Socialist Equality Party (Britain)

Socialist Equality Party (Britain) British section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI)

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One need not look too far beneath the surface to uncover the grotesque reality behind the spectacle. The 2026 World Cup ...
05/06/2026

One need not look too far beneath the surface to uncover the grotesque reality behind the spectacle. The 2026 World Cup opens as the United States wages an active war of aggression against Iran, prepares for war against Cuba and continues both its material support for the genocide in Gaza and its missile murder spree against fishermen off the waters of South America. At home, it is conducting mass arrests and deportations of immigrant workers at a pace unprecedented in US history as part of a drive to consolidate a dictatorial regime against the working class.

US officials have warned that ICE immigration enforcement agents will be deployed at every stadium and every match.

None of this has anything to do with the defence of “democracy,” “freedom” or “human rights.” It is about imperialist in...
05/06/2026

None of this has anything to do with the defence of “democracy,” “freedom” or “human rights.” It is about imperialist interests: the control of Ukraine, rich in raw materials and geostrategically positioned; the weakening and ultimately the dismemberment of Russia; access to the raw materials and markets of the Eurasian landmass; and the redivision of the world among the major imperialist powers.

The latest Ukrainian attacks deep inside Russia, NATO maneuvers in the Baltic Sea and German-Ukrainian arms cooperation show: NATO is de facto waging war against Russia and risking a nuclear catastrophe.

The question is, at what point will this radicalization break beyond the bounds of the media-vetted pseudo-leftism of pe...
05/06/2026

The question is, at what point will this radicalization break beyond the bounds of the media-vetted pseudo-leftism of people like Sanders and Mamdani and reestablish contact with the genuine Marxian-socialist political perspective and culture that was exemplified in the October Revolution and figures like Lenin, Trotsky and Luxemburg. This break must and will occur, and the rediscovery of Trotsky’s extraordinary political legacy and writings will be a critical element of the reemergence of Marxism as a mass socialist movement based on the working class.

David North replies on X to Financial Times columnist Edward Luce on the radicalization of youth and the rediscovery of Trotsky.

In 2002, Margaret Thatcher was asked what her greatest achievement had been. The hated former Conservative prime minist...
05/06/2026

In 2002, Margaret Thatcher was asked what her greatest achievement had been. The hated former Conservative prime minister’s answer was unambiguous: “Tony Blair and New Labour. We forced our opponents to change their minds.”

Her statement should stand as the epitaph for the Labour Party leadership bid of Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.

Labour is presiding over a social catastrophe, including the deepest levels of poverty in 30 years, and trailing the far-right Reform, the Conservatives and the Greens in general election polls. If he successfully becomes an MP, Burnham is expected to challenge Starmer for the Labour leadership and....

The IMF’s release of funds is tied to demands for escalating austerity and structural reforms that represent a deepening...
04/06/2026

The IMF’s release of funds is tied to demands for escalating austerity and structural reforms that represent a deepening of the attacks on workers and the rural poor.

To impose the brutal measures demanded by the IMF, Sri Lanka’s government, backed by every section of the ruling elite, is preparing autocratic forms of rule.

It is significant that calls for an end to the “firewall” against governmental cooperation with the AfD are growing alon...
04/06/2026

It is significant that calls for an end to the “firewall” against governmental cooperation with the AfD are growing alongside the crisis in Germany. Eighty years after Hitler’s fall, fascism is being normalised again.

The European Parliament and EU states have agreed a new return regulation that abolishes the fundamental right to asylum and normalises collaboration with fascist parties.

The stranglehold of the oligarchy over social, economic and political life must be broken, and that can come only throug...
04/06/2026

The stranglehold of the oligarchy over social, economic and political life must be broken, and that can come only through a mass movement of the working class. In the hands of the ruling class, automation and artificial intelligence are weapons against workers; in the hands of society, they could enormously improve productivity and the living standards of the population.

Within the next 10 days, Elon Musk is set to become the world’s first trillionaire, when SpaceX, the space launch monopoly he controls, carries out the largest initial public offering in history.

During Tuesday’s strike over half of drivers were forced to work because of ASLEF’s position. Operators used to honour e...
04/06/2026

During Tuesday’s strike over half of drivers were forced to work because of ASLEF’s position. Operators used to honour each other’s picket line. The RMT made no appeal to rank-and-file ASLEF members to join the strikes, reflecting the corporatist framework within which both bureaucracies operate.

Transport for London’s had not budged on its plans. Talks between management and the RMT union have revolved around the definition of what constitutes a “voluntary” implementation aimed at demobilising opposition.

Drivers should draw the necessary conclusions: the pay gains secured through industrial action are welcome, but the leve...
04/06/2026

Drivers should draw the necessary conclusions: the pay gains secured through industrial action are welcome, but the level of collusion established by Unite with First South Yorkshire on the terms acceptable to the company mean the concessions won can be clawed back via cost-cutting measures. The renewed partnership between Unite and First has been cemented through the isolation of drivers at Leger Way and restraints against their independent organisation.

That First South Yorkshire was ultimately forced to retreat from its insistence that the 7 percent offer was "final" was due to the determination and unity of the drivers.

Everything must be done on an international scale to aid the fighters and improve their chances of success. But it must ...
04/06/2026

Everything must be done on an international scale to aid the fighters and improve their chances of success. But it must be clearly recognized that such success is possible only to the extent that the British working class, in the process of the development and sharpening of the General Strike, realizes the need to change its leadership, and measures up to that task. - Trotsky, writing during the General Strike

This lecture marking the centenary of the 1926 general strike was delivered by Socialist Equality Party (UK) National Secretary Chris Marsden to public meetings in Sheffield, Manchester, Inverness, London and Glasgow,

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