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Willett’s privatisation bill rolled into ditch – for now

The government has dropped controversial proposals to make it easier for private businesses to set up universities, after several months of protest by students. The White Paper drawn…

Anger over Labour support for pay freeze deepens

Ed Ball’s announcement, supported by Miliband, that a future Labour government would not reverse a single cut and would implement a pay freeze on public sector workers has…

Cameron referendum conditions anger Scotland

David Cameron has stirred up a hornets nest of indignation in Scotland by announcing that he intends to force the Scottish people to answer his question in the…

Theory

What’s wrong with the union lefts today?

Simon Hardy and Jeremy Dewar take a critical look at the broad left strategy…

Capitalism against democracy

Not since 1989 has the demand for democracy been so loud across the world. But…

Marxism Today – the Gramsci Enigma

Luke Cooper on Gramsci’s Marxism (followed by discussion and summing up below)   …

The G20 didn’t stop the economic crisis: what comes next?

No matter what they try, nothing seems to work… The world leaders have gathered at…

Strategy and tactics of the Counterfire group; a critique

The global capitalist crisis has shaken up existing outlooks on the radical left. A new…

Events


London Lectures

  • 16/11 - The Gramsci Enigma (at ULU, Malet Street, 7pm)
  • 07/12 - Where is Britain Going? Cameron, Cuts and Class Struggle
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Sparks fly for more strike action

The electricians dispute is continuing, writes Joy Macready, and the sparks have Balfour Beatty in their sights…

Twitter has ‘different ideas about freedom of expression’

IN A move calculated to appeal to investors, Twitter has announced it is now able to censor tweets by country of origin. Previously, if a tweet was deleted, it…

Manchester Anticapitalists discuss anticuts unity

Saturday saw the second meeting of Greater Manchester Anticapitalists, again bringing together a diverse audience of radical activists wanting to work together to build a stronger left in…

South London Anticapitalist Network launched

Simon Hardy reports on a successful meeting in South London for an anticapitalist alternative.…

Unite the Resistance comes to Manchester

Tuesday saw the first real organising meeting in Manchester for the Unite the Resistance campaign, which recently held a several-hundred strong meeting in London to oppose the pensions…

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Occupy and the Tasks of Socialists

An excellent article at the blog, Louis Proyect: the Unrepentant Marxist, looks at  the relationship between organised socialists and the new…

Rape and the Occupy Movement

The rapes reported at some Occupy# camps have barely been discussed by the movement. But they pose major questions around how…

Britain is ruled by the banks, for the banks

Is David Cameron’s kid-glove treatment of the City remotely justified, when it neither pays its way nor lends effectively, asks Aditya Chakrabortty at…

Mike Davis : Ten Immodest Commandments

Mike Davis draws on the lessons of 1968 with ten pieces of wisdom for the #Occupy movement at The Rag Blog…

Anti-Fascism

EDL join forces with BNP splitters

The British Freedom Party and the English Defence League has announced a merger reports Dan Edwards THE FASCIST English Defence League (EDL) has joined forces with the British…

Economy

Economic outlook worsens as cuts deepen crisis

THE UK is facing a double dip recession, the first since 1975, according to recent economic data, writes Simon Hardy…

Health Sector

Strike to save NHS

General strike can bring down Tories First step is All Out on 30 June Build cross-union anti-cuts committees Act with the union leaders where possible, without them…

Democratic Rights

Cameron referendum conditions anger Scotland

David Cameron has stirred up a hornets nest of indignation in Scotland by announcing that he intends to force the Scottish people to answer his question in…

Education

The battle of Downhills – no to Academies!

Staff and parents at Downhills Primary School have launched an impressive campaign to fight the Department of Educations attempt to force the community school into becoming an…

History

The battle of Saltley Gate – 1972 “Close the gates!”

On the fortieth anniversary of the Battle of Saltley Gate Norman Goodwin then a shop steward at GKN Salisbury Transmissions plant in Witton recounts his memories of…

Pensions

Pensions: left leaders in retreat – only the organised rank and file can restart the fight

After a turbulent week of union executive meetings, 300 militants packed into Friends Meeting House for an emergency conference to fight the pensions sell out. It soon…

Theory

What’s wrong with the union lefts today?

Simon Hardy and Jeremy Dewar take a critical look at the broad left strategy…