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Labour wins local support – now make them fight the cuts

Joy Macready takes stock of the results ot the local council elections and asks where now for Labour?   Thursday 3 May proved to be a red-letter day…

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No sunshine for Eurozone as crisis returns

The Eurozone crisis is the main immediate threat to world economic stability and could spark another worldwide recession. Now the 6 May elections have added a new political…

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A rout for the parties of austerity – an opportunity for the left

The Greek elections have demonstrated a massive popular rejection of the governing parties who support the EU-IMF austerity memorandum that has caused so much suffering to ordinary Greek…

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Coalition in crisis – it’s time to go on the attack!

THE COALITION took a drubbing in the local elections. The Tories and Lib Dems lost 741…

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Bring racist police to justice

The recent police killings of Mark Duggan and Anthony Grainger expose the racism rife in…

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17 June – March for Anthony Grainger

The #justice4grainger campaign is growing – and it will not stop until it gets justice.…

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UK Economy: the Great Depression

Britain is experiencing “the deepest recession and weakest recovery for 100 years,” according to Michael…

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Free Marian Price

VETERAN IRISH Republican Marian Price has been imprisoned without trial since May 2011. This harks…

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Say no to Olympic guns

By Marcus Halaby   THE HEADY combination of big business, land development, local and national…

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Events

Sri Lankan left in flux as JVP splits - prospects for a new party
23 May, Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Sq, London

Theory

How should we organise against capitalism: Networks or a Party?

The great recession has tested working class parties to the limit. Almost every social democratic and labour party has repositioned itself in favour of cuts and austerity. For…

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What’s wrong with the union lefts today?

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

December 7, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More

Capitalism against democracy

Not since 1989 has the demand for democracy been so loud across the world. But everywhere police and governments are trying to repress our movements. The big question…

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Marxism Today – the Gramsci Enigma

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

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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 the G20, and European leaders are having regular summits, but the economy is…

November 7, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More
International

No sunshine for Eurozone as crisis returns

The Eurozone crisis is the main immediate threat to world economic stability and could spark another worldwide recession. Now the 6…

May 12, 2012 / Comments Off / Read More

Free Marian Price

VETERAN IRISH Republican Marian Price has been imprisoned without trial since May 2011. This harks back to the British government’s widespread…

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Support the self-determination of the Balochi people!

PAKISTAN’S MILITARY has intensified its fifth operation in Balochistan, battling a resistance movement against national oppression. Thousands of Balochi political activists…

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Student strikes rock Quebec and Chile

Students in Québec, Canada have been on strike for three months against the government’s attempts to raise university tuition fees, while…

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The Arab Left: Paying the price for Stalinism

The Arab Spring of 2011 inspired millions around the world through its acts of heroism. But now the revolutions have stalled.…

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Coalition in crisis – it’s time to go on the attack!

THE COALITION took a drubbing in the local elections. The…

Labour wins local support – now make them fight the cuts

Joy Macready takes stock of the results ot the…

UK Economy: the Great Depression

Britain is experiencing “the deepest recession and weakest recovery…

Disable the government – not Remploy!

By Sally Turner   REMPLOY, a government-owned company that…

PCS: New strategy needed

By Rebecca Anderson   The issue of overriding importance…

NHS: All out with Unite on 10 May

The fight to save the NHS starts with the…

NUT leaders dither as teachers lose out

By Bernie McAdam, Sandwell NUT The National Union of…

Why we need a rank and file movement

WE ARE IN the midst of the biggest capitalist…

Labour wins local support – now make them fight the cuts

Joy Macready takes stock of the results ot the…

A New Anticapitalist Initiative

A project is launched in Britain, bringing together activists…

Statement on the Abductions in Sri Lanka

International Council, League for the Fifth International, 9 April…

A critical review of the anti-cuts movement

As we approach the second anniversary of the Coalition…

Sri Lanka: a new party?

In the aftermath of Rajapakse’s victory in his war…

The anti-cuts movement

As we approach the second anniversary of the Coalition…

George Galloway’s ‘Bradford Spring’

George Galloway’s ‘Bradford Spring’ shows huge potential for left…

How should we organise against capitalism: Networks or a Party?

The great recession has tested working class parties to…

Disable the government – not Remploy!

By Sally Turner   REMPLOY, a government-owned company that…

PCS: New strategy needed

By Rebecca Anderson   The issue of overriding importance…

All aboard for London Bus strike

BUS DRIVERS in the capital are to ballot for strike…

Support the Tanker drivers!

By Sally Turner   As soldiers prepare to scab…

NHS: All out with Unite on 10 May

The fight to save the NHS starts with the…

NUT leaders dither as teachers lose out

By Bernie McAdam, Sandwell NUT The National Union of…

Why we need a rank and file movement

WE ARE IN the midst of the biggest capitalist…

The Great Unrest: Organising the Rank and File 1910-1914

In this timely commemorative article, Dave Stockton looks at…

Free Marian Price

VETERAN IRISH Republican Marian Price has been imprisoned without…

Why we still need international women’s day

International women’s day needs to be put back on…

A new women’s movement to fight the ‘new sexism’

We need a new women’s movement based on both…

In rape cases, who is on trial?

The acquittal of Dominique Strauss Kahn and the public…

SlutWalk: women fight back against misogyny and rape

The SlutWalk movement has struck a chord with young…

Italy: women and workers march against Berlusconi

Hundreds of thousands of women took to the streets…

Reasons to protest on 26 March: cuts to women’s refuges

Government cuts to council budgets will lead to more…

Celebrate 100 years of International Women’s Day

Public meeting to celebrate 100 years of International Women’s…

Bring racist police to justice

The recent police killings of Mark Duggan and Anthony…

Student strikes rock Quebec and Chile

Students in Québec, Canada have been on strike for…

Police are becoming more racist, not less

Only token changes have been made since the 1999…

Police racism crisis is a chance to fight back

In the last week, the London Metropolitan Police have…

Riot panel whitewashes racist police

By Andy Yorke The media and Tory ministers have…

IT’S TIME FOR REAL OPPOSITION

No Cuts – No War – No Privatisation Left…

Youth: at the sharp end of Tory Britain

Two years of Tory Britain has taken its toll…

Alfie Meadows: drop the charges, put the police in the dock

Sally Turner Monday 26 March was the first day…

Anti-Racism

Bring racist police to justice

The recent police killings of Mark Duggan and Anthony Grainger expose the racism rife in the police force. Conditioned to see young, black men as drug dealers…

May 12, 2012 / Comments Off
Economy

UK Economy: the Great Depression

Britain is experiencing “the deepest recession and weakest recovery for 100 years,” according to Michael Saunders, an economist at Citigroup. Output has not recovered even half of…

May 12, 2012 / Comments Off
Pensions

PCS: New strategy needed

By Rebecca Anderson   The issue of overriding importance at this year’s conference of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union  will again be the battle to…

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Education

NUT leaders dither as teachers lose out

By Bernie McAdam, Sandwell NUT The National Union of Teachers (NUT) Conference this Easter made abundantly clear to its leaders that more national strike action was needed…

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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…

December 7, 2011 / Comments Off
Democratic Rights

Bring racist police to justice

The recent police killings of Mark Duggan and Anthony Grainger expose the racism rife in the police force. Conditioned to see young, black men as drug dealers…

May 12, 2012 / Comments Off
Health Sector

NHS: All out with Unite on 10 May

The fight to save the NHS starts with the pensions strike on 10 May, argues NHS worker Dara O’Connell   A HUNDRED thousand health workers in Unite…

May 12, 2012 / Comments Off
Environment

A Fracking disaster in the making

THE CAPITALISTS’ LUST for oil and gas knows no boundaries. From wars to extortion, economic sanctions and environmental disasters, these are all just unfortunate blips in the profit…

May 12, 2012 / Comments Off