Proletarian

Prol 99: December 2020

British politics / Crisis of legitimacy: trust in politicians and journalists keeps going down

What does it say about our ‘democracy’ when those who are supposed to uphold it are some of the least trusted people in the country?

7 Dec 2020 , Proletarian
British politics / Paul Turek: passing of a working-class fighter

Our party mourns the loss of a true class-conscious proletarian and a staunch fighter for socialism.

24 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
Economy / Water privateers: ‘Doing what’s in the best interests of shareholders’

As Britain’s utilities are looted by shareholders, workers are forced to pay astronomical bills for deteriorating services.

29 Nov 2020 , Proletarian

Economy / City spivs raid the public purse

The revolving door between private sector consultancies and the civil service continues to spin.

16 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
Economy / B&M: Bending the rules and ripping off the public purse – and it’s all legal

Funds used to ‘support the economy through covid’ have been spent on making the rich richer while everyone else struggles.

25 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
Economy / Amazon plays cat and mouse with the digital tax

A weak attempt to get some cash out of the online giants has fallen flat, landing struggling small traders with a new bill.

9 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
Economy / Edinburgh Woollen Mill: the vultures circle

Thousands of workers look set to lose their jobs, but the man whose fortune they made will have no trouble hanging onto his millions.

19 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
Economy / Debenhams, Arcadia: Making workers pay for the crisis

Tens of thousands are set to lose jobs and suffer pension cuts, once again making workers pay the price for capitalism’s failings.

4 Dec 2020 , Proletarian
Environment / Glyphosates: Monsanto still getting away with murder

The 40-year Roundup saga is a prime example of how science is corrupted in the pursuit of profit in capitalist society.

5 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
Climate change / Oxfam: Can fairer taxes save our environment?

Oxfam report on ‘carbon inequality’ identifies problems but fails to come close to any meaningful solution.

3 Dec 2020 , Proletarian
Social wage / Humbled by their own incompetence: ‘winter economic plan’ back to square one

Lockdown exacerbates ruling class conflict over future for employers, employees, and unemployed.

24 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
Education / Marketisation of services to vulnerable children exposes true values of liberal democracy

Never has the gap between human and capitalist logic been so glaringly apparent.

15 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
Social wage / Demise of RPI: another attack on workers’ pensions

Why should our right to a dignified old age depend on the vagaries of stock-exchange gamblers and government statisticians?

5 Dec 2020 , Proletarian
Capitalist crisis / Book: Bandit Capitalism: Carillion and the Corruption of the British State

A meticulously researched exposure of outsourcing and corruption that falls short of finding either the true culprit or the way out for impoverished workers.

3 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
Economy / Capital gains tax: Big business cries before it is hit

Despite the exponential growth of poverty and inequality, our rulers still can’t seem to face the idea of paying a little more of their ill-gotten gains into the state’s coffers.

18 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
Economy / CBI arrogance undermines capitalist stability

Thinking representatives of the system are increasingly concerned with how blatant the corporate control and looting of the Treasury has become.

13 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
Australia / ‘Killing for sport’: Is the Australian SAS an outlier or the norm?

Four-year investigation reveals the true depravity of imperialist occupation forces in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

23 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
China / Charting the way ahead for China

A fifteen-year roadmap for the further modernisation of the country.

1 Dec 2020 , Proletarian
USA / Why are women being unnecessarily sterilised at a US immigration centre?

Disturbing facts have come to light in a for-profit immigration centre. What is the motivation behind these crimes against women prisoners?

6 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
Bolivia / Bolivian workers demonstrate power of united action, forcing rulers to hold elections

Unrelenting political pressure from the Bolivian working masses forced the US sponsored coup regime to hold an election it could not win.

30 Nov 2020 , Proletarian

Prol 99: December 2020

British politics / Crisis of legitimacy: trust in politicians and journalists keeps going down

What does it say about our ‘democracy’ when those who are supposed to uphold it are some of the least trusted people in the country?

British politics / Paul Turek: passing of a working-class fighter

Our party mourns the loss of a true class-conscious proletarian and a staunch fighter for socialism.

Economy / Water privateers: ‘Doing what’s in the best interests of shareholders’

As Britain’s utilities are looted by shareholders, workers are forced to pay astronomical bills for deteriorating services.

Economy / City spivs raid the public purse

The revolving door between private sector consultancies and the civil service continues to spin.

Economy / B&M: Bending the rules and ripping off the public purse – and it’s all legal

Funds used to ‘support the economy through covid’ have been spent on making the rich richer while everyone else struggles.

Economy / Amazon plays cat and mouse with the digital tax

A weak attempt to get some cash out of the online giants has fallen flat, landing struggling small traders with a new bill.

Economy / Edinburgh Woollen Mill: the vultures circle

Thousands of workers look set to lose their jobs, but the man whose fortune they made will have no trouble hanging onto his millions.

Economy / Debenhams, Arcadia: Making workers pay for the crisis

Tens of thousands are set to lose jobs and suffer pension cuts, once again making workers pay the price for capitalism’s failings.

Environment / Glyphosates: Monsanto still getting away with murder

The 40-year Roundup saga is a prime example of how science is corrupted in the pursuit of profit in capitalist society.

Climate change / Oxfam: Can fairer taxes save our environment?

Oxfam report on ‘carbon inequality’ identifies problems but fails to come close to any meaningful solution.

Social wage / Humbled by their own incompetence: ‘winter economic plan’ back to square one

Lockdown exacerbates ruling class conflict over future for employers, employees, and unemployed.

Education / Marketisation of services to vulnerable children exposes true values of liberal democracy

Never has the gap between human and capitalist logic been so glaringly apparent.

Social wage / Demise of RPI: another attack on workers’ pensions

Why should our right to a dignified old age depend on the vagaries of stock-exchange gamblers and government statisticians?

Capitalist crisis / Book: Bandit Capitalism: Carillion and the Corruption of the British State

A meticulously researched exposure of outsourcing and corruption that falls short of finding either the true culprit or the way out for impoverished workers.

Economy / Capital gains tax: Big business cries before it is hit

Despite the exponential growth of poverty and inequality, our rulers still can’t seem to face the idea of paying a little more of their ill-gotten gains into the state’s coffers.

Economy / CBI arrogance undermines capitalist stability

Thinking representatives of the system are increasingly concerned with how blatant the corporate control and looting of the Treasury has become.

Australia / ‘Killing for sport’: Is the Australian SAS an outlier or the norm?

Four-year investigation reveals the true depravity of imperialist occupation forces in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

China / Charting the way ahead for China

A fifteen-year roadmap for the further modernisation of the country.

USA / Why are women being unnecessarily sterilised at a US immigration centre?

Disturbing facts have come to light in a for-profit immigration centre. What is the motivation behind these crimes against women prisoners?

Bolivia / Bolivian workers demonstrate power of united action, forcing rulers to hold elections

Unrelenting political pressure from the Bolivian working masses forced the US sponsored coup regime to hold an election it could not win.

Prol 99: December 2020 topics