A WIN Zoom discussion, January 2024. See it HERE Rents are skyrocketing, real salaries are falling. Workers spend a big chunk of their income to pay for housing, while social housing projects are becoming scarcer. Inflation has pushed building materials up, and making buying a house a distant dream for most young people. Over-indebtedness means that a lot of people are losing their houses by … [Read more...]
MARXIST WORKERS’ EDUCATION: Challenges and possibilities
MARXIST WORKERS’ EDUCATION: Challenges and possibilities (youtube.com) A WIN Discussion, December 2023. Internationally there are challenges in workers education. The class struggle and deeper theoretical perspectives of Marxism are absent in most of those offerings. The methods and means of much instruction tends to become seminars hosted in hotels, the most expensive and the least productive … [Read more...]
The Great Health Heist Youtube – Lead off by Dr Bob Gill NHS
The Great Health Heist - Lead off by Dr Bob Gill - YouTube The current pandemic has sent a shock wave throughout society worldwide, including in countries which had deluded themselves that modern sanitation and antibiotics had relegated such outbreaks to the distant past. So far at least 313 million people have been infected by COVID worldwide, and five and a half million have died. Yet this is … [Read more...]
ART AND SOCIALISM WITH ALLAN BRACK
ART AND SOCIALISM WITH ALLAN BRACK WIN Art and Socialism - YouTube In this discussion we look at the role of the arts in the struggle for socialism, and the huge potential for developing our creative cultural voice in raising awareness and solidarity, and challenging the threat to humanity posed by the evils of late capitalism. Despite the efforts of capitalism to commodify and promote elitism … [Read more...]
DYING WE LIVE: FIGHTING FOR HOUSING IN SOUTH AFRICA
Thuli Ndlovu, Abahlali baseMjondolo and the ANC An article by Rob Dyer In September 2006 the municipal publicity magazine in Durban/eThekwini municipality carried the profile of an up- and-coming new African National Congress (ANC) councilor, Mduduzi Ngcobo. According to the magazine, he had big dreams for the ward he represented: a library, new high schools, a youth programme, … [Read more...]
Covid-19
Covid19 – Change the System!
The following statement was issued on 17th March by the Executive Committee of West Ham Constituency Labour Party. For socialists, the signs of capitalism’s failed response to a health crisis are glaringly plain for all to see. Boris Johnson flounders from one poorly judged decision to another, holding up his medical experts as a shield should he come under attack for any failures to deal … [Read more...]
Covid-19 and South Africa: A test of six statements
By David Hemson President Ramaphosa is weak and incapable of leadershipPeople cannot be ordered to stay away from work if they have no moneyThe SA labour movement will press its own demandsThe high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the population will lead to runaway Covid-19 infectionSouth Africa has a developed health system which will be resilient to the face of Covid-19South Africa will have the … [Read more...]
Covid-19: The Crisis in Cyprus
By Themos Demetriou Waking up on a lockdown day changes perspectives. I have lived through curfews before, as a child, during the struggle against the British. We complied with curfew regulations. Breaking them would risk being shot by the soldier patrols. At the time, things were simple, understandable. Repressive measures were imposed by the colonial power in its … [Read more...]
Britain: The Pandemic, the Working Class and the Left
By Andrew Burgin The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating across the world. Every few days the scope and scale of the disease is increasing. Hundreds of thousands of people are being infected, many thousands have already died and many tens of thousands will die. In China, where the outbreak was first identified, it has been brought under control, but elsewhere it is spreading rapidly. In … [Read more...]