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As Marx explained in the Communist Manifesto, as working-class socialists we intervene in the organic labour movement, not set up “our own” movement beside it.

As Marx explained in the Communist Manifesto, as working-class socialists we intervene in the organic labour movement, not set up “our own” movement beside it.

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.

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.