Class Struggle
n°128
August 2026
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Andy Burnham’s government: “New Labour” revisited?
Andy Burnham stepped into Number 10 Downing Street on 20 July as Britain's 59th prime minister. As he said himself, it was "third time lucky". He'd run for Labour's leadership twice before - in 2010, coming fourth to Ed Miliband, and in 2015, second to Jeremy Corbyn. But this time … - 2
Looking back at the Brexit referendum: stupid, divisive, and dangerous
It's now just over 10 years since the Brexit referendum and 5 years, getting on for 6, since the official separation of Britain from the EU on 31 December 2020 - right in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. Not one, but two self-isolating events, coinciding to keep people in … - 3
“Hijacking the American Revolution”
This editorial for workplaces was written by the American Trotskyist group known as Spark, on 23 June, 2026 to mark the 250th Anniversary of the declaration of Independence. Trump tried to turn the American Revolution into a celebration of his own birthday. Well, it doesn't belong to him. 250 years … - 4
Britain is an island of strangers: we’re all migrants!
Along with the decline of the world capitalist economy and the growing poverty - especially in the countries of the "South", there has been a growing need for populations to migrate in order to survive economically and With the increasingly lethal constraints of a system which relies on competition for … - 5
China in the sights of US imperialism
This article has been translated from Lutte de Classe #257, the journal of the French Trotskyist organisation Lutte Ouvrière. While it addresses the reasons for US imperialism to try to flex its muscles against China, it also explains why China is not "imperialist", a common misapprehension among some on the …