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Solidarity 769, 10 June 2026. Articles: Doctors strike 15-19 June Push back the racists! For democratic controls on the police Iran war: for peace with equal rights! Expand jobs, not cut benefits! University strikes spread Strike saves daycare centre Keeping it safe when it’s hot Letter: Who's the "behaviour", and who's the "management" Letter: Literacy and edtech Letter: A false polarisation Letter: A case against the under-16 ban Overturn and subvert the Code of Practice Print is not just another medium School support staff need new union deal Well short of what’s needed The Communist Manifesto of 1848 Rosa Luxemburg on renewing Marxism To open up Labour, win Makerfield Use legal rights against workplace heat! Ebola, capitalism, and Trump’s aid cuts Young men in USA turn religious What we saw in Lviv and Kyiv The TUC’s ERA toolkit: check the small print No land without an owner? The CPB’s rotten curate’s egg Laying waste to southern Lebanon DUP blocks Northern Ireland’s “ERA” Socialist Worker’s mess on Makerfield Things likely to get worse Neither Washington nor Tehran, but workers’ liberty Why I rejected the University of Bath pay offer How the General Strike was lost What we can learn from SNP scandal Unruly schools on film Letter: Learn from Chayanov Milei attacks the working class and its unions Eco-socialism must have more politics, not less! Antimilitarism which forgets those who have been attacked is no antimilitarism In retrospect: Marx, Thatcher, and Sunday shopping Another successful strike. Now escalate! Free Yaser Ahmadinejad! Aerospace workers strike for pay Seize the loot of the rich! Conference and Andrea Egan’s first 139 days Green councils, reversing cuts, and the Lib-Dems More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-769-10-june-2026

Audio recording of a draft/transcript of “Address of the Central Committee to the Communist League”, a speech given and circulated by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels in March 1850, as reproduced here https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/communist-league/1850-ad1.htm Article on this to be published in Solidarity 770 https://workersliberty.org/solidarity #6 from Marxist points of reference: a reading list https://workersliberty.org/marxist-points-reference-reading-list Playlist of recordings from that list here https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/marxist-points-of-reference-a Audiobook recording from audio by “Socialism4All”, with thanks; music public domain. Subscribe to our podcast “Solidarity & more” by “Workers' Liberty” wherever you listen to podcasts. More info: https://workersliberty.org/audio

Audiobook of "The Manifesto of the Communist Party" by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, published 1848. Read online at https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ (audio with no preamble as per https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61 ) Study notes: https://workersliberty.org/cm Article on it: https://workersliberty.org/story/2026-06-09/communist-manifesto-1848 Contents and rough timestamps: 00:00 Preamble 01:40 Section 1: Bourgeois and Proletarians 39:25 Section 2: Proletarians and Communists 1:06:15 Section 3: Socialist and Communist Literature 1:31:48 Section 4: Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties #5 from Marxist points of reference: a reading list https://workersliberty.org/marxist-points-reference-reading-list (#3 will be uploaded later) Playlist of recordings from that list here https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/marxist-points-of-reference-a Audiobook public domain from librivox; music public domain. Subscribe to the podcast "Solidarity & more" by "Workers' Liberty" wherever you listen to podcasts. More info: https://workersliberty.org/audio

Audio of "Wage Labour and Capital", by Karl Marx, first delivered as a speech in 1847, but edited and published in 1891. The 1891 version, reproduced here, is better. Read this online at: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/wage-labour/ or as a PDF https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/wage-labour-capital.pdf See the article on it here: https://workersliberty.org/story/2026-05-26/internationalism-capital-social-relation And discussion points: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2017-07-26/discussion-points-educationals-wage-labour-and-capital Chapter contents and approximate timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 22:17 Chapter 1 — Preliminary 26:27 Chapter 2 — What are wages? 36:25 Chapter 3 — By what is the price of a commodity determined? 47:27 Chapter 4 — By what are wages determined? 50:57 Chapter 5 — The nature and growth of capital 57:54 Chapter 6 — Relation of wage-labour to capital 1:09:00 Chapter 7 — The general law that determines the rise and fall of wages and profit 1:15:32 Chapter 8 — The interests of capital and wage-labour are diametrically opposed 1:24:27 Chapter 9 — Effect of capitalist competition on the capitalist class, middle class and working class #4 from Marxist points of reference: a reading list https://workersliberty.org/marxist-points-reference-reading-list (#3 will be uploaded later) Playlist of recordings from that list here https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/marxist-points-of-reference-a Audiobook public domain from librivox; music public domain. Subscribe to the podcast "Solidarity & more" by "Workers' Liberty" wherever you listen to podcasts. More info: https://workersliberty.org/audio

Audio recording of “On the Question of Free Trade”, from the draft/transcript of a speech by Karl Marx in 1848, with an introduction by Frederick Engels from 1888. Read online at: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/free-trade/index.htm See the article on it https://workersliberty.org/story/2026-05-26/internationalism-capital-social-relation Discussion points see week 1 at https://bit.ly/m-imp Approximate time stamps: 00:00 Intro by Engels 51:50 Speech by Marx #3 from Marxist points of reference: a reading list https://workersliberty.org/marxist-points-reference-reading-list Playlist of recordings from that list here https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/marxist-points-of-reference-a Audiobook recorded by Workers’ Liberty; music public domain. Subscribe to the podcast "Solidarity & more" by "Workers' Liberty" wherever you listen to podcasts. More info: https://workersliberty.org/audio

Audio of "The Poverty of Philosophy" by Karl Marx, published in 1847. Read online at: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/poverty-philosophy/ (including pdf and docx). Recording based on https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Poverty_of_Philosophy See the article on it here https://workersliberty.org/story/2026-05-05/our-reference-points-1-debunking-religion-class-struggle And study notes: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-04-11/poverty-philosophy-notes-study-sessions Contents and (approximate) timestamps: 00:00 Translator's foreword; Preface by Engels from 1884; Author's Preface Chapter 1 — A Scientific Discovery: 43:05 Ch. 1 Section 1 — Opposition of Utility Value to Exchange Value 1:09:04 Ch. 1 Section 2 — Constituted or Synthetic Value 2:03:10 Ch. 1 Section 3 — Application of the Law of the Proportion of Value: (a) Money, (b) Surplus Labour Chapter 2 — The Metaphysics of Political Economy: 2:54:39 Ch. 2 Section 1 — The Method 3:42:35 Ch. 2 Section 2 — The Division of Labor and Machinery 4:19:37 Ch. 2 Section 3 — Competition and Monopoly 4:37:58 Ch. 2 Section 4 — Property and Rent 5:02:48 Ch. 2 Section 5 — Strikes and the Combination of Workmen Appendices: 5:20:17 Appendix 1 — Proudhon Judged by Marx 5:39:14 Appendix 2 — John Gray and his Theory of Labor Notes 5:47:50 Appendix 3 — Free Trade #2 from Marxist points of reference: a reading list https://workersliberty.org/marxist-points-reference-reading-list Playlist of recordings from that list here https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/marxist-points-of-reference-a Audiobook public domain from librivox; music public domain. Subscribe to the podcast "Solidarity & more" by "Workers' Liberty" wherever you listen to podcasts. More info: https://workersliberty.org/audio

Audio of "Theses on Feuerbach" by Karl Marx, written around 1845 (published later, with slight edits by Engels.) Read online: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/theses/theses.htm See the article on it here https://workersliberty.org/story/2026-05-05/our-reference-points-1-debunking-religion-class-struggle And study notes: https://www.workersliberty.org/study-courses#himat #1 from Marxist points of reference: a reading list https://workersliberty.org/marxist-points-reference-reading-list . Audio playlist https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/marxist-points-of-reference-a Speech audio public domain from librivox audiobooks; music public domain

Solidarity 768, 27 May 2026. Articles: Prepare for Heat Strike! One-euro meals for all students PCS conference sets a new course Dementia care workers can win Two films from the past, for today How can so many be racists? Chernobyl: the botched emergency response Musicians against the far right Only replacing profit will do it To curb social media, boost real life Why we focus as we do Why did you miss these? Internationalism. Capital as a social relation Debate on Ukraine, Israel-Palestine, China Unruly schools, part four The conceit of the “safe seat” Organise the left for reversing Brexit Putin blunders on “Fiscal rules” row is a sidetrack The RCP: what about the unions? Abolish the Duchy of Lancaster! Make unions go beyond “expressing concern” Standing Together helps Palestinian defence Workers’ Liberty at LO fete Ireland: who will win from decline of FF and FG? Trump and Iran: the workers and poor pay Back Iran's workers and feminist activists, not CODIR The Putin-Galloway international? How the labour movement can change agriculture 16 May: TUFF puts down a marker Open up Labour democracy More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-768-27-may-2026

Solidarity 767, 13 May 2026. Articles: Make unions fight the far right! US-Israel bomb, Iran’s clerics clamp down A barrel full of rotten apples Defend the right to protest Take the antisemitic threat seriously Workers come out against Trump Answering Reform on immigration Israel-Palestine: for two states and equal rights! Defence on “Jerusalem Day” The Morning Star, the Greens... and Lib-Dems The “unfinished revolution”: land and the Crown Disaffiliation leads away from, not towards, new politics An alternative to multi-systems theories A war between thieves Anas Sarwar should resign, too A working-class "Covid inquiry" Labour after Starmer: reopen Labour democracy! When “left” and far-right join to delete workers and women Our reference points 1: From debunking religion to class struggle Unruly schools, part 3 Can we get rid of crap jobs? On the doorstep with Lambeth Greens “Your Party” slumps on 7 May Letter: The forms of anti-Jewish hate Letter: Focus on text is misplaced Letter: social media and regulation Letter: "One solution, revolution?" Ireland: the new communalism and racism Oddball left group tries to disrupt May Day PCS: election victory sets scene Don’t let commissioners block bins deal Staff-student unity emerging Don’t fall ill on the Tube Victory at mining museum Feynman and the Challenger disaster Lambeth dementia care workers strike MHCLG in action from 1 May Students at Goldsmiths lead the way Chernobyl: a bureaucratic disaster More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-767-13-may-2026?

Women's Fightback is a socialist feminist magazine by Workers' Liberty. We stand for trans-inclusive, sex-positive, class struggle feminism. We organise in our workplaces and trade unions, and in the student movement and Labour Party for socialist feminist politics. Get your copy now! As we have entered 2026, we have seen crises on multiple fronts intensify across the globe. In the US, there have been eight ICE-related deaths since 1 January, Trump abducted Venezuela's leader, and continued his nationalistic programme to carve the world into rival blocs. The Epstein files have caused shockwaves across the world, but brought little justice to victims. In the UK, Reform and the far right remain on the march, and Labour hold no answers to oppose them. In this issue, we delve into these crises and stake our claim that the the workers' movement holds the power for solutions. We look at the Epstein files and the institutional betrayal which allowed wealthy men the world over to carry out, and cover up, heinous abuses. We continue to explore women's role in the far right and the institutional violence of immigration controls. We look to Iran and the fight for women's freedom renewed in recent struggles against the regime. We look at the harms caused by anti-trans rhetoric and last year's Supreme Court decision. Articles: Editorial: The world in crisis Not in the Epstein files: an institutional betryal Support Iranian women's fight for freedom ICE and its structural violence: a gendered analysis On anti-trans rhetoric: whose safety matters? Free Google ads for anti-abortion groups "Mrs Barbour's army": the 1915 Glasgow women's rent strike AI and the erasure of consent: Laura Bates' essential new book The Supreme Court ruling: one year on LOUD WOMEN: in conversation with Cassie Fox Power and control in women's boxing From red-pilled to pink-pilled Radical intimacy: the personal is political Uniting our struggles: bodily autonomy, disability and feminism Women in Mexico 1600s-2025 Coercion: lessons from the USA Unison: Andrea Egan election win — the fight starts now More online: https://workersliberty.org/wf

Solidarity 766, 22 April 2026. Articles: LUL raises the stakes: strike next week, then escalate! St Cuthbert's strikes to save jobs! End the war! No to US-Israeli bombing! Stop Reform on 7 May No work, no school, no shopping Rally the left against Starmer The Greens in Lambeth The sands shift on Brexit A union mobilisation for 16 May Workers and the fuel protests Violence "insane and cannot continue" Orban: a strangely delayed reaction Land ownership and reform in Scotland Will new guidance allow inclusive spaces A drift to "BDS" as the universal answer A drastic tipping point may be close Reform's two strands of misogyny The Pope is not the anti-Trump A draft charter for Labour democracy The roots of Syria's civil war, 2012-2024 The modes of capitalism A crisis of unruly schools part two Debate: How to limit social media harm Before Ukraine there was Finland Health conference ducks pay fight TUC region backs police boost Lessons from a new account of French Trotskyism Samuel Beckett: 120 years and still waiting Letter: Why bother with the Greens? Union needs to explain to its members 26 April 1986: Chernobyl MHCLG now needs solid action Save this daycare centre! NEU needs clear demands NCMM: workers still optimistic Birmingham Bins update More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-766-22-april-2026

Solidarity 765, 15 April 2026. Articles: Cleaners win sick pay Longer work day: move to action! Oppose US-Israeli bombing • Israel out of Lebanon • For a secular republic and workers’ power in Iran Iran-Israel-USA: This is not our war! Talking with the far right in Sheffield Why Netanyahu wants more war The local vote mystery End the forever war! Where just 421 people own 40% of rural land Party declares not "yours" for organised socialists A radical-feminist take on motherhood The left after the fall of Orban Organise a union fightback Making antisemitism virtuous Antisemitism picture is more complex Reform UK is a lie-factory A crisis of unruly schools? Don’t demonise working-class youth How cuts are structured into Stormont Something, but too little, too late Why is a leading union faction promoting Galloway's party? “Post-literacy”: the beam in our own eyes Q&A: The Greens, Labour, and us Pushback at NEU conference The NEU Left after conference Hope after eight months April is National Poetry Month “If you break your arm, come into work” Challenges in where-to-work dispute Universities strike over pay Doctors still demand restoration Give the unpaid carers a break! May Day, Trump, and Avignon PA ban arrests now total 3,300 More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-765-15-april-2026

In our initial upload of 764 we missed out pages 17-21, instead substituting in old audio. This has now been corrected, but if you listened to 764 and want to catch up on the missing pieces, here they are.

When first uploaded, pages 17-21 of this week's paper were missing, and were accidentally replaced by a similar set of pages from the previous paper. We have now rectified that. Sorry. Solidarity 764, 1 April 2026. Articles: End the bombing! Israel out of Lebanon! Workers against war Prepare for price rises and crisis Make unions take lead against far right! Prisoners inside Iran at risk Don’t put an “abolish Israel” dress-up on anti-racism Workers’ united fronts? Or just fronts? Fascists set up fight clubs The Morning Star has learned something Antisemitic attacks have doubled Anti-war protesters defy the police Job losses are not down to “net zero” The fourth worst among 38 OECD countries Ugly farce at spring conference Stop censorship in school libraries The third force: workers, women, and more Commemoration for Yanar Mohammed In memory of Yanar Mohammed Can we “reset” local Labour Parties? Russia's "spring offensive" falters Mr Nobody Against Putin Workers Control - The Best Possible Management We need social provision, not the market Proletariat, philosophy, manifesto New report gives the facts One battle after another Cuba: a reply to Martyn Ahmet Don’t forget the long-term background Easy victory eludes Trump We promised to be sisters to all PCS Left Unity and "Workers Party" France: after the second round Socialism and the Post-Literate Society 28 March is still the beginning After local elections, school workers strike Students mobilise against the “death spirals” Rally backs Northumbria UCU Are the bosses stringing us along? Who are these people? Movement in Birmingham bins dispute Working class culture and World War 1 Labour should not copy Danish Social Democrats (except on wealth tax) Hope in museum strike Police restart arrests on anti-ban protests Support the doctors US left pushing for strike on May Day More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-764-1-april-2026

Solidarity 763, 18 March 2026. Articles include: “100% academisation” - Johnson and Zahawi walk again in the form of Bridget Phillipson, but what is the NEU saying? End the US-Israeli bombing! For a secular republic in Iran, for workers’ power! Far-right threat still large in France Tube drivers to strike for controls over work hours Bans on protests at best double-edged Sanders denounces Iran war Building a third choice Neither bombs nor authoritarian rule! The death of Ali Khamenei Back anti-war people in Israel Unite should campaign, not cut affiliation Netanyahu hits Lebanon, West Bank, Gaza Labour Women United Co-resistance can create hope Spy scares displace the real horror We must resist this war The lessons and the erosion of “Red Vienna” Coup at first YP CEC meeting Changing terrain in council cuts fight Lords push against decriminalisation of abortion Anthropocene and Capitalocene Workers’ protests emerge in Venezuela New guidance is poor but gives space Reform’s poisonous false answers Young Labour elections re-run Active united fronts against far right A victory on the visa rules The stranger's case Make unions fight for migrant rights The forgotten General Strike when workers won Capitalism is not an "Epstein conspiracy" Organise the unorganised! Against TUC expulsion! How to wreck a Labour Party Letter: Be sharper against Trump and Israel 28 March as a step for 1 May? Letter: Still need to fight in the labour movement Living amidst constant war Obituary: Country Joe McDonald (1942 – 7 March 2026) “All The Rage” in Manchester A preview of the Greens’ conference Vote for Graham slate, but critically Noon to noon strikes should work better Kino Eye: Bertolucci's Novecento Non-striker sacked after pro-strike protest Huge cuts at Hallam New strikes at Northumbria First round of France's municipal elections More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-763-18-march-2026

Solidarity 762, 4 March 2026. Articles: Iran: Against US-Israeli bombing. For a secular republic and a workers’ government Rest In Power, Yanar Mohammed Iran: responses from the left and labour movement Netanyahu goes for “endless war” Plan together, resist together What to do after Gorton and Denton On the ground in Gorton and Denton Tactical voting for… anyone but Labour? “The Many” claims a false mandate A staging post on a bigger shift Divestment edges forward, but to where? Inclusive words, but ineffective actions Making the “others” count Private landownership comes from conquest Now an anti-fascist united front for Manchester, 18 April Letter: Racism on the rise Trump tries to hold MAGA together Silence from museum bosses Stories from the doorstep Northumbria strikes again from 2 March University cuts battles: Leicester, Sheffield, Hallam Put free education back on agenda NEU votes to organise support staff These iPads aren’t real help NEU ballots from 28 February “It is the time of monsters”: films about Gramsci Background notes on Gramsci For a real shorter work week! After setback, rebuild density! It’s not really rowdy students Hundreds out against Newham cuts Free Yaser Ahmadinejad More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-762-4-march-2026

Solidarity 761, 18 February 2026. Articles: Support the Northfields fleet strike! Back Ukraine against Putin Four years of Russia’s war Restore Labour democracy, mobilise, unite in action Ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful Fascists attack left benefit gig Stop demolitions in Silwan! Our bodies, our choices Corbyn faction ups stakes in YP What made the 1945 government different? To win democracy, organise Vote Labour in Gorton and Denton, fight Starmer's policies One cheer for Starmer in Beijing 50% turnout threshold to stay until August or later Against the forever war! Sinn Fein’s austerity in Northern Ireland Little progress for green hydrogen Reform surges, Labour flounders in Scotland "Plans" without social housing won't work Trump steps up threats to November polls Loopholes on "fire and rehire" For a free Ukraine! “Epstein files”shows us how the rich rule Against far right, for a workers’ united front The great council house giveaway High Court mostly backs EHRC The alternatives in Cuba: a different view How Iran became a despotism Beating Reform and beating racism How the Islamists crushed the workers Turn for the worse since July Revolution in Bangladesh Strong pickets at Northumbria “Good for them!” And now coordination? A landmark documentary on housing MHCLG to re-ballot from 2 March Battles over university cuts and student loans Strike against zero pay offer Mining museum bosses still stubborn More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-761-18-february-2026

Solidarity 760, 4 February 2026. Articles: Against Starmer, for socialism! All out 28 March! For a workers' united front! Minneapolis general strike against Trump Follow Spain’s example Throw Mandelson’s project out with him Reform’s promises shown empty Kurdish forces defeated by Syria's government Trump keeps a grip on Venezuela Israel is still bombing Gaza Palestinian strike against social neglect For national rights, against nationalism Trump? “No problem”? Or fascist? Open letter to Corbyn from an Iranian leftist Trump’s spite turns sourer Councils need better funding Spring conference and a by-election Greens should steer away from antisemitism Time for “Time For Real Change” to change “Saving” the USA from immigrants? “Biscuit of socialism” has crumbled A socialist plan without taking the banks? North-West Labour votes for asylum rights For a workers’ alternative to Khamenei, not Trump’s A united Europe? 1929 and now "More revolutionary, not susceptible to bourgeois bribery" In Retrospect: Racism, Housing and Winifred Atwell Waiting for politics? Vote Ruth Cashman for CEC, transfer to GL Unite the Union: Back to... union democracy Book review. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism Uptick planned at Birmingham bins Leicester scales up its cuts Sheffield University gives ultimatum Northumbria university strikes from 12 February Left groups agree PCS slate Blow Up and the Sixties A poor sort of 4-day week Egan pledges help to NCMM strike Tetrosyl dispute needs workers’ control More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-760-4-february-2026

Women's Fightback 35, Autumn 2025. This summer has seen the return of far-right marches through our streets and town centres. Under the false pretence of protecting women, far-right mobs have targeted hotels housing asylum seekers and mosques. Their racist nationalism is increasingly normalised by a Labour government that stretches further to the right to accommodate the demands of Reform. In this issue, we expose where the roots of women's oppression really lie: the system of capitalism. We explore what we mean by class struggle feminism; cover the fight for bodily autonomy – from trans rights to abortion access at home, abroad and across time; the relationship between women and the far right, and how socialists, feminists and trade unionists are fighting back. We cover revolutionary art from poetry to surrealism, and discuss how the way we talk about films, wellness and health sometimes echo broader trends towards social conservatism. Articles: A hot autumn in HE? Students and workers - unite and fight No complacency on access to abortion Class struggle feminism Conscientious objection and the fight for abortion access in Italy How the EHRC is failing trans people Jean 'Binta' Breeze: close to the heart Materialists - separating the feminists from the classists The Online Safety Act Pink-pilled: reflections from summer camp Reproductive rights through class and race: Margaret Sanger and Marie Stopes Massive far right mobilisation: sound the alarm Our perspective on Stand Up to Racism The myth of the black rapist revisted Unison GS election: elect Andrea Egan, fight for union democracy! Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore: surrealism in rebellion The fight for 52 Israel out of Gaza and the West Bank! More online: https://workersliberty.org/wf Women's Fightback is a socialist feminist magazine by Workers' Liberty. We stand for trans-inclusive, sex-positive, class struggle feminism. We organise in our workplaces and trade unions, and in the student movement and Labour Party for socialist feminist politics. Get your copy now!

Workers’ Fight newspaper ran during a time of great class battles in Britain, dramatic events internationally, and intense and fluid debate within the left. It was a time which made for vivid and weighty memories. Workers' Liberty volume 3, issue #77 looks back at it. https://workersliberty.org/publications/workers-liberty-magazine/latest-issue/workers-liberty-volume-3-september-2005/workers

Women's Fightback 33, Winter/Spring 2025. With Trump back in office, and the far right ascendant across large partsof the world, the challenges facing socialists and feminists are starker than ever. In this issue we hear about the fight for democracy in Putin's Russia, from a military refuser in Israel building the opposition to the occupation of Palestine, and about socialists in the US trying to reorient and rebuild. We explore the 'manosphere' and the alt-right pipeline radicalising young men in the UK, the impact that pornography is having on our sexual horizons, and much more besides – with our usual mix of history, culture, and poetry. Enjoy! Articles: Trump's New World Order Gregg Wallace Building an independent socialist left Organise with us for abortion rights Israel's "fucked generation" takes on the occupation Poland's war on women Trying to make power out of hatred and destruction Dispatches from Ukraine The Manosphere Exposing the realities of pornography Un Violador en tu Camino (A rapist in your path) Trans Strike Back! All Fours The labour of care Organising barmaids and acrobats Acts of creation Hotel Lux More online: https://www.workersliberty.org/wf

Day-by-day, how the state broke down in Northern Ireland, 1969: Workers' Liberty 3/76. By Sean Matgamna. More online: https://workersliberty.org/day-day-how-state-broke-down-northern-ireland-1969-workers-liberty-376

Workers’ Liberty is a socialist organisation. Our members are active in workplaces, Uni campuses, trade unions, the Labour Party, and left politics. We think it is possible to replace capitalism with a better society — socialism. We think that the people who can do this are the working class. This pamphlet sets out what we think, what we do, and what makes us different from other political groups and NGOs. It tells you what is involved with being a member. Order, see contents, and download PDF online: https://workersliberty.org/wsfwl

This short pamphlet explains why trade unions should not be giving political and financial support to a newspaper which is not the "daily paper of the left" but the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of Britain (CPB). More online and buy: https://workersliberty.org/morningstar The Morning Star is not an effective way for unions to gain support for their disputes and campaign. And the political cost of backing the Morning Sar is immense: in effect, presenting a vision of “socialism” in which the totalitarian police state of China is held up as desirable, military coups (as in Niger) are hailed as legitimate means of achieving progressive change, and nationalist illusions of “socialism in one country” are promoted as the way forward for Britain. And it’s not even true that the paper allows genuine debate on issues where there are differences on the left.

The Easter Rising and Irish history: The two souls of Irish nationalism? An attempt at a Marxist account. An inspiration across the world? Or an eclipse of working-class socialism by narrow nationalism? Both were in the Easter Rising. Workers' Liberty vol. 3 issue 75, Solidarity 694, is a special on this topic. More online: https://www.workersliberty.org/publications/workers-liberty-magazine/latest-issue/workers-liberty-volume-3-september-2005/easter

The left in Ukraine: Workers' Liberty 3/74, printed with Solidarity 683. Articles: The left in Ukraine Back Ukraine’s teachers and children Student organising in Ukraine Rescuing the Holocaust from Stalinism: Lviv Rescuing the Holocaust from Stalinism: Babyn Yar More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/workers-liberty-magazine/latest-issue/workers-liberty-volume-3-september-2005/left

Israel out of the Occupied Territories! For a Palestinian state with the same rights as Israel! For Arab-Jewish workers' unity on a basis of consistent democracy! For a socialist Israel and a socialist Palestine in a socialist federation of the Middle East! This Pamphlet contains articles, debates and more setting out Workers' Liberty's position on the conflict in Israel-Palestine arguing that a two-state solution, where a contiguous Israel and Palestine exist with equal rights, is the best starting point for ending that conflict. Table of Contents Introduction Socialists and the intifada Chronology of a conflict The origins of the conflict part 1 The origins of the conflict part 2 Unravelling the issues part 1 Unravelling the issues part 2 Marxism and the Jewish Question Two States, or 'Secular Democratic State'? There is no 'democratic' way to wipe out Israel! Boycott? A Jew-hunt won't help the Palestinians The Stalinist roots of left anti-Zionism part 1 The Stalinist roots of left anti-Zionism part 2 A mirror for anti-Zionists What is Islamic fundamentalism? What is left anti-semitism? Ken Livingstone and anti-semitism More online: https://workersliberty.org/2n2s

Women's Fightback is a socialist feminist mag by Workers' Liberty. Issue 27 includes articles on women and the cost-of-living crisis, war-time feminist activism in Ukraine, the US abortion rights battle, women workers' struggles in South Asia, feminist cities, social reproduction and trans rights, and much more... https://workersliberty.org/wf27

James Connolly in World War One — Running with the Hare and Riding with the Hounds. Workers' Liberty vol. 3 no. 71, February 2023.

Audio of the pamphlet: https://workersliberty.org/sak-pamphlet Shapurji Saklatvala, revolutionary socialist, Indian nationalist and Labour's first BAME MP, was elected in 1922. Representing radical local and international workers' and anti-colonial struggles, he suffered ostracism, surveillance, imprisonment and exile from India to fight against capitalism, racism and imperialism: for working-class self-liberation.

Activists from socialist organisation Sotsianiy Rukh in Ukraine and from the anti-war movement in Russia spoke at our Ideas for Freedom event this year, at a session on workers' solidarity with Ukraine. Comrades from Workers' Liberty who were part of an international labour movement and left solidarity delegation to Ukraine also reported back on their experience.

Audio version of the pamphlet. More here: https://workersliberty.org/laird-occupation In 1984 workers at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead occupied their workplace in defence of jobs. The occupation and the strike which preceded it lasted just over three months, and then on 3 October the occupiers were arrested. 37 of them were found guilty of contempt of court and jailed. There is a campaign to lift the convictions. Workers’ Liberty has published this pamphlet so that we can remember those who took risks to fight to save not just their jobs but the jobs of future generations.

Aiming to replace capitalism with socialism, James Connolly’s organising and ideas evolved considerably. One idea he clung to from the turn of the century to his death in 1916 was industrial unionism, workers’ solidarity across grades and trades and sympathetic strikes. That is how he saw his work with Larkin on the Irish Transport Union: a union for an industry and the members watching the moment until they could take over running the industry. His articles on that theme have never previously been collected compactly, and many appear in this short book — here in audioformat — for the first time in full since original publication. Buy a copy and more online: https://workersliberty.org/connolly-unions Introduction by Liam McNulty and Sean Matgamna

More online and buy a pamphlet: https://workersliberty.org/sylvia Of the famous suffragette family Pankhurst — Emmeline, Christabel, Adela — Sylvia became the pioneer communist who organised the East End of London, where many working class men also lacked the vote. The pamphlet recounts the contrasting evolutions of the "votes for ladies" of Christabel and Emmeline, and of Sylvia's working-class organising.

No To War - Solidarity with Ukraine Intro and summation speeches from a meeting of the same name, Monday 1 March, 2022. Speakers: • Denys Pilash from the Socialist group Sotsialny Rukh in Ukraine. • Chris Ford from Ukraine Solidarity Campaign. • Dale Street from Workers Liberty. Putins invasion of Ukraine is to force Ukraine to be part of Russia sphere of influence at the very least and may even be about snuffing out Ukraine as an independent nation full stop. This is a naked example of brutal imperialism. Socialists, the trade union movement and Democrats need to oppose this war and support the Ukrainian peoples right to self determination and self defence. We will also be discussing the practical way we can support the Ukrainian community here in Britain. https://workersliberty.org/ukraine This is the link for people to signup and keep in touch with Workers Liberty: http://www.workersliberty.org/signup Sotsialniy Rukh on fb https://www.facebook.com/social.ruh Taras Bilous' letter https://commons.com.ua/ru/letter-western-left-kyiv/ Денис Пілаш: Here is a list of different organizations and charities which work to help Ukrainians in their anti-imperial war against Russia: The Social Movement — The Social Movement is a left-wing public organization. The money donated to them will go to support refugees, civilians and also Ukrainian trade unions. Their requisites: For UAH 4246001000888754 Longo-Maï coop — this coop in Zakarpatia oblast is evacuating children from Vrubivka village in Luhansk oblast. They helped them for a long time and they even made a summer theater camp for them last year. Last week Vrubivka school was shelled by russian forces, so they are helping children to get to safety. They are ready to take in more refugees, considering the latest development in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. Their requisites: For UAH 4441114451067639 (Кошан В’ячеслав Антонійович, Монобанк) For EUR: Beneficiary IBAN UA 20 322001 00000 2620 6306 3111 62 Account No 26206306311162 Receiver KOSHAN VIACHESLAV, 90440, Ukraine, reg. Zakarpatska, district. Khustskyi, to 01:25:13 Денис Пілаш: Khustskyi, town. Nyzhnie Selyshche, st. Tsentralna, build. 53 Account with Institution Bank JSC UNIVERSAL BANK City KYIV, UKRAINE Swift code UNJSUAUKXXX @solidarnistinua — this is a newly created anarchist mutual aid org. Their mission statement is following: "Hello! We are supporters of horizontal society, solidarity and cooperation from different cities of Ukraine. Today we have united in the volunteer project "Operation Solidarity" in order to jointly help all healthy forces of society to counteract imperialist aggression against our country. We plan to collect humanitarian aid and fundraising in favor of territorial defense fighters and in support of all grassroots initiatives that unite people in confronting a common threat. We also plan to help refugees, host social events and spread the practices of equal decision-making and direct democracy." Their requisites: UAH 5375 4141 1919 7571 EUR 5375 4199 0742 1968 USD 5375 4188 1104 6176 @solidarnistinua — their Telegram channel To donate to AWL https://www.workersliberty.org/donate Signup to keep in contact and find out what the AWL are doing http://www.workersliberty.org/signup Message to share from Labour Campaign for Free Movement in response to the situation - open the borders & welcome refugees https://www.labourfreemovement.org/russia-ukraine-welcome-refugees/ https://workersliberty.org/sub https://workersliberty.org/join-awl

What should socialists do in the unions? A discussion led by RMT activist Janine Booth and UCU activist Josh. This is one of many discussions we had at our dayschool "After Corbynism: Building a New Left" on 27 November 2021 at the Camden School for Girls in London.

James Connolly is most associated with the Easter Rising of 1916 when, amidst the imperialist slaughter of the First World War, Irish republicans and the revolutionary socialist Irish Citizen Army launched an armed uprising against the British Empire. The Rising triggered a series of events, culminating in the Irish War of Independence in 1919 and the Irish Civil War, and shaped the course of modern Irish history. Before 1916, Connolly had almost three decades of activity behind him, as a socialist propagandist and a trade union organiser, in Scotland, Ireland and the United States. So who was Connolly and what were his political ideas? How did he come to be involved in the Rising, and what can socialists learn from his life, writings and political activity? Micheál MacEoin, author of a forthcoming book on Connolly, discussed these questions and more at a Workers' Liberty public meeting: this is the audio recording of the intro speech.

As socialists we organise for Palestinian rights. But do we aim for a Palestinian state alongside and with the same rights as Israel, or for a multi-ethnic, inclusive, secular, socialist state? What are the prospects for these perspectives? How do we analyse Zionism, the right of return and the class struggle in Israel-Palestine? Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpIzJufiCw Recordings from debate Sunday 16 May 2021 between Red Flag and Workers' Liberty, including only contributions from those who gave their permission to have them published.

This is one of many discussions we held at our dayschool "After Corbynism: Building a New Left" at the Camden School for Girls on 27 November 2021. Speaker: Ruth Cashman, trade unionist in Lambeth Unison

Janine Booth gives an illustrated talk about 'colour bars' on the UK railway between the end of the Second World War and their formal abolition in 1966. Video: https://youtu.be/YEuFPgmOdB4 This talk was given at an online meeting in September 2020 hosted by Workers' Liberty bulletins Tubeworker and Off The Rails. Future meetings: https://workersliberty.org/meetings Tubeworker: https://www.workersliberty.org/tubeworker Off the rails: https://workersliberty.org/rails

Vestas wind turbine blade workers occupied their factory at St Cross, Newport, on 20 July 2009. They demanded that the Government nationalise Vestas Isle of White factories and continue production of turbine blades. This pamphlet brings together that story through the eyes of Vestas workers and their supporters. Buy a paper copy, download a PDF, and more, at: https://workersliberty.org/vestas-pamphlet Listen to a talk on the topic, from a decade later: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/the-vestas-wind-turbine-factory-occupation This audio was released for a reading group on the topic. More: https://www.facebook.com/events/995844177636361

COP26 has failed us. Humanity remains on a path towards catastrophic climate change. World leaders, serving only narrow nationalist and capitalistic interests won't challenge the power of the system accelerating climate change – so we have to. The coalition of forces taking this on is diverse but in large parts disconnected. From civil society groups like Insulate Britain, student activist networks such as the UK Student climate network, and workplace organisations popping up in various sectors. How do we cohere these groups and others to build a movement capable of stopping climate chaos?

Sections from Solidarity 575, written by Len Glover. Bosnia-Herzegovina: 25 years after Dayton. Published December 2020, audio published a year later. More online: https://workersliberty.org/index.php/publications/solidarity/solidarity-575-9-december-2020

Should socialists advocate "degrowth"? Our socialist environmental reading group looked at the "degrowth" debate from a Marxist perspective. The two core articles - free to download - were Kallis, Socialism Without Growth (2017) and Schwartzman and Engel Di-Mauro, A Response to Giorgios Kallis’ Notions of Socialism and Growth (2019). https://sci-hub.mksa.top/10.1080/10455752.2017.1386695 and https://sci-hub.mksa.top/10.1080/10455752.2019.1638612 More readings at https://workersliberty.org/readings-degrowth

Geoengineering and carbon drawdown: thinking through climate futures, with Holly Jean Buck, author of "After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and Restoration", and Zack Muddle, Workers' Liberty. Introductory and concluding speeches from a discussion by the same name at Ideas for Freedom 2021. More on this topic: https://workersliberty.org/geoengineering-readings Video of this: https://youtu.be/QneXgpw_A-U

Corbynism: What Went Wrong? Part 5 of 5, chapters 20-23, pages 45-60. In summer 2015 things suddenly “went right” for the left in an unexpected way, with Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader. By December 2019, they had evidently “gone wrong” again. That can’t be explained just by ill-will from the media and the Labour right: those were always there. This booklet offers an attempt to analyse the setbacks, learn lessons, and sketch a way to renewed efforts. More online, or buy paper copies: https://workersliberty.org/corbynism Chapters: 20. Corbyning Alone? 21. Protesting too much? 22. Manifestos, policies, and “real change” 23. Globalisation Listen to the other parts: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbyn-1-intro https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-2-ch8-p15 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-3-ch13-p25 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-4-ch16-p34 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-5-ch20-p45

Corbynism: What Went Wrong? Part 4 of 5, chapters 16-19, pages 34-44. In summer 2015 things suddenly “went right” for the left in an unexpected way, with Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader. By December 2019, they had evidently “gone wrong” again. That can’t be explained just by ill-will from the media and the Labour right: those were always there. This booklet offers an attempt to analyse the setbacks, learn lessons, and sketch a way to renewed efforts. More online, or buy paper copies: https://workersliberty.org/corbynism Chapters: 16. Brexit 17. Antisemitism 18. April 2016 and Ken Livingstone 19. Curbs on debate, curbs on development Listen to the other parts: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbyn-1-intro https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-2-ch8-p15 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-3-ch13-p25 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-4-ch16-p34 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-5-ch20-p45

Corbynism: What Went Wrong? Part 3 of 5, chapters 13-15, pages 15-34. In summer 2015 things suddenly “went right” for the left in an unexpected way, with Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader. By December 2019, they had evidently “gone wrong” again. That can’t be explained just by ill-will from the media and the Labour right: those were always there. This booklet offers an attempt to analyse the setbacks, learn lessons, and sketch a way to renewed efforts. More online, or buy paper copies: https://workersliberty.org/corbynism Chapters: 13. Momentum 14. The Momentum coup of January 2017 15. The pre-2015 Labour left Listen to the other parts: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbyn-1-intro https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-2-ch8-p15 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-3-ch13-p25 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-4-ch16-p34 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-5-ch20-p45

Corbynism: What Went Wrong? Part 2 of 5, chapters 8-12, pages 15-24. In summer 2015 things suddenly “went right” for the left in an unexpected way, with Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader. By December 2019, they had evidently “gone wrong” again. That can’t be explained just by ill-will from the media and the Labour right: those were always there. This booklet offers an attempt to analyse the setbacks, learn lessons, and sketch a way to renewed efforts. More online, or buy paper copies: https://workersliberty.org/corbynism Chapters: 8. Corbynism on the streets. Or not? 9. Labour and young people in the Corbyn period 10. The Corbyn leadership, Momentum, youth, and activism 11. Corbyn and socialism 12. “False brothers” Listen to the other parts: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbyn-1-intro https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-2-ch8-p15 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-3-ch13-p25 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-4-ch16-p34 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-5-ch20-p45

Corbynism: What Went Wrong? Part 1 of 5, chapters 1-7, pages 1-14. In summer 2015 things suddenly “went right” for the left in an unexpected way, with Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader. By December 2019, they had evidently “gone wrong” again. That can’t be explained just by ill-will from the media and the Labour right: those were always there. This booklet offers an attempt to analyse the setbacks, learn lessons, and sketch a way to renewed efforts. More online, or buy paper copies: https://workersliberty.org/corbynism Chapters: 1. Introduction 2. The real lost promise 3. How Corbyn won in 2015 4. How Corbyn held on in 2015-16 5. The June 2017 general election 6. The Leader’s Office 7. The unions in the Corbyn period Listen to the other parts: https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbyn-1-intro https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-2-ch8-p15 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-3-ch13-p25 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-4-ch16-p34 https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/corbynism-5-ch20-p45