Articles on progressive working class organisation from the Red Action Bulletin.


A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
In a wide-ranging interview with the secretary of the Independent Working Class Association (IWCA), we explore the background to the organisation and it’s plans for the future. Written in 1996 the interview examines the implications of the Labour party’s abandonment of the working class upon election to government. The IWCA rightly predicts the implosion of the British left and the rapid growth of a political vacuum in working class areas of Britain. After 18 years of right wing Tory government it’s demonstrated that Labour’s own shift to the right has now deemed the Tories unelectable for the foreseeable future, providing the ideal climate for a Le Pen / Haider type growth within areas now rightly sensing a lack of political representation. The IWCA outlines the absolute necessity of progressive working class organisation, to stem the political tide and fight back for working class interests.
Reproduced from RA 74, Spring 1997

SIMPLE EASY STEPS
Simple easy steps to developing long-term solutions to anti-social behaviour.
Reproduced from RA Vol 4, Issue 11, May/June '01

DIRTY BUSINESS
In exploring the controversy surrounding social cleansing in East Berlin, Joe Reilly discovers that while Stalinism is officially dead, the fear and loathing of working class independence is alive and kicking.
Reproduced from RA Vol 4, Issue 6, April/May '00

ELECTION FEVER
For the first time since the ’70s the Trotskyist Left, led by the SWP, are to stand against Labour in a major election. Amid the hype, Steve Potts takes a critical look at the London Socialist Alliance and examines its prospects for success.
Reproduced from RA Vol 4, Issue 6, April/May '00

NEIGHBOURS FROM HELL
Following Steve Potts' look at Islington, the spiritual home of New Labour, Observer columnist Nick Cohen confirms all his suspicions.
Reproduced from RA Vol 4, Issue 3, Oct/Nov '99

NO SHAME IN THIS GAME
The working classes of inner London, demoralised and downtrodden after the Thatcher onslaught on public spending and services stretched local communities to breaking point, now face a new threat: gentrification. Steve Potts investigates.
Reproduced from RA Vol 4, Issue 2, Aug/Sept '99

THE LINE OF THE MARCH
While the forced unity of socialists might suggest that the era of the sect is over, G. O'Halloran argues that this is unlikely to make any difference where it really counts, in working class communities. Precisely where the Independent Working Class Association is making ground.
Reproduced from RA Vol 3, Issue 6, April/May 1999

COMMUNITY RESISTANCE
Regular column from the RA Bulletin giving examples of independent working class organisation.

NEWS ITEMS

ONLY IWCA CAPABLE OF CHALLENGING BNP - 25th Jan '03

IWCA ELECTION RESULTS - 6th May '02

IWCA BREAKTHROUGH - 5th May '02