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Solidarity from below: a report on the Birmingham Bin Strike

Communist Vanguard attended the third ‘Megapicket’ in support of the Birmingham refuse workers striking over severe pay cuts and the removal of their Waste Recycling and Collection Officer (WRCO) roles. Across five sites, including three major depots, workers, comrades, and supporters gathered to demonstrate solidarity and continue the fight against the deepening of the refuse […]

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It’s time to finally abandon social democracy

Frequently, ‘left-wing’ unity is presented surrounding the support of social democratic projects, which often masquerade themselves as anti-capitalist endeavours. In Britain, this has found its most recent expression with the launching of Your Party (YP), that has been upheld as a potential vehicle for social change. Conversely, we don’t see the task at hand being

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Power from Below: Learning from Greece, Fighting in Britain

Learning how working-class struggle works in Greece is extremely useful for understanding how workers could organise in Britain too. Greece is not examined as a special case, but as a comparable one. Like Britain, Greece is an advanced capitalist economy integrated into both turopean and global markets. Its low union density, weakened social-democratic base, and

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Don’t trust social democracy; it protects capital, not you

Social democracy promises an easier path for the working class, softening the image of capitalism while avoiding confrontation with the system itself. But for workers, confrontation with a system based on exploitation can never be evaded. It channels working class anger into parliamentary illusions, erasing the urgency of class struggle and instructing workers to trust

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British tech: the parasitic sector

Britain’s $1.2 (2025) trillion tech sector isn’t an industrial powerhouse. It’s a rentier engine. Focused on FinTech, AI, and SaaS / cloud services, its core product is intellectual property: patents, licenses, and proprietary software. This model employs millions of workers but generates value through legal ownership and extraction, not mass production. It’s the perfect capitalist tool for a

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Birmingham bin workers fight back against pay cuts

We stand in solidarity with the Birmingham bin workers, who have been striking against brutal pay cuts and worsening conditions; their experience in the recent round of defensive strikes highlights the valuable lessons we can learn when fighting back against austerity and exploitation. Since March 2025, bin workers in Birmingham have been taking official strike

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