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24 February 2021
Pride flag is about unity in struggle
'Rainbow capitalism' is the term given to the corporate bandwagon-jumping of brands using the iconic gay pride symbol - the rainbow flag - to decorate their products during 'Pride season'
20 February 2021
Latest podcast - How can we fight racism and capitalism today?
Black and Asian people have been disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
18 February 2021
West London Socialist Party: Mars awaits? Capitalism's designs on the cosmos
If you're interested in attending, please email [email protected] two days in advance, to be sent details of how to participate online.
17 February 2021
Cryptocurrency bubble: Insanity of capitalism
Low interest rates and the declining profit margins of capitalist production have pushed speculators to find new areas to invest their capital. This has created a massive bubble in cryptocurrencies.
16 February 2021
Sham inquiry into 'progressive extremism'
The BLM protests and school strikes on the climate have been portrayed as some kind of 'Marxist conspiracy'.
10 February 2021
Why I joined the Socialist Party - a student
While a few years ago I would have thought it unimaginable, I recently joined the Socialist Party. The last 18 months have been an extremely transformative time. My world view has drastically changed
3 February 2021
Fifty years ago, on 4 February 1971, the flagship British engineering company Rolls-Royce collapsed into receivership placing 80,000 workers' jobs at risk
27 January 2021
Ten years since the 'Arab Spring'
The year 2011 began with mass protests spreading across the Middle East and North Africa which shook the ground beneath the region's many autocratic regimes
20 January 2021
USA in crisis - the need for a socialist alternative
The period running up to Joe Biden's inauguration was marked by unparalleled turmoil and crisis.
20 January 2021
Why I joined the Socialist Party
Before I started educating myself, I'm sorry to say that, in part, I fell for the media coverage of 'scrounging benefit cheats'. Documentary footage of someone saying they couldn't afford to buy food, before showing their large expensive-looking TV and other gadgets, did wind me up, as someone who has a disability and has had to rely on charity to fill in the gaps in state provision.
18 January 2021
Socialism podcast: The outlook for class struggle in 2021
The pandemic was a world-shattering turning point. All the weaknesses of capitalism were laid bare in 2020. But in few countries more so than Britain.
13 January 2021
Global capitalism at most dangerous conjuncture since the 1930s
The pandemic has wreaked havoc across the globe, causing over two million deaths and unleashing enormous economic and social crises
13 January 2021
Book Review: Humankind - Dispelling the myth that humans are too selfish for socialism
Historian Rutger Bregman's book 'Humankind' tackles a subject matter that socialists know about only too well - 'human nature'
6 January 2021
Technology and AI response: Capitalists only invest for profit
Mark Best's article 'Can green technology and AI save capitalism?' was excellent, and many readers could use personal experiences to develop the points he made.
30 December 2020
2020 - a year which drove home the catastrophic failures of capitalism
Too many deaths from the pandemic, job losses, pay cuts and poverty were the experience across the planet.
16 December 2020
Unemployment and Covid rising
The beginning of a mass vaccination programme has raised hopes of an end to the Covid crisis. But putting profits first, the Tories have mismanaged the health and jobs crisis from day one.
16 December 2020
'Socialism - Utopian and Scientific' by Engels
In the fourth article in our series marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Friedrich Engels, Ross Saunders looks at one of Engels' best known works.
16 December 2020
Stop 'fire and rehire' at British Gas
As a loyal employee of over 20 years I am disgusted with the way senior management at British Gas are treating their staff.
16 December 2020
Can green technology and AI save capitalism?
The following article is an edited transcript of the speech by Mark Best in a workshop at the Socialism 2020 event organised online by the Socialist Party from 20-23 November (see 'Socialism 2020: Growing search for ideas to change the world' at socialistparty.org.uk)
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