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YESTERDAY was a historic day in the history of Britain and its three constituent nations.
Triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Constitutional Treaty marks the beginning of the formal process of leaving the European Union. This meets the demand of the majority of those who voted in last June’s referendum.
It is therefore, in essence, an expression of the “popular sovereignty” which — for socialists at least — should count for more than bourgeois notions of parliamentary or judicial sovereignty. But yesterday also marked a new stage in the historic struggle to determine what kind of society there will be in Britain outside the EU.
The biggest strike in global history is a template for our future. The silence tells you all you need to know, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT
It is only trade union power at work that will materially improve the lot of working people as a class but without sector-wide collective bargaining and a right to take sympathetic strike action, we are hamstrung in the fight to tilt back the balance of power, argues ADRIAN WEIR
As bus builder Alexander Dennis threatens Falkirk closure and Grangemouth faces ruthless shutdown by tax exile Jim Ratcliffe, RICHARD LEONARD MSP warns that global corporations must be resisted by a bold industrial strategy based on public ownership