Congratulations to Manon C Williams who won the British Commission for Maritime History 2024 Boydell & Brewer Doctoral Prize in #MaritimeHistory! Read about her thesis and research into the journals of Royal Navy ship surgeons in Manon's blog post. buff.ly/KE6AQX5

My article on the problem of cadrisation from the forthcoming spring issue of International Socialism, "Cadrisation: building a party of organic intellectuals", isj.org.uk/cadrisation/ (Available as a PDF here: researchgate.net/publication/39… )

Huge Trans rights protest occupying most of Parliament square today

The evident confusion at the centre of government continues: “we’re facing a new economic reality” that’s why nothing should change? theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

BREAKING: the megapicket for has SHUT DOWN Lifford Lane bin depot. Hundreds are joining the picket line this morning to stand with the Birmingham bin workers. Solidarity can win ✊ #birminghambinstrike

on.ft.com/4kcNObL US-UK trade deal squeezes China supply chains

Son güne Joseph Choonara'nın sunumuyla "ABD emperyalizminin güzergahı - Trump neyin peşinde?" toplantısıyla devam ediyoruz. #Marksizm2025

Alasdair MacIntyre died yesterday. He's famous as the author of After Virtue, an important work of moral philosophy. But he was at one time among my illustrious predecessors as an editor of International Socialism. Some of his Marxist writings are here: marxists.org/history/etol/w…

uculeicester.org.uk/the-fight-to-p…

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UCU Leicester is alarmed to hear that these areas have been selected for “pre-change” engagement.  Read our full response to the announcement here - uculeicester.org.uk/the-fight-to-p…  Join a Union. Strength in numbers ✊  UCU #JoinAUnion

marx21us.org/2025/06/09/la-…

An interesting empirical study showing how strike activity helped restore union density in Chile. Not very surprising from a Marxist perspective, but good to see a case study taking the argument seriously! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Starmer has an interview in tomorrow's Observer expressing regret for his "Island of Strangers" speech. Here, from the new issue of International Socialism, are some thoughts from me on the subject—and the state of British politics more generally. isj.org.uk/lurch-to-the-r…

Our ballot results are in! -63% of members voted -84% of voting members said YES to action short of strike -72% of voting members said YES to strike action Which means our call for industrial action has passed and we have a mandate to fight back!

La vacilante recuperación del movimiento obrero británico. One of my analyses of the UK strike wave a couple of years back, from the ISJ, has been translated into Spanish (with a new introduction). laizquierdadiario.com/La-vacilante-r…

Indicative ballot results are out! Click here for more about our dispute: uculeicester.org.uk/appeal-to-coun…

I wrote a piece in response to recent articles in Jacobin, by Hanna Goldberg and others, on Mike Kidron and the theory of the permanent arms economy. Sadly, Jacobin weren't interested, but you can read it here: researchgate.net/publication/39…

Our statement on the Labour government’s escalating authoritarian crackdown on the Palestine solidarity movement. We will not be silenced. We are the majority. We urge you to join us on the streets of London next Saturday (19 July) and march for Palestine.