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.
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 of New Age, the paper of the Communist Workers' Movement, covers topics including the Lebanese conflict and Palestinian resistance to Israeli aggression, critiques of British industrial conditions at Leyland and strikes such as at Claridges hotel, discussions on the Official Secrets Act and prosecution of The Leveller magazine, analysis of capitalist culture through film criticism, the expansion of MacDonald's and its labor practices, and political commentary on Soviet and American imperialism in the Middle East.