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2020 crash highlights

  • Capitalist crisis / The cost of living crisis is a capitalist crisis!

    The capitalists have shown themselves to be entirely unable to run their own system for the benefit of society.

    4 Nov 2022 ,
  • USA / Insider dealing is just one of the ways US politicians get paid

    Only revolution can end the corruption of public life.

    28 Jan 2022 , Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / Crisis is inescapable while capitalism remains

    The working class’s historic role is to put an end to profit-driven capitalism and to build a new, socialist society in its place.

    4 Jan 2022 ,
  • Health / Covid has exposed the weakness of capitalism and the strength of socialism

    In highlighting the fatal flaws of capitalism, the pandemic has also given us a chance to pursue solutions with renewed energy and hope.

    2 Jan 2022 ,
  • Lebanon / Lebanon has a new government, but remains a vassal state

    The hypocrisy of US imperial enforcer Victoria Nuland denouncing the ‘thieves’ her own government has propped up for decades passes all bounds.

    15 Nov 2021 , Lalkar
  • British politics / Ninth party congress: We must connect our movement with the masses

    Important foundations have already been laid. Now we must expand and build on those in a principled and serious way.

    11 Nov 2021 , Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / Reform of the Secrets Act is another brick in the wall

    While the ‘opposition’ sits on its hands, the ruling class is rolling out more legislation designed to suppress working-class discontent.

    5 Aug 2021 , Proletarian
  • Industry / The Sanjeev Gupta, Lex Greensill and David Cameron affair

    Once again we see the absurdity of a system that leaves the fate of essential industries and millions of workers in the hands of rapacious fraudsters.

    21 May 2021 , Lalkar
  • World / Five Eyes become four as New Zealand distances itself from anti-China action

    Workers have no interest in going along with the wave of anti-China propaganda that is preparing the ground for a devastating war.

    20 May 2021 , Proletarian
  • Industry / Greensill debacle: the door keeps revolving

    The collapse of this particular debt-laden finance house is drawing public attention to some very uncomfortable truths.

    3 May 2021 ,
  • Industry / FlyBe is dead, long live FlyBe

    Turns out all it takes to avoid the creditors is a slightly tweaked name and a fresh coat of paint.

    26 Apr 2021 ,
  • Industry / Cameron’s hand caught trapped in the till as Greensill collapses

    The collapse of yet another debt-laden house of cards has shone a light on the revolving door between career politicians and the corporations they serve.

    27 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • Industry / With ‘saviours’ like Gupta, who needs enemies?

    If you are rich enough, you can get richer still without spending a penny; it is the workers who pay when the vultures’ schemes collapse.

    9 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Destitution in Britain compounded by 2020 crash and covid shutdowns

    How can it be that there is so much want in the midst of so much plenty?

    4 Mar 2021 , Proletarian
  • Economy / GameStop stops Wall Street

    Activist amateur traders ‘driven by righteous anger’ very nearly broke at least one hedge vulture’s bank, causing panic on the stock exchange.

    2 Feb 2021 , Proletarian
  • Society / Time to end poverty: expropriate the expropriators!

    Bourgeois commentators are increasingly identifying the problems besetting humanity, but they are congenitally incapable of recognising the solution staring them in the face.

    23 Jan 2021 ,
  • India / The global aspect of India’s farmer protests

    Exposing India’s food producers to untrammelled force of the market will raise food prices and put farmers at the mercy of agribusiness corporations.

    19 Jan 2021 , The Hindu
  • India / The largest strike the world has ever seen is taking place now in India

    But you wouldn’t know it from Britain’s corporate media and Labour-affiliated trade union leaderships.

    11 Jan 2021 , Lalkar
  • Lay-offs and closures / Jobless figures mount as Paperchase is latest retail chain to fail

    As the economic crisis is exacerbated by repeated lockdowns, company after company is going to the wall.

    7 Jan 2021 ,
  • Lay-offs and closures / Sunak extends furlough till April as jobless stats sow panic

    The number of redundancies continues to climb inexorably each month, despite all efforts to massage the figures and soften the blow.

    23 Dec 2020 ,
  • British politics / Crisis of legitimacy: trust in politicians and journalists keeps going down

    What does it say about our ‘democracy’ when those who are supposed to uphold it are some of the least trusted people in the country?

    7 Dec 2020 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Demise of RPI: another attack on workers’ pensions

    Why should our right to a dignified old age depend on the vagaries of stock-exchange gamblers and government statisticians?

    5 Dec 2020 , Proletarian
  • Economy / Debenhams, Arcadia: Making workers pay for the crisis

    Tens of thousands are set to lose jobs and suffer pension cuts, once again making workers pay the price for capitalism’s failings.

    4 Dec 2020 , Proletarian
  • Economy / Edinburgh Woollen Mill: the vultures circle

    Thousands of workers look set to lose their jobs, but the man whose fortune they made will have no trouble hanging onto his millions.

    19 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • Economy / Capital gains tax: Big business cries before it is hit

    Despite the exponential growth of poverty and inequality, our rulers still can’t seem to face the idea of paying a little more of their ill-gotten gains into the state’s coffers.

    18 Nov 2020 , Proletarian
  • Social wage / Insult to injury: government plans to cut Universal Credit boost

    Covid has exposed the injustice of below-poverty-line benefits. How will our rulers balance their need for cheap and desperate workers with maintaining social peace?

    29 Oct 2020 ,
  • Pay and conditions / Railway pensions under threat

    It is the bosses’ responsibility to see to it that deferred wages are paid in full; why are workers expected to take the hit?

    23 Sep 2020 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / FT spills the beans on the great pensions rip-off

    Not content with stealing workers’ unpaid labour today, the capitalists are conspiring to steal their right to a dignified retirement tomorrow.

    20 Sep 2020 , Proletarian
  • Lebanon / Tragedy in Lebanon

    The blast in Beirut port may prove to be the straw that broke the camel’s back.

    28 Aug 2020 , Lalkar
  • Social wage / UBI: a recipe for universal misery

    Our demand must be for meaningful work in a society free from poverty, unemployment and insecurity.

    24 Aug 2020 , Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / FT spills the beans on private equity scam

    The super-rich are indulging in an orgy of speculation using the ‘free money’ of low-interest debt. Who pays?

    23 Aug 2020 , Proletarian
  • Society / Thinktank warns of massive rise in destitution in the wake of Covid-19

    The wonders of capitalism: five million Britons predicted to become destitute this year.

    10 Aug 2020 , Proletarian
  • Lay-offs and closures / Nissan slashes workforce and pensions, poised to flee Sunderland altogether

    Blame Brexit; blame covid ... blame anything but the capitalist system.

    31 Jul 2020 ,
  • Capitalist crisis / Rising inequality following the 2020 crisis of overproduction

    Mushrooming inequality has the capitalist class spooked, for they fear the consequences.

    29 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • Disputes / Support the Tower Hamlets strikers!

    The Labour-run council plans to sack thousands of workers and re-hire them on dodgy new contracts with worse pay and conditions.

    16 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • Economy / Bosses press on with sackings as crisis deepens

    As the furlough support scheme comes to an end, the true depth of the economic crisis is becoming ever clearer.

    7 Jul 2020 , Proletarian
  • Economy / Go Outdoors ‘rescued’ – for now

    Financial fancy footwork may allow the chain’s owners to sidestep onerous lease conditions as high street footfall plunges.

    2 Jul 2020 ,
  • Social wage / The plight of the homeless after lockdown

    ‘Business as usual’ as rough sleepers are thrown back onto the streets.

    29 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • Lay-offs and closures / P&O takes the money and runs

    The shipping company is laying off a thousand workers on the very routes it is being paid public money to operate.

    29 Jun 2020 ,
  • Lay-offs and closures / Imperial College sacking vital IT workers

    University managers plan to axe more than half their IT staff, despite their heroic work in enabling vital pandemic research.

    27 Jun 2020 ,
  • Lay-offs and closures / British Gas and SPS are latest to announce big job losses

    As the economic crisis bites, employers are looking to cut not only jobs but also pay, pensions and everything else.

    25 Jun 2020 ,
  • British politics / Boris’s chapter of accidents

    As the covid emergency progresses, the prime minister is jumping from one fiasco to another, exposing his many inadequacies to full public view.

    23 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • Civil liberties / The Coronavirus Act 2020

    Jumping on the excuse of Covid-19, parliament has rammed through a host of draconian measures unrelated to the health crisis.

    19 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • Pay and conditions / BA threatens to sack its entire workforce

    After rinsing the furlough scheme, the airline is now insisting that its staff should accept huge pay cuts or be sacked.

    16 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • Lay-offs and closures / Debenhams shafts its cafe workers

    Catering staff at the department store have been summarily dismissed without notice or redundancy pay.

    15 Jun 2020 ,
  • Social wage / UBI: the ‘right’ to be idle or the right to work?

    What does the call for a universal basic income really mean?

    8 Jun 2020 , Proletarian
  • Lay-offs and closures / Thousands more to go at Rolls Royce’s Derby plant

    As more and more manufacturing jobs are being scrapped, workers are the victims of the downward spiral of capitalist crisis.

    6 Jun 2020 ,
  • Lay-offs and closures / Jobless total rockets

    As the economic crisis bites, over a million workers in Britain have been forced precipitously onto the breadline.

    24 May 2020 , Proletarian
  • Lay-offs and closures / British Airways takes the money and runs

    The Covid-19 crisis is highlighting the necessity for public ownership of all our vital services.

    13 May 2020 ,
  • Health / Covid-19: What is the coronavirus and is it a real threat?

    Dr Ranjeet Brar takes a look at the medical aspects of the present pandemic, comparing Covid-19 to other viruses such as influenza and Sars.

    12 May 2020 , Lalkar
  • Capitalist crisis / The corona pandemic and the capitalist world economic crash of 2020

    Our rulers are keen to convince us that the deepest depression in the history of capitalism is a random and unpredictable ‘black swan’ event.

    2 May 2020 ,

2020 crash topics

  • 2020 crash
  • Drive to war
  • Inequality
  • Inflation
  • Overproduction crisis
  • Poverty
  • Protests and strikes
  • Sanctions
  • Supply lines
  • Ukraine war
  • Vladimir Putin
  • British imperialism
  • CPGB-ML
  • Enough is Enough
  • Housing crisis
  • Marxism
  • Bourgeois democracy
  • Corruption
  • Austerity
  • Banks
  • Debt
  • Ninth congress
  • Planned economy
  • Big pharma
  • C19 vaccines
  • Covid-19
  • NHS
  • PPE
  • Privatisation
  • Test and trace
  • Greenwashing
  • Red to be green
  • Capitalist crisis
  • French imperialism
  • Hezbollah
  • US imperialism
  • Bolivarian revolution
  • Chinese revolution
  • CPC
  • Cuban revolution
  • Jeremy Corbyn
  • Labour party
  • Lockdown
  • Sandinistas
  • Social democracy
  • Workers party
  • Justice system
  • Media lies
  • The state
  • Unemployment
  • Football
  • Vulture capitalism
  • British manufacturing
  • Rishi Sunak
  • Steel industry
  • Cold war
  • One Belt One Road
  • Secret services
  • Surveillance
  • Aviation industry
  • Consultancies
  • Hunger
  • Benefits
  • UBI
  • Retail sector
  • Children
  • Farmers movement
  • Food industry
  • Indian liberation struggle
  • BJP
  • Furlough
  • Gig economy
  • Civil rights
  • Imperialist war
  • Julian Assange
  • Lawfare
  • Pensions
  • Tax
  • George Galloway
  • Railways
  • RMT
  • Emmanuel Macron
  • Oil
  • Letters
  • Identity politics
  • Leninism
  • Brexit
  • Car industry
  • Unison
  • Tuc
  • Racism and immigration
  • Ferries
  • UCU
  • Outsourcing
  • Utilities
  • Boris Johnson
  • Schools
  • Tory party
  • Balpa
  • Fire and rehire
  • GMB
  • Unite the Union
  • Workers rights
  • Big tech

2020 crash video

  • Capitalist crisis / Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘What reset?’

    What do our rulers mean when they talk about the ‘great reset’, promise to ‘build back better’ or offer us a ‘green new deal’?

    4 Dec 2021, Proletarian TV
  • Capitalist crisis / Covid has laid bare the capitalist dystopia in which we are already living

    If 2020 has taught us anything it is that the current economic and political system is blocking our ability to solve humanity’s urgent problems.

    17 Mar 2021,
  • Health / Comrade Ranjeet on Press TV: 100,000 covid deaths

    This outcome is neither inevitable nor justifiable: the government is culpable for failing to stop the spread of the virus at an early date.

    30 Jan 2021, Proletarian TV
  • Capitalist crisis / The unenviable plight of the self-employed

    Workers are being thrown from pillar to post by the vagaries of capitalist production in crisis.

    31 Dec 2020,
  • British politics / Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘Free Assange’

  • Social wage / Picking workers’ pockets: the face mask tax is back

  • Health / Comrade Ranjeet on MoATS: ‘The government has failed the people’

  • Capitalist crisis / Comrade Joti on RT’s CrossTalk: ‘No Trust’

2020 crash theory

  • Capitalist crisis / It’s not the workers but the capitalists who are causing inflation

    It is the right and the duty of workers to demand a bigger share of the wealth their own labour has created.

    25 Jan 2023,
  • Capitalist crisis / The cost of living crisis is a capitalist crisis

    Economic crises are an inescapable feature of life under the market system. Socialist planning is our only way out.

    4 Nov 2022, Proletarian
  • Sport / What can the European Super League teach us about monopoly capitalism?

    The monopolisation of football is teaching workers all over again some of the lessons taught to us by Lenin over a century ago.

    2 Jun 2021, Proletarian
  • Capitalist crisis / The oil slump and its ramifications

    In attempting to retain domination over the oil market, Saudi Arabia has alienated its most important ally, supporter and protector.

    19 May 2020, Lalkar
  • Capitalist crisis / The economic crisis and coronavirus

    In fighting capitalist exploitation and the war danger, workers will ultimately seek a way out through socialist revolution.

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