Proletarian

Prol 95: April 2020

Health / Britain’s response to Covid-19 pt 1: ‘Take it on the chin’

What the coronavirus teaches us about our rulers’ attitudes and priorities.

27 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
Social wage / Work doesn’t pay and British families know it

Fourteen million people, including four million children, live in poverty in Britain, and more than half of those come from working families.

19 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
Social wage / Austerity Britain: where the homeless seek shelter in bins

Report reveals shocking rise of bin sleepers as one waste worker recounts finding children as young as nine or ten.

6 Apr 2020 , Proletarian

Social wage / Errol Graham and the unreported austerity pandemic

Social murder in our midst is being hushed up by all arms of the state, hand in glove with media that are entirely uninterested in ‘speaking truth to power’.

27 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
Yemen / Burying bad news: corona-filled papers ignore Britain’s Yemen invasion

Unreported in British media, British troops have landed in Aden. All that awaits them is the graveyard of imperialist ambitions.

4 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
Iraq / Did Trump threaten to kill Iraq’s prime minister?

Corporate media have failed to report the allegation that Trump threated the Iraqi PM and people if they refused to follow US orders.

5 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
British politics / Harry Dunn and the one-sided ‘special relationship’

Our rulers, who love to flaunt their ‘patriotism’, fail miserably when it comes to defending the interests of their own against a stronger foreign power.

13 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
British politics / Onwards and upwards: In memory of Deborah Lavin

One of a kind: her influence on party life, and the guidance she gave to young cadres in particular, will be fondly remembered and sorely missed.

3 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
British politics / John Hepple: a life of working-class struggle

A true son of the working class, one of so many who have given their lives to the fight for a better world.

25 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
Pay and conditions / Offshore oil workers under threat

Will trade unions now get off the back foot and start to mobilise their members into an active campaign of resistance?

26 Feb 2020 , Proletarian
Pay and conditions / Barclays spies on its own staff

The banking giant is using ‘Big Brother tactics’ to monitor staff and keep their noses to the grindstone.

6 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
Disputes / Wirral’s binmen to strike?

Outsourced waste collector Biffa is playing fast and loose with its workers’ pay.

3 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
Pay and conditions / Amazon is bad for your health

What a surprise: working too hard and too long leads to unsafe working environments.

4 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
Lay-offs and closures / RIP FlyBe

The only rational way to ensure that vital infrastructure exists and is run for the benefit of all is public ownership.

9 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
Venezuela / Venezuela brings charges against the USA for genocidal sanctions regime

While imperialists use the corona pandemic to pile on more pressure, the eyes of workers must be opened to the inhuman brutality of the profit system.

16 Apr 2020 , Proletarian
Ukraine / Imperialism continues to milk the MH17 tragedy for russophobic propaganda

The ‘investigation’ of the crash is nothing more than propaganda in support of the imperialist war drive.

23 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
Ireland / Irish election: Sinn Féin tops the popular vote

As the establishment duopoly is burst asunder, Ireland’s rulers are desperately trying to turn back the rising tide.

7 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
Film and TV / #EatTheRich: Parasite film review

A searing and at times hilarious critique of south Korean class society, ultimately let down by its inability to offer any real way out.

19 Mar 2020 , Proletarian
Film and TV / Mr Jones: anti-Soviet propaganda gets thumbs up from Ukrainian president

The same old tired lies are being recycled under the guise of ‘fresh evidence’ in order to remind workers they must not think about taking state power.

14 Feb 2020 , Proletarian

Prol 95: April 2020

Health / Britain’s response to Covid-19 pt 1: ‘Take it on the chin’

What the coronavirus teaches us about our rulers’ attitudes and priorities.

Social wage / Work doesn’t pay and British families know it

Fourteen million people, including four million children, live in poverty in Britain, and more than half of those come from working families.

Social wage / Austerity Britain: where the homeless seek shelter in bins

Report reveals shocking rise of bin sleepers as one waste worker recounts finding children as young as nine or ten.

Social wage / Errol Graham and the unreported austerity pandemic

Social murder in our midst is being hushed up by all arms of the state, hand in glove with media that are entirely uninterested in ‘speaking truth to power’.

Yemen / Burying bad news: corona-filled papers ignore Britain’s Yemen invasion

Unreported in British media, British troops have landed in Aden. All that awaits them is the graveyard of imperialist ambitions.

Iraq / Did Trump threaten to kill Iraq’s prime minister?

Corporate media have failed to report the allegation that Trump threated the Iraqi PM and people if they refused to follow US orders.

British politics / Harry Dunn and the one-sided ‘special relationship’

Our rulers, who love to flaunt their ‘patriotism’, fail miserably when it comes to defending the interests of their own against a stronger foreign power.

British politics / Onwards and upwards: In memory of Deborah Lavin

One of a kind: her influence on party life, and the guidance she gave to young cadres in particular, will be fondly remembered and sorely missed.

British politics / John Hepple: a life of working-class struggle

A true son of the working class, one of so many who have given their lives to the fight for a better world.

Pay and conditions / Offshore oil workers under threat

Will trade unions now get off the back foot and start to mobilise their members into an active campaign of resistance?

Pay and conditions / Barclays spies on its own staff

The banking giant is using ‘Big Brother tactics’ to monitor staff and keep their noses to the grindstone.

Disputes / Wirral’s binmen to strike?

Outsourced waste collector Biffa is playing fast and loose with its workers’ pay.

Pay and conditions / Amazon is bad for your health

What a surprise: working too hard and too long leads to unsafe working environments.

Lay-offs and closures / RIP FlyBe

The only rational way to ensure that vital infrastructure exists and is run for the benefit of all is public ownership.

Venezuela / Venezuela brings charges against the USA for genocidal sanctions regime

While imperialists use the corona pandemic to pile on more pressure, the eyes of workers must be opened to the inhuman brutality of the profit system.

Ukraine / Imperialism continues to milk the MH17 tragedy for russophobic propaganda

The ‘investigation’ of the crash is nothing more than propaganda in support of the imperialist war drive.

Ireland / Irish election: Sinn Féin tops the popular vote

As the establishment duopoly is burst asunder, Ireland’s rulers are desperately trying to turn back the rising tide.

Film and TV / #EatTheRich: Parasite film review

A searing and at times hilarious critique of south Korean class society, ultimately let down by its inability to offer any real way out.

Film and TV / Mr Jones: anti-Soviet propaganda gets thumbs up from Ukrainian president

The same old tired lies are being recycled under the guise of ‘fresh evidence’ in order to remind workers they must not think about taking state power.

Prol 95: April 2020 topics