Discussion of the reasons behind industrial decline in Liverpool, workers' strikes and political actions, including the closure of Leyland's Standard Triumph plant at Speke, solidarity and union struggles. Additional articles include the state of the unions, critique of Labour Party, and analysis of Kampuchea (Cambodia) politics by Dr. Malcolm Caldwell.
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.
Editorial against wage restraint; industrial disputes at Plessey Telecommunications and Post Office; political analysis of Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia 1968, Soviet imperialism and its global influence; call for demonstration against Soviet and US imperialism; readers' letters addressing Soviet imperialism in Africa.