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Solidarity 733, 12 February 2025. Articles: A world reshaped by Trump? Resist! Gaza: threat of return to war Resisting the far right in Germany Why defend bourgeois democracy? Reinstate the other three! Trump plan boosts Israeli far right Carbon-capture: the future and now US federal workers set action for 19 February Debate: A general strike to stop Trump Galloway, the Tates, and the far right Goma’s nightmare and global capitalism Serbia: rebuild from scratch? Wages for housework is no answer What the workers wrote in Lenin's day Sheffield anti-cuts fight accelerates Letter: We shouldn’t be deferential Letter: How to restrain flights An about-turn in RS21 Transphobia and the Women's March From Sheffield to Stuttgart to Bolton Letter: “Dozens of activities” in Gaza A new pole on the French far left More on Bob Dylan Another film from Norway Going to the brink isn’t enough Left challenge in PCS election Drive planned against council cuts Capita strikes for pay More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-733-12-february-2025

Solidarity 732, 29 January 2025. Articles: Fight back! Tax top wealth! Complete the ceasefires! Peace, two states! Trump says evict Gazans Trump restored: Heil to the Chief? New wave of cuts at universities The West Bank is burning Morning Star: still backing Yakoob? McKinley: Trump’s favourite President Cuts threaten help for abuse victims Do some leftists not want ceasefires to stick? Build alternatives to airport growth More on Bob Dylan Not just “PEM” tinkering: reverse Brexit! Owen Jones forgets about Salma Kaddouni “Left-populist” line in Germany is not so left Was Stalinism ever a step forward? Northern Ireland from October 1968 to August 1969 Inequality not our fault, but the system Letter: Shouldn’t have printed Biden warning When we were sued and heresy-hunted Why they joined the Tube Two anti-fascist films from Norway Troublemakers At Work first AGM PCS to reballot in Facility Management disputes FBU: open rank-and-file network needed How Northern Ireland broke down in 1968-69 More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-732-29-january-2025

Solidarity 731, 22 January 2025. Articles: RMT general secretary election: contest needed! Complete the ceasefire! Release fire engine for West Bank Economic impasse? Tax the rich, rebuild the NHS! Women march against misogyny Back Ukrainian workers! Back Ukraine! French far-left meets in tense times Is ceasefire “victory for the Palestinians”? Bob Dylan and the Stalinists Free those arrested on 18 January! Was Assad’s Syria a “workers’ state”? Carbon capture: not an answer, but part of it How a complete unknown became Bob Dylan Trump’s oligarchic power-grab Warnings from Biden and Eisenhower The other side of Rabochaya Mysl How Northern Ireland broke down in 1968-9 How Labour was a path to socialism for me The WRP and embarrassing fiction Help us raise £20,000 by our 2025 Summer Camp! Chatting in the cab Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror Serbia’s oligarchy shaken by protests More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-731-22-january-2025

Solidarity 730, 15 January 2025. Articles include: Reshape the left to beat the far right! Gaza: stop now! Ceasefire, peace, equal rights “Local” and “independent” is no socialist answer Climate change behind LA fires Back the anti-war protests inside Israel! Musk? Farage? Really it’s all about Jeremy In unity is strength (maybe) Why cosmetic surgery is booming Can strikes shift the president? Analysing the fall of Assad Debate: No, socialism is not austerity Is "tax the rich" demagogic? Palestine: lessons from history The first Irish left If you care, then overthrow capitalism Politics can help win this strike The “old evils” are still around Solidarity meeting defies boycott calls The Day of the Jackal mark 2 Thanks for all the chats? Higher Education: pay and the financial crisis PCS: face up to austerity prospects Make “ruthless” the word for the fightback Paris, and other atrocities Feeling your appearance is not normal is increasingly normal More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-730-15-january-2025

Solidarity 729, 8 January 2025. Articles: NHS: funding, not “fix-its”! Social care needs public ownership and decent pay Ukraine: new threat posed by Trump Musk, Kickl, Farage, and the rest The kickback from tick-box feminism Stop new horror in Gaza! End the cycle of war! HTS’s win in Syria: a plan made up by Israel? Who rules Georgia? Ivanishvili? Trump threatens the neighbours The opposite of the promises On the sidelines, or inside? Socialist Alternative: a split, but going where? Syria: stirrings against HTS A year of trying to stop arms for Ukraine How the left has used Connolly Korea: then as farce Debate: Blame capitalist production, not working class consumption When we have hours in the mess room Back Andrea Egan in Unison! Compassion put into action More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-729-8-january-2025

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

Solidarity 728, 4 December 2024. Articles: Unity: an open letter to the left Respite in Lebanon? Ruin in Gaza Peace! Two states! Equal rights! “Third World War” hysteria and Ukraine Renewed wave of protests in Georgia Misogyny and the rise of the far right Sheffield organises against far right Care workers demand big pay rise in 2025 Trump’s USA: “there’s going to be a lot of conflict” Far-right threat rises in France The Earth and limits to consumption Germany gives us a warning Anti-war protest still simmers in Russia Ireland heads for new FF-FG coalition The ups and downs of capitalism and of struggle Debate: Resurgent sexism and the 1968 precedent Why SWP looks two ways on Zionism Trump 2: chaos and corruption on steroids Debate: How to counter the “crazy ones” Behind the fall of Aleppo Farmers’ struggles in the USA Vote Wrack in the FBU! Facility Management strikes to continue into 2025 Councils: rebuild our services! More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-728-4-december-2024

Solidarity 727, 27 November 2024. Articles: Ukraine is in danger Link with anti-war movement in Israel-Palestine! “The word to describe it is hope” Gaza: worse by the day Free the Hong Kong 45! Stalinists back Trump on Ukraine Anti-Trump march set for 18 January Only a revived workers’ movement can break climate impasse World leaders unite for workers rights? No From rage to organising A push-pull of capitalism Trump? Never mind, capitalist crisis will radicalise China, chimney of the world Behind the Assisted Dying Bill Sixth-form teachers strike on pay Forerunners of socialism in the early nineteenth century What will the resistance look like? Trump hardens his plans Debate: How the “crazy ones” win Far-right surge in Romania How Stalin starved Ukraine in 1932-33 Manchester police harass Travellers Driving in bad weather The Grapes of Wrath Speak out against Mayos! PCS: stirrings at the base More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-727-27-november-2024

Solidarity 726, 20 November 2024. Articles: Gaza: Ceasefire! Aid! Back the anti-war left in Israel! Horror in Gaza Netanyahu's dirty politics Building united fronts against Trump United Electrical Workers respond to Trump victory Some lessons on left unity Morning Star says a “Jew hunt” is not antisemitic Georgia’s future depends on us How religion served child abuse League tables will harm the NHS Protest against HK jailings Incineration worse than landfill US election: pick your issue? Housing squeeze behind Irish election Need to lift union horizons Living in a Material World The ripples spread from 5 November Take on corporate greed Response? Join up! Debate: Two comments on the US election Reflections on the US election Marx against "bread and religion socialism" Forerunners of socialism in the early nineteenth century A major blow, and why? Overtime and home ownership I’m Spartacus! No, I’m Spartacus!… Fighting for rights at eCourier Off-key on identity politics More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-726-20-november-2024

Solidarity 725, 13 November 2024. Articles: After Trump’s win, unite the left! Trump wins: redouble solidarity! Building a “critical mass” of protest Call PCS leaders to account Trump’s victory hangs over Ukraine Solidarity with Ukraine’s schools Will AI go bust? Fight university cuts, abolish fees The working class in the Blitz Referendums win despite Trump Trump, euphoria, and resistance From Third Period to Popular Front? “After Trump, it will be our turn next”? Resisting Trump: a symposium Debate: Employment Bill: a big opportunity Tube pay: not so “groundbreaking” Young Mr Lincoln More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-725-13-november-2024

Solidarity 724, 6 November 2024. Articles: After the Reeves £40bn, anti-cuts fight still needed Defend democracy! Defend the US left, labour movement and minorities! Stop the school closures! RMT wrong to call off Tube strike Stop Gaza starving! Spain highlights climate emergency Nothing to fear from Trump? Georgians want democracy and a European future Reeves freezes ceiling on rent help Will Badenoch scare Starmer? Acquittal shows protest can work SOAS: defend the right to protest! Prices revolt in Martinique “Government of death” imposes social cuts Thousands of political prisoners in India Resist Israel’s ban on Unrwa! One press of a button, 100 killed Debate: The US left after 5 November Forerunners of socialism in the early nineteenth century If Trump is beaten, it’ll be thanks to women Debate: Why not a pick-and-choose line? The new RCP: a garbled return of old ideas Sanctions vs solidarity Don’t taint Palestinian cause with conspiracy thinking Betty Boop for President G4S workers strike against “two tiers” Support the eCourier strikes No cuts at University of Sheffield! More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-724-6-november-2024

Solidarity 723, 30 October 2024. Articles: Stop the war! Two states! What would be a workers’ Budget? Ceasefire now! Civil service: fight “60%” rule After 26 October, organise against far right Support self-determination for Taiwan! A counterproductive protest Putin’s victory, Georgia’s nightmare Socialist answers on domestic violence Sheffield university seeks cuts for £54m shortfall Water: public ownership, not “proper prices” Over 40 now jailed for protests Two million may starve in Sudan Solidarity, not cultural boycott Abolish these indefinite sentences! Debate: His own Chief of Staff calls Trump “fascist” Forerunners of socialism in the early nineteenth century Disinformation is the fifth horseman Stop Trump, build working-class politics Debate: How to vote in the “safe” states Polish left party splits Debate: Off-beam on “Lady of Heaven” How to gauge who you trust Rebuild NHS, roll back contracting-out Foreign “accents” in films Tube pay: a small shift by bosses More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-723-30-october-2024

Solidarity 722, 23 October 2024. Articles: Squeeze the millionaires! Gaza is starving March against racism on 26 October! Employment Bill is too weak Justice and Chris Kaba Confusion about investment and divestment Gaza: end the war Israel out of Lebanon! Building solidarity and hope Evolution Gaming: this strike matters Are there no rights to defend in the USA? New laws and domestic abuse Transition call taken to Treasury Grangemouth: public ownership! Campaign prospects in Higher Education Howard Beckett: now what will his backers say? David Miller not vindicated Dangers in the Cass Report Blasphemy rights are human rights Forerunners of socialism in the early nineteenth century Even more modern times Fight the PCS clampdown! Different shifts, different worlds A “gun control” film Support Tube workers’ pay strikes Scottish school workers strike on pay Overground, Liz Line, DLR, Trams: End privatisation! More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-722-23-october-2024

Solidarity 721, 16 October 2024. Articles: Ceasefire, peace, two states Israel out of Lebanon! Take from the rich, rebuild society Some positives, but not good enough Anti-government protests in Israel Food and medical supplies worse in Gaza One year on from 7 October Socialist Worker returns to “Cairo” line Rape courts and half-measures Turkey’s drive against Kurds: and now talks? Free movement campaign makes new plans Stop victimisation of Madeleine Norman Marx and Engels on Ireland Putin grinds on despite losses Debate: If Trump wins the Electoral College, will the Democrats fight? Big firefighters’ rally pressures Labour to rebuild service PCS passive over cuts drive Settle for the minimum? "Aviation workers must grasp the future" More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-721-16-october-2024

Solidarity 720, 9 October 2024. Articles include: Home is where the heartache is Their wealth, our poverty Students face campus clampdowns Chagos deal is a sell-out Halt the spreading war! Standing Together after a year of war Trump and Huey Long If Trump wins, this is why Stop Gaza-Lebanon horror! Ceasefire, peace! Israel’s religious right pushes on gender RCP sees history on its side against Ukraine Ukraine rescue appeal Downside of the datacentre bubble Debate: A reply on Austro-fascism The Irish hunger strikes of 1981 Out against racism and fascism on 26 October The upsides of disruption Morgan McSweeney and non-politics Trump xenophobia goes into overdrive A failed would-be masterpiece Union officials should be on workers’ wages Political pressure can help win Ealing dispute More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-720-9-october-2024

Women's Fightback 32, Autumn-Winter 2024. Inside: Labour in Power: What Next? — Editorial Pride in Labour? — An interview with Max O'Hara & Sacha Marten Labour Won't Save the NHS — Elaine Jones Justice for Justine & Jay — Jesse Michaels Slip — An Interview with Amelia Loulli Abortion is Healthcare: demo report — Sabrina Rahma Duale Free Speech and Abortion — An Interview with Greta Kaur-Taylor A Sigh of Relief – But for How Long? — Betty Allen Dispatches from the French Left — Marine Azua The Strike Against Apartheid — Lizzy Brooks Poetry: The Silent War — Sarah Pritchard Review: Uncertain Futures — Dominika Szarek Review: Judy Chicago — Jill Mountford Imane Khelif: Sport & Transphobia — Natalia Cassidy The bastards are out. After 14 years of Tory rule, this edition of Women's Fightback is brought to you under a Labour government. It is crucial that feminists and socialists think clearly about this new political reality, and that a real debate opens up about what our strategy should be. Our lead piece surveys the situation and sets out a rudimentary programme, and we continue the theme with a deep- dive into Labour's NHS policy. We also carry coverage of Labour's slide on LGBT rights, and some shocking union-busting by a Labour Council. As always, we also bring you a mix of history, culture and internationalism. We have first-hand reports from the US election and the French left, as well as the history of an anti-apartheid strike. We review a poetry anthology and some feminist art exhibitions. And we re-tell the story of a bizarre transphobic witch-hunt against a cisgender gold-medallist at the summer Olympics. We hope you enjoy it. More online: https://workersliberty.org/wf

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

A discussion of what modern slavery is and how it is used by conservative (and other) politicians to further and justify their anti-migrant policies Video: https://youtu.be/uVabDXy6Qyg

Women's Fightback Issue 26, Autumn/Winter 2021. Full contents, buy a paper copy, or download the PDF online: https://workersliberty.org/wf26

Women's Fightback Issue 26, Autumn/Winter 2021. Full contents, buy a paper copy, or download the PDF online: https://workersliberty.org/wf26

Women's Fightback Issue 26, Autumn/Winter 2021. Full contents, buy a paper copy, or download the PDF online: https://workersliberty.org/wf26

Women's Fightback Issue 26, Autumn/Winter 2021. Full contents, buy a paper copy, or download the PDF online: https://workersliberty.org/wf26

Environmentalists in Singapore, on May Day. Sara Lee wrote this, May 2021 Building workers’ action at climate strikes. From articles in September 2019 Both For Workers’ Climate Action (4th Ed.). More, a paper version of the booklet For Workers' Climate Action (4th edition), and a contents list, at workersliberty.org/climate-pamphlet

"More rail yes, HS2 maybe not": Simon Nelson wrote that article for Solidarity 535, February 2020. After that is a response by Mark Catterall’, then a reply to that by Simon Nelson. Then there is the Further Reading box. More, a paper version of the booklet For Workers' Climate Action (4th edition), and a contents list, at workersliberty.org/climate-pamphlet *Further reading* We have a weekly environmental column in Solidarity, and hundreds of climate articles on our website. There are countless books we might recommend, beyond those reviewed and mentioned so far. But there are a few notable areas which we wanted to cover in this pamphlet, but couldn’t because of space. What is the ruling class likely to do in response to climate change, in the coming decades? We read and discussed a book, Climate Leviathan, that we were heavily critical of, but which is nonetheless thought provoking. See two reviews: “Against Leviathan, a workers’ plan” bit.ly/against-leviathan and “Four climate futures” bit.ly/4-climate-f How may global warming play out? David Wallace-Wells’ The Uninhabitable Earth attempts to sketch answers. “Climate disaster is already with us” is a review of this book. There have been some critical replies, and a debate, following this. The interlocutors both agree the book is worth reading. See the articles: bit.ly/w-wells Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming by Andreas Malm attempts to chart the rise of steam power and its links to the development of capitalism. We are critical of much of his politics. See workersliberty.org/malm-debate for several differing reviews on Malm’s writings, a debate, plus a critical study guide. We read and discussed several different readings on “Degrowth” from a Marxist perspective. Readings and videos at workersliberty.org/readings-degrowth *Stay updated* The climate, and related science, politics, and activism are constantly changing. This pamphlet will start going out of date as soon as we publish it. We work to make that happen: to build a climate movement to move us onto a different track. Here are some ways to keep up to date: • Our website, workersliberty.org • Articles at workersliberty.org/climate-change • Subscribe to receive our weekly newspaper Solidarity, and support our work, for only £5 per month, at workersliberty.org/sub • Events, including our socialist environmental study group, at workersliberty.org/events • Contact us, and get more involved. Call 020 7394 8923, email [email protected] or find us on facebook, twitter, or instagram: @workersliberty