Bosses press on with sackings as crisis deepens

2020 crash highlights

Economy / Bosses press on with sackings as crisis deepens

As the furlough support scheme comes to an end, the true depth of the economic crisis is becoming ever clearer.

7 Jul 2020 ,
Economy / Go Outdoors ‘rescued’ – for now

Financial fancy footwork may allow the chain’s owners to sidestep onerous lease conditions as high street footfall plunges.

2 Jul 2020 ,
Social wage / The plight of the homeless after lockdown

‘Business as usual’ as rough sleepers are thrown back onto the streets.

29 Jun 2020 ,

Lay-offs and closures / P&O takes the money and runs

The shipping company is laying off a thousand workers on the very routes it is being paid public money to operate.

29 Jun 2020 ,
Lay-offs and closures / Imperial College sacking vital IT workers

University managers plan to axe more than half their IT staff, despite their heroic work in enabling vital pandemic research.

27 Jun 2020 ,
Lay-offs and closures / British Gas and SPS are latest to announce big job losses

As the economic crisis bites, employers are looking to cut not only jobs but also pay, pensions and everything else.

25 Jun 2020 ,
British politics / Boris’s chapter of accidents

As the covid emergency progresses, the prime minister is jumping from one fiasco to another, exposing his many inadequacies to full public view.

23 Jun 2020 ,
Civil liberties / The Coronavirus Act 2020

Jumping on the excuse of Covid-19, parliament has rammed through a host of draconian measures unrelated to the health crisis.

19 Jun 2020 ,
Pay and conditions / BA threatens to sack its entire workforce

After rinsing the furlough scheme, the airline is now insisting that its staff should accept huge pay cuts or be sacked.

16 Jun 2020 ,
Lay-offs and closures / Debenhams shafts its cafe workers

Catering staff at the department store have been summarily dismissed without notice or redundancy pay.

15 Jun 2020 ,
Social wage / UBI: the ‘right’ to be idle or the right to work?

What does the call for a universal basic income really mean?

8 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
Lay-offs and closures / Thousands more to go at Rolls Royce’s Derby plant

As more and more manufacturing jobs are being scrapped, workers are the victims of the downward spiral of capitalist crisis.

6 Jun 2020 ,
Lay-offs and closures / Jobless total rockets

As the economic crisis bites, over a million workers in Britain have been forced precipitously onto the breadline.

24 May 2020 , Proletarian
Lay-offs and closures / British Airways takes the money and runs

The Covid-19 crisis is highlighting the necessity for public ownership of all our vital services.

13 May 2020 ,
Health / Covid-19: What is the coronavirus and is it a real threat?

Dr Ranjeet Brar takes a look at the medical aspects of the present pandemic, comparing Covid-19 to other viruses such as influenza and Sars.

12 May 2020 , Lalkar
Capitalist crisis / The corona pandemic and the capitalist world economic crash of 2020

Our rulers are keen to convince us that the deepest depression in the history of capitalism is a random and unpredictable ‘black swan’ event.

2 May 2020 ,

2020 crash theory

Capitalist crisis / The oil slump and its ramifications

In attempting to retain domination over the oil market, Saudi Arabia has alienated its most important ally, supporter and protector.

19 May 2020, Lalkar
Capitalist crisis / The economic crisis and coronavirus

In fighting capitalist exploitation and the war danger, workers will ultimately seek a way out through socialist revolution.

11 May 2020, Lalkar

1
Workers in eastern Europe and former Soviet states prefer socialism

As the dystopian reality of bourgeois exploitation and ‘democracy’ hits home, Stalin and communism are viewed with respect and longing.
2
The reactionary nightmare of ‘gender fluidity’
3
Why gay rights is not a class issue
4
The blatant hypocrisy of the USA’s lies about China’s Uighur muslims
5
Marxism in the 21st century: is it still relevant?
6
P&O takes the money and runs
7
Identity politics are anti-Marxian and a harmful diversion from the class struggle
8
JK Rowling’s stance against the thought police
9
Covid-19: What is the coronavirus and is it a real threat?
10
Housing and architecture in the Soviet Union

2020 crash highlights

Economy / Bosses press on with sackings as crisis deepens

As the furlough support scheme comes to an end, the true depth of the economic crisis is becoming ever clearer.

Economy / Go Outdoors ‘rescued’ – for now

Financial fancy footwork may allow the chain’s owners to sidestep onerous lease conditions as high street footfall plunges.

Social wage / The plight of the homeless after lockdown

‘Business as usual’ as rough sleepers are thrown back onto the streets.

Lay-offs and closures / P&O takes the money and runs

The shipping company is laying off a thousand workers on the very routes it is being paid public money to operate.

Lay-offs and closures / Imperial College sacking vital IT workers

University managers plan to axe more than half their IT staff, despite their heroic work in enabling vital pandemic research.

Lay-offs and closures / British Gas and SPS are latest to announce big job losses

As the economic crisis bites, employers are looking to cut not only jobs but also pay, pensions and everything else.

British politics / Boris’s chapter of accidents

As the covid emergency progresses, the prime minister is jumping from one fiasco to another, exposing his many inadequacies to full public view.

Civil liberties / The Coronavirus Act 2020

Jumping on the excuse of Covid-19, parliament has rammed through a host of draconian measures unrelated to the health crisis.

Pay and conditions / BA threatens to sack its entire workforce

After rinsing the furlough scheme, the airline is now insisting that its staff should accept huge pay cuts or be sacked.

Lay-offs and closures / Debenhams shafts its cafe workers

Catering staff at the department store have been summarily dismissed without notice or redundancy pay.

Social wage / UBI: the ‘right’ to be idle or the right to work?

What does the call for a universal basic income really mean?

Lay-offs and closures / Thousands more to go at Rolls Royce’s Derby plant

As more and more manufacturing jobs are being scrapped, workers are the victims of the downward spiral of capitalist crisis.

Lay-offs and closures / Jobless total rockets

As the economic crisis bites, over a million workers in Britain have been forced precipitously onto the breadline.

Lay-offs and closures / British Airways takes the money and runs

The Covid-19 crisis is highlighting the necessity for public ownership of all our vital services.

Health / Covid-19: What is the coronavirus and is it a real threat?

Dr Ranjeet Brar takes a look at the medical aspects of the present pandemic, comparing Covid-19 to other viruses such as influenza and Sars.

Capitalist crisis / The corona pandemic and the capitalist world economic crash of 2020

Our rulers are keen to convince us that the deepest depression in the history of capitalism is a random and unpredictable ‘black swan’ event.

2020 crash topics

2020 crash theory

Capitalist crisis / The oil slump and its ramifications

In attempting to retain domination over the oil market, Saudi Arabia has alienated its most important ally, supporter and protector.

Capitalist crisis / The economic crisis and coronavirus

In fighting capitalist exploitation and the war danger, workers will ultimately seek a way out through socialist revolution.

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Workers in eastern Europe and former Soviet states prefer socialism

The reactionary nightmare of ‘gender fluidity’

Why gay rights is not a class issue

The blatant hypocrisy of the USA’s lies about China’s Uighur muslims

Marxism in the 21st century: is it still relevant?

P&O takes the money and runs

Identity politics are anti-Marxian and a harmful diversion from the class struggle

JK Rowling’s stance against the thought police

Covid-19: What is the coronavirus and is it a real threat?

Housing and architecture in the Soviet Union