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communist party of great britain (marxist-leninist)

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Utilities highlights

  • Pay and conditions / Scottish Water workers vote to strike

    Bosses are trying to force the ‘modernisation’ of pay structures – ie, to enforce ever more draconian pay cuts on workers.

    7 Nov 2023 , Proletarian
  • Economy / Macquarie stokes the roaring inflationary fires

    Vulture capitalists are not ‘bad apples’ – they are the inevitable product of a system in deep and permanent crisis and decline.

    20 Sep 2023 , Lalkar
  • Capitalist crisis / Ofgem serves corporate energy profiteers

    The energy regulators work, just not for workers.

    11 Sep 2023 , Proletarian
  • Economy / Thames Water scandal – is the party drawing to a close?

    Having paid a fortune to private investors for years, the British public must now pay again to bail out indebted utilities and clean up the horrific mess they have made.

    12 Jul 2023 , Lalkar
  • Pollution / Demand renationalisation of the water system without compensation

    Growing public outrage has forced a mealy-mouthed apology from Water UK, but the profiteers deserve jail sentences, not a wrist-slapping.

    30 May 2023 , Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / Prepay meter scandal reveals workers being slowly crushed by energy debt

    Workers who can’t afford crippling energy prices are being forced to pay even higher rates by the vulture providers.

    18 Jan 2023 , Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / Happy new year?

    There is no reform that could enable this profit-hungry system to serve the needs of the working people.

    3 Jan 2023 ,
  • Pollution / Britain’s dire water situation is no joke

    Privatisation has stolen over £60bn from essential services, leaving the country to wallow in its own filth.

    19 Dec 2022 , Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / Polycrisis? Time to put an end to this capitalist madness

    This system is unable to escape from its own absurd contradictions: in particular the insanity of deepening poverty in the midst of ever-accumulating wealth.

    7 Dec 2022 , Lalkar
  • Czech Republic / Czech communist leader on the mass movement against Nato’s war

    Josef Skála explains what is driving the huge protest movement that has rocked his country to its foundations.

    13 Nov 2022 , Proletarian
  • British politics / Rishi Sunak becomes Britain’s third prime minister in seven weeks

    No changing of the guard can address the fundamental problem the British ruling class faces – a deepening crisis of overproduction that it is powerless to overcome.

    9 Nov 2022 , Lalkar
  • Germany / Closure of Nord Stream 1: another own goal for Europe

    It is not Russians but European who are facing hunger and blackouts as a result of the EU’s failed sanctions war.

    9 Sep 2022 , Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / Cost of living crisis: the fightback is under way

    Growing militance among unionised workers and vigorous new campaigns to combat the effects of poverty and inflation signify a change in the workers’ mood.

    6 Sep 2022 , Lalkar
  • Capitalist crisis / Families face energy bills topping £5,000 this autumn

    Privatisation of the energy industry has put Britons at the mercy of world market prices – and no bourgeois party has a clue what to do about it.

    30 Aug 2022 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Support the postal workers!

    Workers at Royal Mail are joining those on the railways and the docks in standing up for pay and conditions.

    24 Aug 2022 , Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / Cost of living crisis worsens as inflation and energy prices soar

    Our rulers are keen to blame ‘the Russians’ for the intrinsic failings of the capitalist system itself.

    29 May 2022 , Proletarian
  • Economy / BP’s ‘cash machine’ goes into overdrive as workers’ energy bills soar

    Britain’s energy monopolies are enjoying a profit bonanza as their rivals disappear and Ofgem fixes prices on their behalf.

    11 Jan 2022 , Proletarian
  • Environment / Stop these sociopaths from poisoning our rivers!

    We are reaping the whirlwind after decades of criminal neglect of Britain’s privatised water and sewage systems.

    15 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • Economy / Energy crisis: more millions to prop up the privateers

    Taxpayer cash will shore up monopoly profits while workers shiver this winter.

    14 Dec 2021 , Proletarian
  • Economy / Energy crisis: how imperialism manufactures ‘shortages’

    The monopolists are too busy vying for advantage to worry about the effects of their machinations on the lives of the workers.

    13 Nov 2021 , Lalkar
  • Economy / Gas prices go through the roof as global shortage ties supply lines in knots 

    Millions of families will again be forced to choose between heating and eating this winter.

    22 Sep 2021 , 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 / Water CEOs fleece the public

    Residents’ bills are sky high, the nation’s water reserves are seeping away, but privateer bosses are still shamelessly rinsing the coffers.

    27 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • 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 ,
  • Lay-offs and closures / The collapse of Carillion

    Financial and political commentators are suddenly ‘discovering’ that PFI and the privatisation of services might not be such a good deal after all.

    1 Feb 2018 , Proletarian

Utilities topics

  • Crisis manifesto
  • Inequality
  • Inflation
  • Poverty
  • Utilities
  • Health and safety
  • Privatisation
  • Protests and strikes
  • Unite the Union
  • Banks
  • Corruption
  • Debt
  • Rivers
  • Vulture capitalism
  • Hunger
  • Margaret Thatcher
  • Pensions
  • Overproduction crisis
  • DPUK
  • Enough is Enough
  • NHS
  • Oil and gas
  • Liz Truss
  • Rishi Sunak
  • Anticommunism
  • European Union
  • Nato
  • Nuclear power
  • Ukraine war
  • US imperialism
  • Bourgeois democracy
  • British imperialism
  • Harpal Brar
  • Tax
  • Tory party
  • Sanctions
  • Trade war
  • Housing crisis
  • Boris Johnson
  • Labour party
  • CWU
  • Logistics
  • Food industry
  • Greenwashing
  • Supply lines
  • 2020 crash
  • Outsourcing
  • Carillion
  • Consultancies

Utilities video

  • Social wage / Heating and eating: the impoverishment of British workers

    What is driving the decline in living standards in Britain? If we tighten our belts for a while, can we expect things to get better soon?

    18 Dec 2023, Proletarian TV

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