Ask who wants this war, and why
The risk of an all-out conflict between NATO and Russia is higher now than at any point in the cold war period.
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Britain needs socialism
What would socialism mean for Britain? And what would it take to achieve it?
Iran war ends in US defeat
25 June 2026
The criminal war waged on Iran by the USA has come to an end, for now. This is important, not just because needless loss of life has ceased, but because the US has lost.
Skilled rail jobs threatened
1 July 2026
Balfour Beatty rail engineers are threatened with redundancy, which will deprive the industry of their essential skills. Their union says publicly owned Network Rail should mitigate this by allocating alternative work.
War in the Middle East: a working class response
A recent CPBML meeting discussed how workers here can respond to foreign wars. One conclusion: removing Britain from the crumbling NATO alliance would be a good start…
Counting the cost of inflation measures
How to measure the rate of inflation may seem a technical, dry subject. And much of it is. But its implications matter for workers, not least because of its role as a reference point for pay bargaining…
Accounting for energy
When talking about energy policy, it’s worth looking in detail at Britain’s energy needs and supply – and what that means for industry and households…
For British independence, for peace
We live in dangerous times – often said, but it’s true. The world is getting steadily more dangerous. But there is a way forward: independence…
Gearing up for action
Teachers are heading for struggle, returning to issues not settled after action in recent years…
The fight for the Arctic: grabbing its resources
In the second of a two-part feature Workers looks at the contest between the EU and the other imperial powers for the Arctic’s natural resources…
London: the sharp end of the housing crisis
Homelessness and high rents are two linked aspects of the housing crisis for workers in Britain…
How the Web can be reclaimed
The modern world would be unthinkable without the World Wide Web – invented in a physics laboratory and made available to the world for free…