Contains reports on the British steel strike, unity between the Revolutionary Communist League of Britain and the Communist Workers' Movement, international crises such as the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, reflections on the revolutionary press in Britain including the 50th anniversary of the Daily Worker, and worker-related issues including nuclear power risks and job redundancies in the North East. Includes correspondences, conference reports, and ideological discussions relevant to Marxist-Leninist movements in Britain at the time.
Contents include a report on Ford workers' strike demanding a £20 weekly pay rise, solidarity actions in Europe, critiques of trade union leaderships, discussions on British and Irish political issues including the role of the RUC, analysis of European car industry mergers (Peugeot-Chrysler deal), an article on the electricians union and communist involvement, commentary on the Workers Revolutionary Party's stance on violence, Plaid Cymru's anti-fascist positions, US support for Irish National Liberation, and international analyses including the Institute for Strategic Studies, Somoza regime in Nicaragua, and Soviet social issues.
Collection of articles published in the New Age paper in 1979 by the Communist Workers Movement. Topics include Soviet-Vietnamese aggression against Democratic Kampuchea, Kampuchean people's war and resistance led by Comrade Pol Pot, lorry drivers strike in Britain and workers' struggles including the Garners restaurant strike and UPW pay claim, analysis of class struggle in 1978, Communist Workers Movement's theoretical journal Party Line launch, international solidarity with Kampuchea focusing on support from China and Korea, criticism of Soviet and Vietnamese actions, and call to action including pickets at Vietnamese Embassy in London.
This issue covers a variety of topics related to civil liberties under the P.O.T. Act in Britain, political analysis of the Labour Party and upcoming election, demonstrations against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, industrial disputes including railway unions and Ford workers, and international issues concerning the Soviet Union's global activities ten years after the invasion of Czechoslovakia. Articles also address the British car industry, strikes at Garners Steak Houses, and critiques of Ford's historical ties with Nazism.