Britain: Starmer is Toast – Is Andy Burnham Labour’s Saviour?
The starting gun has been fired on a new Labour leadership contest. Starmer is now a lame duck Prime Minister. He is clearly too weak to block his main rival, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, who now has a viable path to Downing Street. But while the Prime Minister is fatally wounded, it currently seems […]
Iran War Brings Economic Chaos – How Can Workers Fight Back?
Just under a year ago, John Healey, Labour’s Defence Secretary in Britain, visited a munitions factory. There, he made a speech extolling the virtues of a dawning new era of ‘military Keynesianism’. Slashing overseas aid budgets and “reinforcing the British industrial base” would lead to “more jobs in every part of the UK”, or so […]
French Municipal Elections: Working-Class Struggle Needed to Push Back the Right!
The second round of French municipal elections came to a close on Sunday, March 22. They were overwhelmingly characterized by high levels of abstention, and victories for the center-left establishment parties like the Parti Socialiste (PS), and traditional right-wing parties (Les Républicains (LR) in particular) in runoffs against the far-right. However, the far-right Rassemblement National […]
