May 5, 1818 — March 14, 1883 Biography of Marx – Frederick Engels – The following biography of Karl Marx was written by Frederick Engels in June, 1877, six years before Marx…Read more…
May Day 2018: A Call to build the New:
May 1, 2018 MAY DAY 2018 May Day is the time for the workers to affirm their own programme. Society at this time is faced with a multitude of problems. These are problems for solution, but…Read more…
Arbitrary decision to launch strikes on Syria:
Arbitrary decish strikes on Syria The Debate over the Royal Prerogative Bristol protest In the early hours of Saturday April 14, Britain joined forces with the missile attack on Syria and its capital…Read more…
Sat 28th April, 11.45am, is the Workers’ Memorial Day in Portsmouth at Victoria Park
April 28, 2018 is the 34th annual Day of International Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job. It is a day when workers across the world participate in ceremonies and meetings and observe…Read more…
‘We Are Our Own Liberators’ – The Black Liberation Front Documentary Film
By the Young Historians Project https://www.younghistoriansproject.org/blf-film-we-are-our-own-liberators YHP presents this short film about the history of the Black Liberation Front. Along with an…Read more…
Arwald: Jutish King of the Isle of Wight
Last Jutish King of the Isle of Wight celebrated on St Arwald’s Day onthewight https://onthewight.com/last-jutish-king-of-the-isle-of-wight-celebrated-on-st-arwalds-day/ Did you know that Arwald was…Read more…
DAVE WARD on trade union values:
Our four-point plan for a new deal for workers As CWU members gather for their annual conference, general secretary DAVE WARD explains why the TUC rally on May 12 can be a catalyst to reassert trade…Read more…
Protests and Demonstrations against the Bombing of Syria
From Orkney to Newcastle to the Isle of Wight: Actions against the May pro-war government The Stop the War Coalition reports: London protest at Parliament Square, Monday, April 16, 2018 “The…Read more…
War: The Debate over the Royal Prerogative
The Debate over the Royal Prerogative Bristol protest In the early hours of Saturday April 14, Britain joined forces with the missile attack on Syria and its capital Damascus led by the US and backed…Read more…
The Fight to Break the Government’s Pay Cap in the NHS:
The Fight to Break the Government’s Pay Cap in the NHS NHS in Crisis – national demonstration, February 3, 2018 The trade unions and staff associations that have members in the NHS are…Read more…
The Rights of Health Staff Cannot Be Separated from the Right of All to Healthcare.
NHS march on the Isle of Wight If the right to healthcare is to be guaranteed in society, then decision-making has to pass to the people who need these services, which includes the people who staff…Read more…
Protesting French rail workers defend their strikes
‘Privatisation is hell’: Protesting French rail workers defend their strikes Rail workers protesting in Paris on Thursday. Photo: AFP AFP/The Local From French Press…Read more…
TUC:
Britain isn’t delivering for working people – join us and march for the alternative Author Frances O’Grady Published date 17 Apr 2018 Britain isn’t working for working people. Photo credit: ©…Read more…
Ken Knapman speech in Isle of Wight Protest against the attack on Syria.
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Was the Syrian Chemical attack a hoax?
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Anti-war protest in St Thomas Square, Newport, Isle of Wight
Keynote speech at the anti-war protest in St Thomas Square, Newport, Isle of Wight at 7pm, Monday, April 16th, 2018. Not- in – our – Name The whole point is they did it, but we said “Not…Read more…
New face of Trade Union revival:
The new face of trade unions: meet the young workers fighting back against exploitation Karin Goodwin The Sunday Herald (Scotland) The new face of trade unions: meet the young workers fighting back…Read more…
Cambridge Analytica and “Micro-Targeting”.
The Crisis of Representative Democracy The Cambridge Analytica Affair Underscores the Need for Democratic Renewal Revelations about data analysis company Cambridge Analytica have been constantly in…Read more…
Jaguar Land Rover to shed 1,000 contract staff
Jaguar Land Rover says it will not be renewing the contracts of 1,000 temporary workers at two factories. The UK’s biggest carmaker, owned by India’s Tata Motors, blamed “continuing…Read more…
What is Happening in France?
British workers are looking on with great internationalist interest as to what is going on in France with French workers engaged in their mammoth struggles for social justice and rights these days….Read more…