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Postal workers take on low pay and privatisation
Friday 29 June will see the first national one day strike called by the Communication Workers Union (CWU). It involves three sectors of the Post Office – Royal Mail, Post Office Counters and Cash Services....writes a London post worker....Mon 25, June 2007 @ 22:23
Book launch for Andrew Kliman's Reclaiming Marx's 'Capital'
Date and Time: 6 pm, Wednesday 11th July
Place: SOAS (Russell Square), Brunei Gallery, Classroom B104
You are cordially invited to a discussion welcoming the launch of a major
new work on Marxist economic theory, "Reclaiming Marx's 'Capital': A
refutation of the myth of inconsistency".
Mon 25, June 2007 @ 21:03
Bolivian Revolution of 1952 - polemic with the POR
Gramar complains in his reply that the impact of the degeneration of the Fourth International "does not even figure" in our analysis of the POR. He goes on to say that the POR was far from being a united party in April 1952 implying that any "mistakes" of the POR could be put down to the evil influence of the "Pabloites".Mon 25, June 2007 @ 20:53
Permanent Revolution 2 (first series) 1984
The miners, the left and the general strike
Mon 25, June 2007 @ 20:52
THE MINERS, THE LEFT AND THE GENERAL STRIKE - 1984
Throughout the 1984 miners' strike, Workers Power has fought for the TUC to call a general strike. We have argued that it is necessary in order to secure a victory for the miners and to smash the entire Tory offensive that the MacGregor closure plan is merely one part of.Sat 23, June 2007 @ 15:52
Henryk Grossman and the Recovery of Marxism: Rick Kuhn: Review
Henryk Grossman was a Polish Marxist and contemporary of Karl Radek, who wrote an interesting version of Marxist crisis theory. As such his life certainly warrants a biography...writes Bill Jefferies....Fri 22, June 2007 @ 19:05
CWU post strike - Friday 29th June
The overwhelming support for industrial action in the CWU pay dispute, has the potential to destroy Gordon Brown's public sector pay cuts. As the figures released by the CWU at their annual conference show, every sector in dispute supported action and by massive majorities....writes Tony Jones....Thu 21, June 2007 @ 18:18
UCU first congress report
Following the merger of the AUT and NATFHE to form University and College Union (UCU) the first Congress was set to debate some key issues for the union. The usual issues of workloads, stress, management bullying and pay and conditions were on the agenda. Also debated were issues around Palestine, Islamophobia, and the public sector pay campaign....writes Pauline Atienza...Thu 21, June 2007 @ 00:21
Stokley Carmichael From Civil Rights to Black Power
The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was created as the first attempt to give an organisational structure to the spontaneous revolt of black youth against segregation. In the years after its founding meeting, on 16 April 1960, it was to become one of the most radical organisations in America.Tue 19, June 2007 @ 18:49
Reinstate Karen Reissmann: Stop Union victimisation
Karen Reissmann, a nurse for 25 years and an elected member of Unison’s national health service group executive, was suspended from work on June 15th. On a Friday afternoon, an important outpatient appointment with a very vulnerable patient and her consultant was interrupted, and on the direct orders of the chief executive, she was instructed to leave the out-patient consultation and the hospital....write...Manchester Community and Mental Health Branch....(from www.labournet.net)Mon 18, June 2007 @ 22:52
The anti-imperialist united front 1987
1. The tactics of communists in relation to bourgeois and petit-bourgeois led movements coming into struggle with imperialism was outlined in essence at the Second Congress of the Communist International (CI).Mon 18, June 2007 @ 22:38
Divided class, divided party: the SWP debates women's oppression
In the mid 1980s SWP theoreticians debated whether working class men benefit from women's oppression. The answer seems fairly straight forward. Yes. They have higher wages than women, are more unionised, have more valued skills, they don't have to do much housework, and don't face problems of sexual harassment and assault....writes Helen Ward...Mon 18, June 2007 @ 18:37
For the immediate release of Farooq Tariq and the other prisoners detained in Pakistan
For the immediate release of Farooq Tariq and the other prisoners detained after the wave of repression of the democratic movement in Pakistan....from the FIbureau...Sat 16, June 2007 @ 20:41
Adult Education & ESOL: The Fight Continues
Action to save Adult and Further Education, and to defend the right of migrants and asylum-seekers to study English, has generated some significant concessions in recent months. But the struggle continues, writes James Drummond of Hackney UCU.....
Sat 16, June 2007 @ 18:41
PR letter to iRevo conference on October 7 2006
This is a copy of the PR letter to the International Revolution conference was on October 7 2006. This conference was the first international iRevo conference with delegates from Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. The letter was an answer to the greetings we sent to your founding conference, which is already available on this web site.
Sat 16, June 2007 @ 18:06
UK anti-terrorism laws used to ban magazine
The OURAIM publication on Hamas and Hizbullah was effectively shut down and made illegal by the British state today on 9th June. This took place at approx 3.30pm, towards the end of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign demonstration to commemorate the 40th year of the Israeli military occupation of Palestinian territories taken in the 1967 war.Fri 15, June 2007 @ 20:52
Palestine: Two states: No solution
The revolt against Israeli rule in the West Bank and Gaza continues. It poses once again the question: For what type of state should the Palestinian resistance be fighting? David Green examines the question that has occupied the PLO for decades.Fri 15, June 2007 @ 01:02
Palestine: attempt to destroy Hamas government backfires
Ever since Hamas won the elections in the Palestinian Authority in early 2006 the imperialist powers led by the US have set out to destroy it. The current conflict in Gaza is a direct result of this, writes Stuart King.Thu 14, June 2007 @ 21:39
Through the woods and onto the road: G8 blockades report
Whilst some of our comrades were camped out on the summit access roads, another took part in a blockade of the B105 between Bad Doberan and Rostock. Read a first person view.Thu 14, June 2007 @ 19:03
Tens of thousands against the G8 summit
Between June 6-8, the heads of state of the world’s eight most power states met behind barbed wire and high fences for the latest G8 summit in Heiligendamm near Rostock, Germany....write Independent Revolution...Sun 10, June 2007 @ 20:59
South African public sector wages battle: general strike in the pipeline?
A coalition of 19 public sector unions, the largest of them affiliated to the Confederation of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) launched a national strike at the beginning of June in pursuit of a 12% wage claim. The ANC-led coalition government has not only rejected the workers' demands, but sent troops to strikebound schools and hospitals. As George B reports the stakes are mounting as workers have overwhelmingly said "no" to the employers' latest offer and COSATU has indicated that it is prepared to call out private sector workers in a move towards a nationwide general strike.Sun 10, June 2007 @ 19:04
A quick report from Rostock
I have just returned from a 44 hour blockade of the streets around Heilingamdam, writes Bill J...around 10,000 protestors based in three camp sites around the centre, had already agreed to seize the three key roads, which formed the land entrances into the site.Sat 09, June 2007 @ 11:25
Iraq: oilworkers strike; puppet regime threatens repression
On Monday 4 June oilworkers in Iraq's southern fields launched a major strike over pay, terms and conditions as well as the implications of the 'hydrocarbon law', which would open the country's oil industry to unprecedented exploitation by the multinationals. In response, the Maliki government has sent troops and tanks into the oilfields, and threatened union leaders with arrest. Below we reprint the most recent press release (Friday 8 June) from NAFTANA, a London-based Iraqi solidarity organisationWed 06, June 2007 @ 12:45
Will Blair's legacy include more nuclear power stations in Britain?
The UK government has published proposals for a new batch of nuclear power stations, something Tony Blair has been in favour of for years. Will it help save the planet from the perils of climate change? Pete Ashley and Jon Blake think not.Wed 06, June 2007 @ 12:15
Brown backs dracronian crack down on civil liberties
The police are non-plussed and even Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain says they are draconian and not needed. But Alison Higgins says Gordon Brown's backing for suggested new police powers shows us what to expect when he becomes prime ministerFri 01, June 2007 @ 15:47
CWI member arrested in Bolivia: Urgent solidarity needed
From CWI website
Following attacks on left-wing activists by right-wing thugs, working in collaboration with the right-wing Prefectura in Cochabamba, Bolivia, CWI member Adam Ziemkowski, has been arrested by the local police. Adam will appear in court on Wednesday 6th June charged with 'sedition and incitement to violence'.
Fri 01, June 2007 @ 14:54
Let’s empower the rank and file - PR2
Two important trade union conferences take place this autumn which will bring together hundreds if not thousands of rank and file members. One is called by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) for October, the other by Respect – the Unity Coalition – for November.Fri 01, June 2007 @ 14:53
The penguins march to victory! - PR2
This May school students in Chile took to the streets to demand free transport to school. Their fight was quickly transformed into a nationwide struggle against the education law, rocking the newly elected government of Michelle Bachelet. A member of the Chilean Trotskyist group Revolución Proletaria looks back on these events and their importance for Chilean students and workersFri 01, June 2007 @ 14:47
Derry anti-war movement - PR2
On Wednesday 9 August anti war protesters in Derry broke into the local plant of US missile manufacturer Raytheon, one of the largest arms companies in the world and supplier of guidance equipment for many of the missiles used recently by Israel in their invasion of the Lebanon.Fri 01, June 2007 @ 14:46
Ethiopian Teachers’ Association repressed but resilient - PR2
I attended the opening session of the General Assembly of the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association (ETA) on 31 August. Ethiopia’s government is headed by Meles Zenawi one of Blair’s handpicked Commissioners for Africa who spouts about the need for democracy, development and poverty reduction whilst giving orders to imprison, torture and murder political activists and trade unionists.Fri 01, June 2007 @ 14:45
Female Chauvinist Pigs, Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture: Ariel Levy: Review - PR2
Sixty -three per cent of 15 to 19-year-old young women in the UK want to be glamour models, and 25% aspire to be lap dancers, according to a survey cited in New Statesman last year.Fri 01, June 2007 @ 14:44
Five years on from 9/11 - PR2 Editorial
This issue of Permanent Revolution focuses on key developments in the international class struggle. Everywhere around us international war is being waged relentlessly. The Israeli invasion of the Lebanon, the fighting in Afghanistan, the ongoing quagmire that is Iraq; proof, if any were needed, of imperialism’s determination to impose its will on its subject nations.Fri 01, June 2007 @ 14:42
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner: Freakonomics: Review - PR2
Steven Levitt is a Harvard Economist who attempts to apply the tenets of neoliberal economics to the everyday. Stephen Dubner, is the journalist who wrote up his suppositions. Levitt says “incentives are the cornerstone of modern life” and “conventional wisdom is often wrong”....writes Bill Jefferies...Fri 01, June 2007 @ 14:41
Iraq: Sectarian bloodbath or liberation struggle? - PR2
“As is so often the case in this conflict it’s the Iraqi civilian population which suffers the greatest loss of life – either as a result of mistakes by the Americans, or, far more frequently, of course, as a result of the bombs and the bullets of the insurgents.”Fri 01, June 2007 @ 14:40
Lebanon: A welcome defeat for Zionism - PR2
Despite the backing of the United States and Britain, Israel’s summer war to crush Hezbollah in Lebanon failed. The Islamic guerrilla movement emerged militarily intact and politically strengthened. As the United Nations moves in G R McColl assesses Israeli and imperialist war aims and the nature of HezbollahFri 01, June 2007 @ 14:38
Another School is Possible: Terry Wrigley: Review
Education reform has always been central to the New Labour project. According to Tony Blair, in his introduction to the latest Schools White Paper: “We now have an education system that is largely good, after eight years of investment and reform . . . we are poised to become world class if we have the courage and vision to reform and invest further, and put the parent and pupil at the centre of the system.”Fri 01, June 2007 @ 14:37
Obrador demobilizes electoral struggle - PR2
Mexico is living through its most serious political crisis since the days of 1994 when the Zapatista indigenous army rose up and the country was hit by economic crisis.Fri 01, June 2007 @ 14:36
Blair’s end game – support John McDonnell - PR2
“New Labour politics is looking more like an episode of The Sopranos than a political party seeking to represent its members and govern the country.” So wrote John McDonnell on his website www.john4leader.org.uk at the start of September.Fri 01, June 2007 @ 14:35
Ted Grant 1913-2006 - PR2
With the death of Ted Grant in July, aged 93, the generation of pre-World War II Trotskyist leaders passes into history. Still active when he suffered a stroke while speaking at a public meeting three years ago, Grant had clocked up 75 years as a conscious Marxist.Fri 01, June 2007 @ 14:34
China: Will it change the world? - PR2
Will it change the world?
Over the last twenty years capitalism has utterly transformed China; in the next twenty Chinese capitalism looks like transforming the world. Keith Harvey looks at the recent history and future prospects of China’s economy
Fri 01, June 2007 @ 14:32
Australia: As bosses attack – no more waiting for Labor - PR2
In late August, 107 workers from the Mandura railway tunnel project in western Australia appeared in court in Perth for going on strike in February in protest against the sacking of their shop steward, Peter Ballard. The case was adjourned with the next hearing scheduled for 1 November and if found guilty they each face a fine of AUS $28,000, or imprisonment if they fail to pay.Fri 01, June 2007 @ 14:26
Scottish Socialist Party: Personality or politics? - PR2
Fresh from his triumph over the Murdoch press, the leader of the Scottish Socialist Party Tommy Sheridan has launched a new organisation – Solidarity. Mark Hoskisson searches in vain to find a serious political difference between him and his ex-comrades.Fri 01, June 2007 @ 14:23
What price health? - PR2
When Tony Blair steps down next year as leader of the Labour Party part of his “legacy” will be a fundamentally reshaped National Health Service compared to the one inherited from the Tories in 1997. Clare Heath looks at the long road to the market in health care in Britain (What Price Health PDF)Fri 01, June 2007 @ 14:16
Capitalism’s long upturn - PR2
There are times when development in all areas of the capitalist economy . . . has matured to the point where an extraordinary expansion of the world market must occur . . . At this point capital begins to enter upon a period of tempestuous advance.” The words of the Russian Marxist, Parvus in 1901, written during the first wave of globalisation a hundred years ago, has striking resonance for us today....writes Bill JefferiesFri 01, June 2007 @ 13:00
Venezuela: Closure of Radio Caracas TV sparks protests
Last December Hugo Chavez announced his intention to close Radio Caracas TV (RCTV) owned by media millionaire Marcial Granier. The TV station, established in the 1950s and one of the most popular in the country, had its license renewal refused and it closed on 27th May. Stuart King reports:
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