Phil Hearse
Britain: The right after Sunak — and the left‑wing alternative
Phil Hearse — As Britain grapples with the aftermath of its recent general election, the political landscape is shifting dramatically. With the Labour left marginalised and the far-right Reform UK surging, the implications for Britain's future and the international scene are profound.
Global elections: Hard right reaches for power
Phil Hearse — Left-wing mirth at the Tories’ farcical election launch should be tempered by the likely vote for far-right Reform UK and the determination of the Labour leadership to crush the last remnants of Corbynism.
Britain: Politics in crisis — prospects for the hard right and militant left
Phil Hearse examines the rapidly shifting political landscape that the increasing likelihood of a Starmer-led government is bringing about.
Britain: Writing on the wall for Sunak and Starmer
First published at Anti*Capitalist Resistance.
Climate collapse threatens slide to fascism and war
Phil Hearse argues that climate catastrophe will massively boost the number of refugees, making immigration even more central to the politics of the Global North.
Taiwan, militarism and the reactionary campaign against China
Phil Hearse argues for self-determination for Taiwan, but says that the Left must oppose the American military build up in the Indo-Pacific region and preparations for a disastrous war against China.
Tory rebels: Mad hatters and creeping fascism in Britain
Phil Hearse examines the ever-growing right-wing factions in the British Conservative Party.
The political importance of Mike Davis
Phil Hearse - From the 1980s until his death in California on October 22, Mike Davis was among the most influential Marxist theorists writing in the English language.
Ukraine war, imperialism and the left: An interview with British socialist Phil Hearse
The war in Ukraine has provoked sharp differences among people on the left and peace activists. Federico Fuentes spoke to veteran British socialist and Anti*Capitalist Resistance member Phil Hearse about how these differences reflect deep underlying controversies about the world crisis.
Britain: Millions say ‘enough is enough’, as Tories plan massive attack
Last week the Mirror newspaper exposed the case of an 87-year-old man, a sufferer of prostate cancer, who waited 15 hours for an ambulance after falling outside his house in Cornwall. Unable to move him, his family built a makeshift tent to keep off the rain. Conservative Party leadership contenders Rishi Sunak and Liz Trust have solutions for the NHS crisis—lots more privatisation. This means that you will now only wait 15 hours for an ambulance if you don’t have the right health insurance—in other words, if you are poor.
Britain: Tory candidates push anti‑China cold war
Although Liz Truss has largely succeeded in outflanking her rival Rishi Surnak to the right[1] on economic policy, by contrast on social issues[2] and foreign policy Surnak and Truss have played a game of right-wing leapfrog, each dragging the other successively toward more hard-line positions.