Proletarian

Prol 87: December 2018

British politics / Brexit means … remain!

The ruling class is divided over whether its best bet is to create a ‘Brexit’ in name only, or to re-run the referendum in the hopes of reversing the leave vote altogether.

12 Dec 2018 , Proletarian
Social wage / A third of British children live in poverty

A decade of austerity is taking a heavy toll on Britain’s families.

13 Dec 2018 , Proletarian
Housing / The housing crisis is lining private landlords’ pockets

Housing benefit is acting as the ‘landlords’ bonus’, while provision of emergency temporary accommodation by private landlords is the ‘icing on the cake’.

6 Dec 2018 , Proletarian

Pay and conditions / Glasgow: Teachers take to the streets

Pay and conditions in the profession continue to decline, leading to a retention and recruitment crisis in our schools.

16 Nov 2018 , Proletarian
Pay and conditions / Courier strikes

As the food delivery industry consolidates itself, the winning companies and putting the screws on drivers to up their profits.

16 Oct 2018 , Proletarian
Pay and conditions / University of Manchester support staff to strike against pension attacks

Cleaners, caterers, security and admin staff are fighting to defend their right to a dignified retirement.

17 Nov 2018 , Proletarian
Science and technology / Right to repair: a threat to monopoly superprofits

Apple are using their monopoly to rob workers by designing their phones and laptops to break. It’s wasteful, anti-environment and anti-worker; it’s capitalism!

28 Nov 2018 , Proletarian
USA / Why is the US pulling out of the intermediate-range nuclear treaty?

“What going smaller does is to make using nuclear weapons more thinkable.”

26 Nov 2018 , Proletarian
Syria / US imperialism losing the plot in Syria

The imperialists are raging as strong diplomacy combined with military advances edge the Syrian people ever closer to their final victory.

9 Dec 2018 , Proletarian
Yemen / Yemen fights back against US-backed Saudi aggression

Despite raining death and destruction and causing horrific suffering to the Yemeni people, the Saudis are no closer to winning their barbaric war.

4 Dec 2018 , Proletarian
Social wage / Bristol bus protest highlights failing public transport in Britain

Workers must demand renationalisation as the first step towards affordability, planning, and the sanity of a socialist economy.

25 Nov 2018 , Proletarian
Housing / Grenfell Tower – another long and winding public inquiry

Privatisation, subcontracting and the drive to maximise profits led to the inferno, but the ruling class will be hoping the inquiry can come up with a scapegoat or two on whom to pin the blame for its crimes.

8 Dec 2018 , Proletarian
Divide and rule / Letter: Identity politics v class politics

If our political activities don’t threaten imperialism, we need to think again about what we are doing.

17 Dec 2018 , Proletarian
Disputes / Birmingham: Two-faced council breaks promises to binmen and residents

Birmingham’s militant binmen deserve our full support as their dispute looks set to break out again this Christmas.

1 Dec 2018 , Proletarian
British politics / Challenges facing communists in Britain today

Objective conditions for the creation of a revolutionary movement are improving, but much work needs to be done to take advantage of those conditions.

14 Dec 2018 , Proletarian

Prol 87: December 2018

British politics / Brexit means … remain!

The ruling class is divided over whether its best bet is to create a ‘Brexit’ in name only, or to re-run the referendum in the hopes of reversing the leave vote altogether.

Social wage / A third of British children live in poverty

A decade of austerity is taking a heavy toll on Britain’s families.

Housing / The housing crisis is lining private landlords’ pockets

Housing benefit is acting as the ‘landlords’ bonus’, while provision of emergency temporary accommodation by private landlords is the ‘icing on the cake’.

Pay and conditions / Glasgow: Teachers take to the streets

Pay and conditions in the profession continue to decline, leading to a retention and recruitment crisis in our schools.

Pay and conditions / Courier strikes

As the food delivery industry consolidates itself, the winning companies and putting the screws on drivers to up their profits.

Pay and conditions / University of Manchester support staff to strike against pension attacks

Cleaners, caterers, security and admin staff are fighting to defend their right to a dignified retirement.

Science and technology / Right to repair: a threat to monopoly superprofits

Apple are using their monopoly to rob workers by designing their phones and laptops to break. It’s wasteful, anti-environment and anti-worker; it’s capitalism!

USA / Why is the US pulling out of the intermediate-range nuclear treaty?

“What going smaller does is to make using nuclear weapons more thinkable.”

Syria / US imperialism losing the plot in Syria

The imperialists are raging as strong diplomacy combined with military advances edge the Syrian people ever closer to their final victory.

Yemen / Yemen fights back against US-backed Saudi aggression

Despite raining death and destruction and causing horrific suffering to the Yemeni people, the Saudis are no closer to winning their barbaric war.

Social wage / Bristol bus protest highlights failing public transport in Britain

Workers must demand renationalisation as the first step towards affordability, planning, and the sanity of a socialist economy.

Housing / Grenfell Tower – another long and winding public inquiry

Privatisation, subcontracting and the drive to maximise profits led to the inferno, but the ruling class will be hoping the inquiry can come up with a scapegoat or two on whom to pin the blame for its crimes.

Divide and rule / Letter: Identity politics v class politics

If our political activities don’t threaten imperialism, we need to think again about what we are doing.

Disputes / Birmingham: Two-faced council breaks promises to binmen and residents

Birmingham’s militant binmen deserve our full support as their dispute looks set to break out again this Christmas.

British politics / Challenges facing communists in Britain today

Objective conditions for the creation of a revolutionary movement are improving, but much work needs to be done to take advantage of those conditions.

Prol 87: December 2018 topics