Populist victories throughout Europe

Throughout Europe more and more voters are expressing their rejection of traditional bourgeois parties and turning to maverick parties that offer a quick fix to Europe’s economic problems, much as desperate patients whose doctors cannot cure them often turn to purveyors of snake oil and suchlike useless ‘cures’. What is happening in Europe, as indeed … [Read more…]

The myth of Labour Party anti-semitism

In the attempt to prevent a Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour Party from ever forming a government, a hue and cry has been raised by the sections of the bourgeoisie who most fear this, using their Zionist and pro-Zionist stooges to spearhead the attack. It is an attack which can only succeed if people can be conned … [Read more…]

Court victory for workers’ rights

A fundamental feature of the gig economy is the way in which the sale of a worker’s labour power to a the capitalist is camouflaged as the capitalist paying for the services of a ‘self-employed’ tradesman. By this stratagem the capitalist seeks to evade his legal responsibilities as an employer regarding things like the minimum … [Read more…]

NHS – the government forced to recognise reality

The financial crisis that has been raging through the NHS for some years is now impossible to hide and so it is now being publicly recognised even by the Conservative government, thanks to public pressure and sentiment, that the NHS is starved of resources. A head of steam seems to be building up under the … [Read more…]

French workers struggle against Macron’ anti-working class agenda

French rail strikes French President Macron began to roll out his reforms of the labour code last autumn, since which there has been a rash of redundancies, contradicting the oft-repeated claim that greater ‘flexibility’ will push down unemployment. Under the new rules, employers no longer have to justify redundancies by demonstrating that their businesses are … [Read more…]

TGI Fridays robbing Peter to pay Paul

Staff working for the TGI Fridays restaurant chain have been on strike against a management decision over tips which is being resisted by waiters and kitchen staff alike. Protests were mounted outside restaurants in Covent Garden and Milton Keynes. Traditionally in the catering industry, those who wait on tables have been even worse paid than … [Read more…]