Clement Attlee’s post-war Labour government (1945-51) is routinely celebrated by the British left for its reforms. The creation of the welfare state, its expansion of social housing, and the founding of the National Health Service. These reforms are held up as the pinnacle of socialist achievement in Britain. Yet conspicuously absent from this praise is any serious condemnation of Labour’s role in laying the groundwork for post-war imperialism—chief among them, its central role in founding the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in 1949.

While Attlee’s domestic reforms provided limited concessions to a war weary British working class, his government simultaneously tied Britain to a permanent military alliance with the United States, processed as being designed for defence, but in reality it was created for the preservation and projection of the European (including USA) capitalist powers. NATO was never a peacekeeping force; it was, from the outset, an instrument of Cold War aggression—backing coups, invasions, and occupations across the globe in defence of capitalist interests. The cost has been borne by the global working class, with millions dead in Korea, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Libya and elsewhere, all under NATO’s watch.

Labour's imperialist legacy did not end with Attlee. Every Labour government since—Wilson, Callaghan, Blair, Brown—has remained firmly committed to NATO. Not one has ever seriously questioned Britain’s membership, let alone proposed withdrawal. Even the so-called "left" leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, despite apparently being anti-war, pledged support for NATO in the 2017 and 2019 manifestos.

The reality is inescapable: every Labour government, regardless of rhetoric, has been a willing collaborator in NATO’s global dominance. The party’s allegiance lies not with international working-class, but is an active machinism of British capitalism.

Class Consciousness Project

http://thecommunists.org/2025/05/04/news/labour-party-increased-political-repression/
The Labour party is the agent of increased political repression in Britain

The Commodification of Education
http://classconsciousnessproject.blog/2025/05/09/the-commodification-of-education/

Don't forget we will be here at The Casa tomorrow for any that wants to come along.

The Commodification of Education
http://classconsciousnessproject.blog/2025/05/09/the-commodification-of-education/

What is to happen to these people? Drive them back to the conditions they came from? There, in the West Indies, one in three, or one in four of the working population can find no means of livelihood, no employment, because of the conditions created by colonialism. You cannot have it both ways. You cannot say that you are going to maintain these countries as colonial countries, rob them of their resources, deny them the fundamental freedom to build and develop their own country, and reduce them to uttermost poverty and then, simultaneously, when in desperation they come here to find some means of livelihood say ‘Back you go to the conditions we have created for you’. That is not an attitude worthy of Socialists or the Labour movement.

- R. Palme Dutt.
Britain’s Colonies And The
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Shared from BBC Sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cgenyd0q89no

As myself and Kit Klarenberg have talked about on the 'Decline & Fall' the Israeli regime is actually in a lot worse state than anyone in power is prepared to admit. The US intelligence agencies do know the truth and that is why they are looking for ways to stabilise the regime without looking like they've lost the war. One potential solution could be to declare a PLA run puppet state in the West Bank and Gaza that would be controlled by the Saudis and the Gulf tyrannies. Then you'd get "normalisation" with Israel from Riyadh. Trump gets a diplomatic victory and (they think) that the Israeli regime will get some breathing space. What they don't realise is that even if they try to impose a two state solution that is utterly controlled by the US that will still be too much for the fascist elements in Israel who may move into open revolt.

https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1921921680999403918

This article from 2023 proved prophetic. It laid bare the true role of Britain’s so-called trade union "leaders" and their loyalty to the capitalist state. Just like Keir Starmer, a faithful servant of British imperialism.

The Capitulating Left
http://classconsciousnessproject.blog/2023/06/25/the-capitulating-left/

In a surprise to absolutely nobody late stage imperial Britain is a miserable place to raise a child.