AWL

Today one class, the working class, lives by selling its labour power to another, the capitalist class which owns the means of production. Society is shaped by the capitalists' relentless drive to increase their wealth. Capitalism causes poverty, unemployment, the blighting of lives by overwork, imperialism, the destruction of the environment and much else.

Against the accumulated wealth and power of the capitalists, the working class has one weapon: solidarity.

The Alliance for Workers' Liberty aims to build solidarity through struggle so that the working class can overthrow capitalism. We want socialist revolution: collective ownership of industry and services, workers' control and a democracy much fuller than the present, with elected representatives recallable at any time and an end to bureaucrats' and managers' privileges.

We fight for the labour movement to break with "social partnership" and assert working-class interests militantly against the bosses.

Our priority is to work in the workplaces and trade unions, supporting workers' struggles, producing workplace bulletins, helping organise rank-and-file groups.

We stand for:

• Independent working-class representation in politics.
• A workers' government, based on and accountable to the labour movement.
• A workers' charter of trade union rights - to organise, to strike, to picket effectively, and to take solidarity action.
• Taxation of the rich to fund decent public services, homes, education and jobs for all.
• A workers' movement that fights all forms of oppression. Full equality for women and social provision to free women from the burden of housework. Free abortion on request. Full equality for lesbian, gay and bisexual people. Black and white workers' unity against racism.
• Open borders.
• Global solidarity against global capital - workers everywhere have more in common with each other than with their capitalist or Stalinist rulers.
• Democracy at every level of society from the smallest workplace or community to global social organisation.
• Working-class solidarity in international politics: equal rights for all nations, against imperialists and predators big and small.
• Maximum left unity in action, and openness in debate!

If you agree with us, please take some copies of Solidarity to sell - and join us!

Activist Agenda: campaigns and info

A list of many campaigns that Workers' Liberty activists are involved with and support, plus info about other organising and resources.

Discussion bulletin on ecology #1, November 2023, #2, February 2024

Discussion bulletin on ecology #1, November 2023 (DB 371) Click here for pdf of the first Eco DB, in the two column format as printed. Click here for a PDF of the same but in a one-column format, if preferred for reading online. Click here for doc version of the bulletin. Discussion bulletin on ecology #2, February 2024 Click here for pdf of the second Eco DB, in the two column format as printed. Click here for a PDF of the same but in a one-column format, if preferred for reading online. Click here for doc version of the bulletin. Contents #1 Click to read online: Metabolism, Part 1: Marx, by...

Alan McArthur 1972-2023

Comrades of a certain vintage will remember Alan McArthur, who died way too young earlier this summer

Workers’ Liberty summer camp

August Bank Holiday weekend saw Workers’ Liberty’s 2023 Socialist Summer Camp. Dozens of members and friends of Workers’ Liberty joined a weekend of fun and socialist politics. Set in the Surrey hills, the camp was a great location for hikes and wild swimming, and we did plenty of both. Organising the camp this year was made a little more complicated by the railway strike on the Saturday, but we took it as an opportunity to support the RMT and a group from the camp paid a visit to a local picket line early that morning. We had rounders, football, frisbee, a pub quiz and a memorable talent show...

Lutte Ouvrière fête 2023

Eleven activists and friends of Workers’ Liberty made the journey to the annual fête organised by the French revolutionary socialist organisation Lutte Ouvrière in parkland near Paris on 27-29 May. This year, good weather made the attendance higher than the usual 20,000 or so. Many come to enjoy the food stalls, children’s games, film showings, and talks on everything from pre-history or life in the Middle Ages through to many scientific topics, and there are also many political debates and talks in areas set aside for “forums”. Workers’ Liberty ran a forum (well-attended given its 9am Sunday...

Rebuilding the forces of socialism

Workers’ industrial struggle has revived in recent months on a scale not seen for decades. That is cause for great hopes. Left-wing political mobilisation, though, has failed to match it. On issues like the NHS, new anti-strike laws, asylum rights, and the environment, activity on the streets has been small in proportion to the number of people opposed to official policies. That reflects a low ebb of socialist activity in the broadest sense. The activist socialist groups are often not very active and have little cooperation and little dialogue. Many people see themselves as socialists and yet...

Ukrainian socialists speak in UK

Brie and Olenka, two young socialist feminists and members of the Ukrainian left party, Sotsialny Rukh (Social Movement), recently toured the UK speaking at meetings and talking to activists. The comrades have been hosted by Workers’ Liberty and have addressed meetings in Sheffield, Nottingham, Liverpool and Brighton. Along the way they have discussed with Labour politicians, feminist activists, journalists and trade unionists. Workers’ Liberty believe it is important to listen to the authentic voice of the left in Ukraine, which has been little-heard in the UK. The Ukrainian left and unions...

Ukrainian socialists visit UK in March

Olenka and Brie, two activists from the Ukrainian socialist organisation Sotsialniy Rukh (Social Movement, SR), are visiting Britain in March. Their visit is hosted by Workers’ Liberty. The comrades will meet activists, trade unionists, socialists and feminists as they briefly tour the country, speaking at conferences and public meetings. No one on the British left should understate the significance of what they have to say or misunderstand the urgency of their message. The comrades of SR have been active in countless campaigns against the Ukrainian capitalist class. And now they have the...

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