Debate over Jew-hatred is a central issue in UK election

Vol. 88/No. 10 - March 11, 2024
Peter Clifford, right, Communist League candidate for Parliament in Manchester Central, campaigner Hugo Wils, left, pose need to fight Jew-hatred with Farooq Adnan in Rochdale Feb. 18.

ROCHDALE, England — The Labour Party withdrew its backing from its candidate here, Azhar Ali, in a Feb. 29 by-election after Ali upheld poisonous Jew-hating conspiracies. Communist League campaigners have joined discussions among working people about this development, the roots…


Thousands in Manchester march against Jew-hatred

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024
Some 6,000 people marched against antisemitism in Manchester, England, Jan. 21, the largest action against Jew-hatred in city in years. Jew-hating attacks have spiked around the world in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 pogrom, which slaughtered or maimed thousands of Jews in Israel.

MANCHESTER, England — “Jews were hated because we were poor, because we were rich, because we were communist, because we were capitalist, because we kept to ourselves, because we infiltrated everywhere,” Mark Adlestone, chair of the Jewish Representative Council of…


UK refuse workers win strike, strengthen their union

Vol. 87/No. 48 - December 25, 2023

WARRINGTON, England — Refuse workers here returned to work Dec. 8 after their two-month-long strike won significant gains. “All 19 temporary workers on nine-month contracts are given permanent contracts, with their new contract backdated to when they started in March,…


Refuse workers strike continues, bosses’ move for injunction fails

Vol. 87/No. 47 - December 18, 2023

WARRINGTON, England — Labour Party-led local authorities failed in their attempt to use the courts to break the strike that began Oct. 3 by over 70 Unite-organized refuse collectors here. Workers recently voted to continue their strike into December. Union…


UK refuse workers reject wages below inflation, strike for more

Vol. 87/No. 43 - November 20, 2023

WARRINGTON, England — Some 65 refuse workers employed by the Labour Party-led Warrington Borough Council and organized by the Unite union have voted for a third wave of strike action. Their first set of strike days began Oct. 3, part…


Dockworkers in UK strike, win international solidarity

Vol. 86/No. 37 - October 10, 2022

LIVERPOOL, England — Over 600 dockworkers, organized by the Unite union, went on strike here Sept. 20. Mass, lively pickets have been set up in front of the port. The port workers and maintenance engineers rejected a pay increase of…


Labor actions spread in UK as inflation, capitalist crisis grow

Vol. 86/No. 33 - September 12, 2022
Public and Commercial Services unionists bring solidarity to picket of train drivers in Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen during one-day walkout in Manchester Aug. 13.

MANCHESTER, England — The drive by bosses and their government in the U.K. to put the burden of the capitalist crisis on the backs of working people is fueling union actions across industry, as well as widespread discussion among workers…


Strikes by UK rail workers spread to other industries

Vol. 86/No. 32 - September 5, 2022
Aug. 20 Manchester rally during strike by 40,000 members of Rail, Maritime and Transport union for a pay raise, better schedules. Rail strikes were one of many union actions across UK.

MANCHESTER, England — Union actions across the U.K. demanding pay raises are drawing in tens of thousands as anger mounts about the hit workers are facing from inflation. After two days of strike actions Aug. 18 and 20, members of…


UK bus drivers strike to protect their wages from inflation

Vol. 86/No. 29 - August 8, 2022

MANCHESTER, England — Bus drivers working for Arriva North West in Merseyside, Greater Manchester, and across Lancashire went on strike July 20 to fight to protect their wages from being driven down by double-digit inflation. The strikers are members of…


Pallet distribution workers in Manchester strike for 5% pay rise

Vol. 86/No. 2 - January 17, 2022

MANCHESTER, England — “Our claim is for a 5% rise in our wages, the company is offering 2%,” Malcolm Bostock, a Unite union representative, told the Militant  on the picket line at the CHEP U.K. plant in Trafford Park. CHEP…