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/14/councils-in-england-fear-they-will-have-to-make-cuts-of-20

Stevenage situation: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2020-05-26/fight-coming-council-cuts

Photo: CC BY 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-dinnery/5168809160/

How do we build a militant industrial union, a union which can fight for all education workers during and beyond the Covid-19 crisis? What are the lessons from industrial unions of the past? How should our union respond to government's handling of the crisis? School workers and NEU members from Workers' Liberty host a meeting to discuss the issues.

Introductory and concluding speeches in a meeting on this topic from Patrick Murphy, NEU National Executive (personal capacity), and Daniel Randall, RMT activist. Upcoming meetings and more: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online

Get in contact to be kept in the loop with AWL school workers and beyond: https://workersliberty.org/contact

Labour Days podcast on a similar issue: https://soundcloud.com/labour-days/ep-4-industrial-unionism

Lois Weiner on "Where now for the US left?", during the movement against police brutality, racism, and more, sparked by the murder of George Floyd; in Covid-19 crisis; and in the wake of Sanders' withdrawal from the Democratic Party primaries in lieu of Biden; and more.

Introductory speach from a Workers' Liberty meeting of the same name. Upcoming meetings at: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online Video: https://youtu.be/0yAqYrAKDu4 All audio: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/ Lois Weiner is a US socialist activist, teacher trade unionist, and member of the editorial board of the socialist journal New Politics.

Questions from the floor The following questions (abridged) were asked from the floor, as a prompt for Lois Weiners' introductory speech: - Are there any circumstances in which the left might support Biden? - Is the left or labour movement in any position to offer ideas or leadership to the Black Lives Matter/George Floyd movement against police brutality? - In that movement, what is the likelihood and what are the implications for the left of the police response esscalating even further, or of far-right provocateurs setting off a powder-keg?

Links referenced Video on twitter: https://twitter.com/Brittm_tv/status/1266497944796225538 Mlitarization of police: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/obama-police-militarization_n_3566478 About the "dirty break" and DSA: https://newpol.org/wading-through-contradictions/ New Politics journal: https://newpol.org

Original description After Sanders, where now for the US left? Can the US socialist movement be renewed?

After Bernie Sanders's withdrawal from the Democratic presidential primary, can the energy of his movement be developed to build towards a renewed socialist movement in the USA? What role might the Green Party presidential challenge of veteran socialist Howie Hawkins play? And how have US workers and their unions been responding to bosses' attacks during the coronavirus pandemic?

2020 will see — for the first time! — a significant reduction in global CO2 emissions.

Opening speeches by two socialist environmentalist activists, in Workers' Liberty, from the "Climate change and coronavirus" meeting. Upcoming meetings all at https://workersliberty.org/c19-online . Video of these speeches: https://youtu.be/RYX9xrxt8WI

The Coronavirus crisis has also seen workers and governments taking collective action that place social good above private profits. There have even been examples of workers developing plans to use their skills and the machinery at work to produce socially useful products.

A return to "normality" means a return to a world where human activity is directed solely for the creation of private profit at the expense of humanity and our future. Prior to the lockdown we were heading blindly and at accelerating speed towards civilisational collapse.

What are the prospects now for a workers' led just transition to a world that is run in the interests of people and planet?

"Crime and policing" is session 2 in a 5 part series of meetings "The state, crime, prisons and the police". This is a recording of the introduction given by a Workers' Liberty activist. • For upcoming meetings, see https://workersliberty.org/c19-online • Part 1: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/what-is-the-state-1-of-5 • Listen, download, subscribe to Workers' Liberty audio at: https://workersliberty.org/audio

The Labour party went into the 2019 election calling for police increases larger than the Tories. So can a left-wing government or even socialist government have the police working in our interests? Who are the people who suffer most at the hands of the police? Working class communities find themselves overwhelmingly the victims of crime, and yet the police often ignore anti social behaviour and crime in these same places. What should socialists say about the cops?

"What is the state?" an introduction by Matt Cooper. This is part of "The ABCs of Marxism" series of meetings, and also session 1 of 5 in "The state, crime, prisons and the police" series of meetings. Upcoming meetings in both series and beyond can be found at https://workersliberty.org/c19-online

Part 2: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/crime-and-policing-2-of-5 Listen, download, subscribe to Workers' Liberty audio at: https://workersliberty.org/audio

"'Theoretically,' there is no denying that the state is the organ of class domination, or that class antagonisms are irreconcilable. But what is forgotten or glossed over is this: if the state is the product of the irreconcilable character of class antagonisms, if it is a force standing above society and 'increasingly separating itself from it,' then it is clear that the liberation of the oppressed class is impossible not only without a violent revolution, but also without the destruction of the apparatus of state power, which was created by the ruling class and in which this 'separation' is embodied."

Lenin one of the leaders of the Russian Revolution wrote this in The State and Revolution in 1917. Is that the only or even final word on what the state is?

An introductory speech by Becky Crocker on "Who was Lenin?" part of the "ABCs of Marxism" series of meetings by Workers' Liberty. Watch video: https://youtu.be/jNNjTbgqH_8 Upcoming online meetings: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online Russian Revolution: When Workers took power, at https://www.workersliberty.org/russian-revolution

Timeline 1860s and 70s - Populism – Lenin’s brother attempted to kill Tsar Nicholas III - Tsarist autocracy 1880s Plekhanov founding Social Democracy for Russia Plekhanov vs. populism 1890s Class struggle in Russia Lenin joins Marxist group Russian Social Democratic Labour Party formed 1898 1902 What Is To Be Done? Written in preparation for 2nd Congress of RSDLP - another attempt to unify various Social Democratic groups in Russia 1903 2nd Congress

Reading What they did to What is To Be Done, by Hal Draper: https://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1990/myth/myth.htm All reading and a recording of the meeting for this and other sessions in the ABCs of Marxism series will be collated here: https://www.workersliberty.org/abcs-marxism Some more reading on Lenin on the Workers Liberty website at https://www.workersliberty.org/marxists/vladimir-lenin

Description Lenin wrote that it was often the fate of revolutionaries that after their deaths their names were made into legends to console the oppressed, while their ideas — their real politics, what they had stood for in life — were thrown out and replaced by something else. Something very like that happened to Lenin himself.

Stalinists, who lyingly call themselves Leninists, radically cut away what Lenin had really stood for and adopted anti-working-class policies — the very opposite of those which Lenin spent his life fighting for. Then after the fall of USSR , Lenin, who spent his last years fighting incipient Stalinism, is scapegoated for the discredited despotic system which rose up on the defeat of Lenin's last struggle, continued after Lenin's death by Trotsky and others.

We discuss the real history of Lenin and what he stood for.

Tom Harris's opening speech in a meeting "Rise of the Far Right In Europe: How to Fight It". For future meetings see: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online Video online at: https://youtu.be/jFcckjO3Swo All audio and link to subscribe: www.workersliberty.org/audio

The growth in anti-semitism across Europe
Attacks on migrant rights
Scapegoating of immigrants and refugees
The rise nationalist ideas
The growth in right-wing popularlist ideas

These movements feed on despair and demoralism resulting from the failures of labour movements to mobilise their tremendous potential power in the workplaceand fightback against austerity.

The coming century will see tremendous upheavals. The horrors of climate change will generate mass migration on an unprecedented scale and social emergencies that will shake our society. In the decades to come, we need a labour movement that responds to crises with the politics of solidarity, compassion, and rationality.

An introduction to "The Communist Manifesto", a classic Marxist Text, by Daniel Rawnsley — part of the ABCs of Marxism series. Upcoming online meetings at: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online

Watch the video of this: https://youtu.be/kTqrbXcLH6Y Read or download the text at: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ Listen to it: https://librivox.org/the-communist-manifesto-by-karl-marx-and-friendrich-engels/ Study guide: https://www.workersliberty.org/files/Communist-manifesto-study-guide.pdf

All audio: www.workersliberty.org/audio

What should socialists and activists who support trans rights be doing to further this today?

Lead off and summation from "Trans Rights and the labour movement today", the final session in "The fight for trans rights: past, present and future". Listen to the previous session at https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/berlins-third-sex-the-fight-for-trans-rights-past-present-and-future

See the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpCCfNDARO4

For more online events by Workers' Liberty, see https://workersliberty.org/c19-online

In both the Labour Party and the trade unions, transphobia is prominent. Why is this and what can we as Socialists do about it?

Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020.

Part 11 of 11, pages 108 to 116. A letter to Scargill, by Sean Matgamna, from Socialist Organiser (issue 200) 11 October 1984. "Arthur Scargill, Lech Wałęsa: militants in distorting mirrors". A palm-sized samizdat edition of the Polish-language Trotskyist publication, Imprekor, carried a translation of our Open Letter to Scargill from Socialist Organiser 200, 11 October. See scans of it in the paper book.

Buy a beautiful paper version for £5, including photographs and scans from the time: https://workersliberty.org/solidarnosc Playlist of book: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/solidarnosc All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio All tracks of this book: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-1-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-2-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-3-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-4-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-5-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-6-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-7-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-8-of-11 Appendices: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-9-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-10-of-11 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/solidarnosc-pt-11-of-11

Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020.

Part 10 of 11, pages 102 to 107. An open letter to Frank Chapple, published in Socialist Organiser, 13 September 1980.

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Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020.

Part 9 of 11, pages 93 to 100. Appendix: From the Polish coup to the present day; a brief summary, by Stan Crooke

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Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020. Part 8 of 11, pages 85 to 92. Sections in this recording: The Party works towards crushing the workers’ movement December 1981: the coup

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Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020. Part 7 of 11, pages 76 to 84. Sections in this recording: The workers’ press The hunger marches Solidarność’s Congress

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Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020. Part 6 of 11, pages 68 to 75. Sections in this recording: The Party March 1981 The Party’s IX Congress

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Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020. Part 5 of 11, pages 62 to 67. Sections in this recording: After August Politics, the Party, intervention, and the “self-limiting revolution”

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Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020. Part 4 of 11, pages 45 to 62. Sections in this recording: The August events, 1980 The 21 Demands

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Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020. Part 3 of 11, pages 30-44. Sections in this recording: 1970 on the Northern Coast The aftermaths of the events of 1970 The explosion, June 1976 1976: the aftermath The workers' voice

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Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020. Part 2 of 11, pages 15 to 29. Sections in this recording: The Party in turmoil Open Letter to the Party 1968: antisemitism 1968: the student protests

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Solidarność: The workers' movement and the rebirth of Poland in 1980-81 , by Mark Osborn, published January 2020. Part 1 of 11, pages 1 to 14. Sections in this recording: After the War Stalinist Rule 1956, Poznań

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From the archives - "France 1968: When Ten Million Workers Took Capitalism By The Throat" by Sean Matgamna, written 1968,

Republished 40 years later in May 2008, as part of Workers' Liberty 3/19: When the workers rise, part two

See online: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2018-05-21/france-1968-when-ten-million-workers-took-capitalism-throat

All audio online: https://workersliberty.org/audio Audio of other such publications (beyond Solidarity, our weekly newspaper): https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond

Catch up on a Workers Liberty online political education meet-up where Dan introduces the political tendency of Stalinism within the modern labour movement. "What is Stalinism?" is part of "The ABCs of Marxism" series.

All AWL online meetings: https://www.workersliberty.org/c19-online All audio recordings of public meetings: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/public-meetings

Have you experienced Stalinism in the British labour movement? Let us know in the comments.

Further reading: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2020-02-05/it-or-not-stalinism-still-live-force https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/why-stalin-needs-slaves-forced-labor-under-bureaucratic-collectivism-1947

The introductory lead off from the session, "Nationalism And The National Question", in the weekly online discussion programme of "Marxist ABCs". More online events: https://workersliberty.org/c19-online More recordings of public meetings: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/public-meetings

Democracy is more than individual rights because people are more than individuals. They identify themselves as part of a community and, in the modern world, as part of a nation. From this reality stems the idea of "the right of nations to self determination".

But nations also conquer and oppress other nations. And borders divide nations and peoples. Ultimately socialists want to abolish national divisions.

Discussing how the revolutionary Marxist tradition has approached the national question.

Reading • Basic issues: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2011/07/14/socialists-and-national-question

Further reading: • 1920 Communist International Theses on the national question: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/communist-international-1920-theses-national-and-colonial-question

• The case of Catalonia: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-10-23/free-catalan-political-prisoners

• Civil ware in ex-Yugoslavia https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-06-05/break-yugoslavia

• Populism (nationalism's twin) https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-11-20/populism-dead-end-left

Much more reading https://www.workersliberty.org/nationalism-and-national-question

The opening speeches and presentations from Workers' Liberty forum, "Fifty years of women's liberation": discussing the gains women have made over the last fifty years and the case for socialist feminism. More online meetings at: www.workersliberty.org/c19-online Jill: 00:10 Kelly: 29:10

Why socialist feminism?: https://workersliberty.org/why-soc-fem Women's Fightback #24: https://workersliberty.org/workers-liberty-magazine/latest-issue/publications/womens-fightback/womens-fightback-24-march-2020

One woman has a good idea, she shares it, many people laugh, others smile politely, as two women decide to make it happen. So the first National Women’s Liberation Conference in the UK takes place in Oxford, in 1970. Initially to discuss women’s history, the conference, unknowingly, was about to make a significant contribution to the subject. More than three times the expected size, 600 women came together from around the UK. Sheila Rowbotham (mother of the good idea) said it was at that moment ‘a movement could be said to exist’.

The conference focused less on women’s history, largely because so little had been written up at that point, and instead focused more on the position and experience of women in 1970. It voted to adopt four demands: Equal pay; Equal education and opportunity; 24 hour nurseries and; Free contraception and abortion on demand.

The Women’s Liberation Movement of the 1970s gave voice, confidence and strength to millions of women. It was an organised expression of a greater period known as Second Wave Feminism.

Audio of the introductory speach only.

"The fight for trans rights: past, present and future" was a discussion series for socialists and supporters of trans rights to learn about the history and contemporary movement for trans liberation.

“Berlin’s Third Sex” was the penultimate session. Watch the final session at https://youtu.be/qpCCfNDARO4 or listen at https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/fighting-for-trans-rights-in-todays-labour-movement/s-kOK8gqYtkm1

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries the first modern gay movement was born, flourished and was eventually crushed. The founding of the Weimar Republic saw the establishment of Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute for Sexology), an institute which; largely through Hirschfeld’s research, coined the term Transgender. The histories of gay and trans people are not always easy to separate out & there is much that is interwoven and shared in the history of the two groups. This talk will discuss the way in which German society viewed trans people & how this fed into their eventual persecution at the hands of the Nazi regime.

All audio at workersliberty.org/audio . Please subscribe, share, review!

A recounting of the Vestas wind turbine workers' dispute which culminated in the occupation of the factory on the Isle of Wight, and what it means for climate politics in the current conditions.

Pamphlet about this battle: https://workersliberty.org/vestas-pamphlet

Audio version of pamphlet: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/vestas

1919: strikes, struggles and soviets, a Workers' Liberty pamphlet, by Janine booth.

Part 5 of 5 contents: If we must die, Claude McKay (poem) Triple Alliance: unused power Making history

Other sections: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-1-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-2-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-3-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-4-of-5

All articles online: https://workersliberty.org/1919 Buy the book: https://workersliberty.org/story/2019-03-12/1919-strikes-struggles-and-soviets Video introduction: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-03-12/video-introduction-1919-strikes-struggles-and-soviets All Workers' Liberty audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

1919: strikes, struggles and soviets, a Workers' Liberty pamphlet, by Janine booth.

Part 4 of 5 contents: Purging the police Working women’s rights Throwing off the shackles of empire Divided by racism

Other sections: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-1-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-2-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-3-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-5-of-5

All articles online: https://workersliberty.org/1919 Buy the book: https://workersliberty.org/story/2019-03-12/1919-strikes-struggles-and-soviets Video introduction: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-03-12/video-introduction-1919-strikes-struggles-and-soviets All Workers' Liberty audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

1919: strikes, struggles and soviets, a Workers' Liberty pamphlet, by Janine booth.

Part 3 of 5 contents: Germany: the revolution betrayed Hungary: 133 days of workers’ rule The Limerick Soviet

Other sections: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-1-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-2-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-4-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-5-of-5

All articles online: https://workersliberty.org/1919 Buy the book: https://workersliberty.org/story/2019-03-12/1919-strikes-struggles-and-soviets Video introduction: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-03-12/video-introduction-1919-strikes-struggles-and-soviets All Workers' Liberty audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

1919: strikes, struggles and soviets, a Workers' Liberty pamphlet, by Janine booth.

Part 2 of 5 contents: Masterless men (poem, Janine Booth) The Great Belfast Strike Whose Peace? Hands Off Russia!

Other sections: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-1-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-3-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-4-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-5-of-5

All articles online: https://workersliberty.org/1919 Buy the book: https://workersliberty.org/story/2019-03-12/1919-strikes-struggles-and-soviets Video introduction: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-03-12/video-introduction-1919-strikes-struggles-and-soviets All Workers' Liberty audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

An important text on what we mean by socialism and workers' rule.

The following talk was delivered at the Friday Night Forum of the SWP in Los Angeles on January 16, 1953. It was the fifth in a series of lectures by Cannon on “America’s Road to Socialism”.

Listen to recordings of other publications: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/pamphlets-publications-beyond Read it online: https://www.marxists.org/archive/cannon/works/1953/workersrule.htm See other key texts: https://workersliberty.org/study

1919: strikes, struggles and soviets, a Workers' Liberty pamphlet, by Janine Booth.

Part 1 of 5 contents: Blurb etc Ready for rebellion For those who fight for labour, Siegfreid Sassoon (poem) Militarists and mutinies Revolt on the Clyde

Other sections: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-2-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-3-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-4-of-5 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/1919-5-of-5

All articles online: https://workersliberty.org/1919 Buy the book: https://workersliberty.org/story/2019-03-12/1919-strikes-struggles-and-soviets Video introduction: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-03-12/video-introduction-1919-strikes-struggles-and-soviets All Workers' Liberty audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

Workers' Liberty Vol. 3, issue 68 Hear the lead article: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/morality-revolution-the-bolsheviks-and-us-12-lead-article

Issue online: https://www.workersliberty.org/publications/workers-liberty-magazine/latest-issue/workers-liberty-volume-3-september-2005/morality Article(s) online: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-06-07/appendix-birmingham-pub-bombing-1974

Workers' Liberty Vol. 3, issue 68 Hear the appendices: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/morality-revolution-the-bolsheviks-and-us-22-appendices

Issue online: https://www.workersliberty.org/publications/workers-liberty-magazine/latest-issue/workers-liberty-volume-3-september-2005/morality Article online: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-06-07/morality-revolution-bolsheviks-and-us

Workers' Liberty vol. 3, issue 69 (Solidarity 528): When workers beat the fascists — how the left fought the antisemites at cable street

Read it online, order a paper copy, download the pdf at https://workersliberty.org/cable-street All audio: workersliberty.org/audio Subscribe: workersliberty.org/sub

Introduction only - discussion, replies, disagreements were not recorded.

Some on the left have explained recent government interventionism up to Corbyn losing the election, but winning the economic argument - that Keynesianism is back. This explanation does not add up. What is going on and should socialists be Keynesians anyway?

Informal discussion and no reading required, but take a look at these articles : https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2020-03-23/keynesianism-and-covid-19 https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2008/10/24/keynes-crisis-marx-and-keynesianism

All audio at https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty

Solidarity 531/Workers' Liberty 70 — Automation and the working class. Lead article, Automation and the working class, by Martin Thomas. Article at: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-01-14/automation-and-working-class

See also: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/automation-2-the-future-and-robots-hipster-reformism-and-the-technological-fix https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/automation-4-marxs-telescope https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/automation-5-the-great-foundation-stone-of-wealth

Full pamphlet at: https://workersliberty.org/WL70 Browse and subscribe to all audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio

Solidarity 531/Workers' Liberty 70 — Automation and the working class. 2: The Future and Robots, by Charlie Applebaum. Article at: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-01-14/future-and-robots 3: Hipster Reformism and the Technological Fix, by Bruce Robinson. Article at: https://workersliberty.org/story/2019-07-17/hipster-reformism-and-technological-fix

See: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/automation-and-the-working-class-1-lead-article https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/automation-4-marxs-telescope https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/automation-5-the-great-foundation-stone-of-wealth

Full pamphlet at: workersliberty.org/WL70 Browse and subscribe to all audio: workersliberty.org/audio

Solidarity 531/Workers' Liberty 70 — Automation and the working class. 4th Article, Marx's telescope, by Martin Thomas. Article at: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-01-14/marxs-telescope

See: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/automation-and-the-working-class-1-lead-article https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/automation-2-the-future-and-robots-hipster-reformism-and-the-technological-fix https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/automation-5-the-great-foundation-stone-of-wealth

Full pamphlet at: workersliberty.org/WL70 Browse and subscribe to all audio: workersliberty.org/audio

Solidarity 531/Workers' Liberty 70 — Automation and the working class. "The great foundation-stone of wealth" by Karl Marx, exctracts See: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1857/grundrisse/ch13.htm#p701 & https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1857/grundrisse/ch14.htm

See also: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/automation-and-the-working-class-1-lead-article https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/automation-2-the-future-and-robots-hipster-reformism-and-the-technological-fix https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/automation-4-marxs-telescope

Full pamphlet at: workersliberty.org/WL70 Browse and subscribe to all audio: workersliberty.org/audio

What is your employer and the government doing about Covid-19 and what can we do to make sure the crucial and informed decisions are taken?

Recording from Class struggle environmentalism, a day of workshops and discussions organised by Workers' Liberty.

Intro-only version here: soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/covid-19-intro-only

Lead off and summation by Martin Thomas, plus contributions from various trade unionists and other activists (slightly redacted on request):

00:00 Martin Thomas, Workers' Liberty/Solidarity editor 21:14 Ruth, Lambeth council worker 26:02 Stuart, mental health worker 31:27 London Underground worker 39:30 Jo, organiser of Labour mutual aid groups in Sheffield 41:50 Mark, school worker 48 summation by Martin Thomas

The article mentioned by Martin Thomas at the beginning is here: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2020-02-12/coronavirus-and-climate-change

See more at workersliberty.org, or fb.com/workersliberty, or on twitter at @workersliberty

Subscribe to and browse more audio at workersliberty.org/audio

An N-Power worker lead this workshop on this biggest threat to the planet. Reliance on fossil fuels must be stopped, but how do we fight the big powers which own and run these businesses? Are things like cuts to fossil fuel subsidies, or public investment in alternative energy resources enough? Or is working-class democratic control of the energy grid the only way to get effective change?

"Class struggle environmentalism", with John Moloney, PCS assistant general secretary (p.c.) and Abel Harvie-Clark, youth climate striker, on where next for the climate strikes. https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/bob-carnegie-on-climate-struggles-in-australia was also part of the same session. 00:00 Abel 5:36 John

See this follow up article by Abel https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-03-18/year-climate-strikes

For future events by Workers' Liberty, see https://workersliberty.org/events

Bob Carnegie, Queensland socialist activist, describes how anti-coal mine ″Stop Adani” campaign split the Australian labour movement. Why? Where now?

Women's Fightback issue 24, part 2 of 2, pages 9 to 15.

Online at: https://www.workersliberty.org/workers-liberty-magazine/latest-issue/publications/womens-fightback/womens-fightback-24-march-2020

Women's Fightback, issue 24, 8 March 2020. Part 1 of 2, pages 1 to 8. Articles include: Strength and audacity we have never before known As early as possible, as late as necessary Catholicism and women's rights RLB, abortion rights and disability On the social construction of gender Babies, brooders and the abolition of gender Sexist bastards

Online: https://workersliberty.org/workers-liberty-magazine/latest-issue/publications/womens-fightback/womens-fightback-24-march-2020 All audio: https://workersliberty.org/audio#solidarity

'The mill owners told the workers to bow down to the steam idol or starve', a review of Andreas Malm's 'Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming', written for Solidarity June 2016, by Neil Laker.

This is the audio recording of our forum, on the 12th of July 2019, on Democracy and Revolution in Sudan with Namaa al-Mahdi and Stephen Wood.

See this article https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-06-19/sudan-uprising-regroups

Checkout our website for future events, articles, publications, other audio and video, to find out more and get involved: www.workersliberty.org

"One cannot know for sure what Russia felt like in 1917 as the tsar was being toppled, or France in 1871 in the heady, idealistic days of the short-lived Paris Commune. But it must have felt something like Khartoum in April 2019." David Pilling, Financial Times

Incredible things are happening in Sudan. In early June, the Transitional Military Council, which took power after the downfall of the Sudanese tyrant Bashir after 30 years of brutal oppression, itself turned brutally on the Sudanese rebels who had maintained a sit-in outside their military headquarters in Khartoum. The repression used the notorious paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). 180 were killed. Bodies were dumped into the Nile, weighted down by breeze blocks to try and disguise evidence. Many more have been wounded, arrested and detained in public offices guarded by the Janjaweed forces. Women and men have been raped, many are missing.

The Sudanese revolution had united those across ethnicities who had been oppressed by the Bashir regime. Prominent amongst them had been new unions formed in most industries and services and brought together in the Sudanese Professional Association (SPA).

The struggle of civil resistance continues. In response to the military massacres, there was a 3 day general strike and road blocks have been set up by the rebels to impede the now heavily armed murderous RSF militias. The Sudanese revolution needs our solidarity.

What kind of left does Labour need? with Seema Syeda

See this article https://workersliberty.org/story/2019-06-12/labour-after-peterborough

Seema Syeda's book here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creeping-Fascism-What-How-Fight/dp/0995535264

Our summer camp at workersliberty.org/camp

Creeping Fascism: What It Is & How to Fight It

What does Weber, heralded as one of the "founders of socilogy", have to teach contemporary Marxists? Activist and academic Dan Davison-Vecchione gave a talk, follwed by discussion, at Ideas for Freedom 2019.

Our summer camp: workersliberty.org/camp

See also this article: https://newpol.org/issue_post/marx-and-weber-critics-capitalism/

In 1956 Hungarian workers launched a revolutionary uprising against Stalinism that saw them form workers' councils. Soviet tanks crushed the revolution. Could things have been different, and what do the events of 1956 tell us about what Stalinism represented? an Ideas for Freedom 2019 session with John Cunningham Reading list on the revolution: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-07-22/reading-list-1956-hungarian-revolution See https://workersliberty.org/story/2009/04/29/hungary-1956-solasworkers-republic-editorial-november-1966

The Chinese state is currently engaged in the brutal repression and mass incarceration of the Uyghur people, a Muslim ethnic minority mainly concentrated in the Xinjiang province. This session, which includes a film showing, discusses that repression and what can be done to resist it. With Aziz Ilsa Elkun (Uyghur activist)

See https://workersliberty.org/story/2018-09-11/brutal-crackdown-chinas-uyghurs

What are the connections between the Brexit project and historic and contemporary British imperialism? Academics and activists Dr Cath Fletcher (University of Swansea, Workers' Liberty) and Prof. Danny Dorling (University of Oxford, author of "Rule Britannia: Brexit and the End of Empire) discuss the issues.

Our pamphlets can be found https://workersliberty.org/pamphlets, and the pamphlet referenced, https://workersliberty.org/remainrebel

https://workersliberty.org/story/2019-06-12/brexit-and-tory-schisms

Labour and antisemitism, at Ideas for Freedom 2019.

Originally organised as a debate with Ken Livingstone, Martin Thomas presented the case against the form of "absolute anti-Zionism", which Workers' Liberty argues bleeds over into antisemitism; it is represented by Livingstone and is dominant on much of the left, and sees Zionism as an all-powerful conspiracy. Time was given in the session to anyone who wished to present the opposing view from the floor.

Our pamphlets can be found at workersliberty.org/pamphlets, and the pamphlet referenced at https://workersliberty.org/as-pamphlet

See also https://workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/livingstone-and-anti-zionist-left

Arguing for Autistic Rights: the backlash against neurodiversity and how to overcome it: Judy Singer, author of 'Neurodiversity: the birth of an idea'; Janine Booth, author of 'Autism Equality in the Workplace'; and Fergus Murray, co-founder of Autistic Mutual Aid Society, Edinburgh. For a video, see https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-06-27/arguing-autistic-rights-backlash-against-neurodiversity-and-how-overcome-it

For the books, see https://www.amazon.co.uk/Autism-Equality-Workplace-Challenging-Discrimination/dp/1849056781 and https://www.amazon.co.uk/NeuroDiversity-Birth-Idea-Judy-Singer/dp/064815470X

See https://workersliberty.org/story/2019-06-12/making-space-diversity and https://workersliberty.org/story/2019-05-22/two-and-half-cheers-neurodiversity

NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea

Autism Equality in the Workplace: Removing Barriers and Challenging Discrimination

In the early 1900s, working-class activists built an organisation aimed at developing an independent working-class education, in order to prepare the labour movement for power. What can we learn from it today? Colin Waugh (Independent Working-Class Education Network)

See here https://workersliberty.org/node/14617

What can the breakup of Yugoslavia teach us about nationalism, Stalinism, and inter-communal conflict? Academic and writer Sarah Correia (London School of Economics) will give a talk, followed by discussion.

See https://workersliberty.org/story/2019-06-05/break-yugoslavia

This session will introduce participants to socialist writer Andreas Malm's book on fossil fuels, and discuss how it can help activists develop an anti-capitalist, working-class environmentalism. With Mike Zubrowski

See Workers' Liberty's pamphlets at http://workersliberty.org/pamphlets, including our 2018 pamphlet "For workers' climate action" https://workersliberty.org/climate-pamphlet

For a book review by another workers' liberty activist, see http://workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/fossil-fuels-and-rise-capitalism

The book can be bought, in paper and/or ebook form, at https://www.versobooks.com/books/2002-fossil-capital

For information about our summer camp, see workersliberty.org/camp

Deliveroo workers have organises a series of strikes against the food delivery company, demanding living wages and better conditions. This session discusses their struggle in the context of ongoing workers' fight backs in the "gig economy". With Tyrone Falls (Chair, Bristol Couriers' Network - IWGB) and Zack Murrell-Dowson (Chair, IWGB National Deliveroo Committee)

Many articles have been written on this struggle, see http://workersliberty.org/iwgb

For information about our summer camp, see workersliberty.org/camp

The future of the left in Israel, session at Ideas For Freedom 2019.

The 2019 elections returned disastrous results for the left. Against a backdrop of rising nationalism, with Israel's right-wing government apparently intent on permanent annexation of Palestinian Territories, three speakers will discuss the prospects for building a Jewish-Arab left that can fight back against occupation, racism, and capitalism. With Eric Lee (Labour Start, p.c.), Maya Ilany (Yachad, p.c.), Tom Harris (Workers' Liberty).

See Workers' Liberty's pamphlets at http://workersliberty.org/pamphlets, including our pamphlet "Two nations, two states: socialists and Israel/Palestine" https://workersliberty.org/story/2010/08/21/israel-palestine-two-nations-two-states

Check out this article workersliberty.org/story/2019-06-12/left-israel

For information about our summer camp, see workersliberty.org/camp

With protests against LGBT+ education continuing in Birmingham, this session discusses how school workers, LGBT+ campaigners, and others can build alliances to fight for LGBT+ education in schools, and against bigotry. With Khakan Qureshi (Birmingham South Asians LGBT) and Duncan Morrison (National Education Union)

See https://workersliberty.org/story/2019-04-17/speaking-out-lgbt-inclusive-education

For information about our summer camp, see workersliberty.org/camp

\With the climate crisis becoming acute, discussions are developing about how governments should response. What kind of "Green New Deal" do we need to stop climate catastrophe, and how can workers' organisations fight for it? With Luke Neal (Workers' Liberty) and Abel Harvie-Clarke (UK School Climate Network, school climate striker)

See Workers' Liberty's pamphlets at http://workersliberty.org/pamphlets, including our 2018 pamphlet "For workers' climate action" https://workersliberty.org/climate-pamphlet

See also http://workersliberty.org/story/2019-05-01/socialist-green-new-deal-take-over-big-eleven

The book can be bought, in paper and/or ebook form, at https://www.versobooks.com/books/2002-fossil-capital

For information about our summer camp, see workersliberty.org/camp

Are "identity politics" and class politics in conflict? Do struggles against particular oppressions threaten working-class unity? Are concepts like "intersectionality" useful? These questions, and more, were discussed, in this Session at Ideas for Freedom 2019. With Ralph Leonard (writer and activist), Christie Neary (Workers' Liberty)

See http://workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/whats-wrong-identity-politics, and also the chapter in our pamphlet https://workersliberty.org/why-soc-fem

'The Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg: Luxemburg and Luxemburgism'. A discussion at Ideas for Freeom 2019, led by Justine Canady and Martin Thomas.

100 years since her execution at the hands of proto-fascist paramilitaries enabled by the Social Democratic government, Rosa Luxemburg's legacy continues to be contested terrain for socialists. This session reviewed that legacy by looking at some of Luxemburg's key ideas.

See our pamphlets at workersliberty.org/pamphlets, and in particular our pamphlet on the German Revolution, collected writings of Luxemburg https://workersliberty.org/rosa-luxemburg-selected

See http://workersliberty.org/story/2019-01-25/rosa-luxemburg-and-imperialism

'Zetkin, Luxemburg and the German Social Democratic Women's Movement'. Discussion at Ideas for Freedom, led by Kelly Rogers and Kieran Miles, based on Lambeth AWL's socialist feminist reading group.

See chapter by Janine Booth in workersliberty.org/why-soc-fem

Richard Wilkinson introduces his latest book "The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Wellbeing" , co-written with Kate Pickett, & discuss the relationships between inequality and physical and mental health, at Ideas for Freedom 2019.

Check out this review by Todd Hamer workersliberty.org/node/33768

Note: the graph referred to at 3.17 can be found here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=15STbLvU5EtU6BjRHdGxgkKF6Y_6ODZSQ

'The Tiananmen Square uprising: when Chinese workers and students fought for freedom'. A discussion at Ideas for Freedom 2019, led by Dr. Camila Bassi (Sheffield Hallam University, Workers' Liberty)

30 years ago, an uprising of workers and students faced the military might of the Chinese state. What were the demands of the uprising, and why was it crushed so brutally? What are the lessons for those fighting for democracy against authoritarian regimes today?

Note: the text referred to but not read out at 39.50 can be found here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GDW0FlRzQVvIcUEvsZ6W3lJFUIHRxp0M

The novel referred to is Ma Jian's "Beijing Coma", the autobiographical account is "Almost a Revolution: The Story of a Chinese Student's Journey from Boyhood to Leadership in Tiananmen Square" by Shen Tong, and one of the other historians referred to is Rana Mitter

Check out this article workersliberty.org/story/2019-03-30/road-tienanmen-square-workers-and-students-chinafreedom

Climate change and socialist politics, document passed by Workers' Liberty conference, October 2008.

William Morris: ecology and the shift to socialism, part 6 of our series on the politics of the late 19th century socialist William Morris, February 2009, by Paul Hampton

Urgent and radical action on climate change, motion submitted to Labour Party conference, 2018.

'The transition has hardly begun...', review of Simon Pirani's 'Burning Up', 2018, by Neil Laker.

Climate change and extreme energy, document passed by Workers' Liberty conference, October 2013

The shop stewards who represent the future, a review of 'Workers and Trade Unions for Climate Solidarity' by Paul Hampton, 2015, by Martin Thomas.

Towards an independent working-class climate movement, published in the American socialist journal New Politics, summer 2011, by Daniel Randall and Paul Hampton

Workers' Action for Climate Justice, written for the Workers' Liberty bulletin at Ende Gelande August 2017, by Mike Zubrowski

Socialist politics and climate change: an introduction to the 2018 edition of this pamphlet, by Neil Laker

Cover

Order Prevails in Berlin by Rosa Luxemburg, 14 January 1919

House of Cards by Rosa Luxemburg, 13 January 1919

What are the Leaders Doing? by Rosa Luxemburg, 7 January 1919

Our Programme and the Political Situation by Rosa Luxemburg, 31 December 1918

The Elections to the National Assembly by Rosa Luxemburg, 23 December 1918

What does the Spartacus League want? by Rosa Luxemburg, 14 December 1918.

The Socialisation of Society by Rosa Luxemburg, 4 December 1918

The Acheron in Motion by Rosa Luxemburg, 27 November 1918

A Call to the Workers of the World by Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, Franz Mehring and Clara Zetkin, 25 November 1918

The National Assembly by Rosa Luxemburg, 20 November 1918

A duty of honour by Rosa Luxemburg, 20 November 1918

The Beginning by Rosa Luxemburg, 18 November 1918

Introduction by Paul Vernadsky

0.00 - Cover 1.23 - Introduction 6.15 - What do we mean by 'the working class' and 'socialism'? 8.13 - Chapter 1: Defend and extend free movement 28.13 - Chapter 2: The Irish border question 31.37 - Chapter 3: Fighting nationalism: the working class has no country 45.43 - Chapter 4: Globalisation & integration 1.01.52 - Chapter 5: Remain is not enough 1.08.48 - Chapter 6: A manifesto for Europe 1.29.32 - Chapter 7: We Can Win a Socialist Europe: Remain and Rebel! 1.53.07 - Take up the fight

0.00 - Cover 0.11 - Women Fighting Stalinism 6.40 - Edith Lanchester and 'free love' 10.20 - Introducing Social Reproduction Theory 29.32 - Transphobia and Materialism 33.44 - Become Not Women 35.37 - Women and the Alt-Right 42.00 - The socialist roots of International Women's Day

In the centenary year of the murder of revolutionary socialist Rosa Luxemburg, listen to this introduction to her famous work 'The Mass Strike, the Political Party and the Trade Unions', published in 1906, taken from the AWL London forum on 18 January 2019.

In the centenary year of the murder of revolutionary socialist Rosa Luxemburg, listen to this introduction to her life and works, taken from the AWL London forum on 18 January 2019.