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Resisting the Tory offensive and popularising socialist solutions
Just because the Tories are on the back foot we cannot simply wait for a Labour government — it is time to unite our various campaigns into one socialist struggle, writes MATT WILLGRESS, national organiser for Arise Festival

AS the crisis facing British capitalism deepens, the first thing we must do as the left is understand the scale of what we are up against and the depth of the economic, social and political crises.

Boris Johnson had already used the cover of the Covid crisis to launch a massive offensive on all fronts, which is now going into overdrive under Liz Truss.

Every day sees more attacks — whether that be on our trade unions, the scapegoating of refugees or attacks on benefit claimants.

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