Permanent Revolution

Joseph Choonara Marxist accounts of the current crisis ISJ 123: Review

2009-07-03 21:25:41

In ISJ 123 Joseph Choonara provides a round up of the various Marxist explanations of the current crisis, critiquing them from what has become the orthodoxy of the ISJ tradition...writes Bill Jefferies....

Your Child, Your schools, Our future: Labour's nightmare vision for our schools

2009-07-03 00:56:02

The Government's new white paper Your Child, Your Schools, Our Future is Labour's most explict statement yet for what they have in store for state education - it's complete breakup. What they outline is an explict business model of education, where children are commodities whose value in the market can be improved through 'efficiency' and 'productivity' and where 'time and motion' studies of the classroom (read factory floor) will be used to monitor 'outcomes' (read our kids). Big brother is watching you. But trading people in the market isn't straight forward. How do you coerce people? Fear. Alongside the wholesale sell off of our schools is a host of draconian measures aimed at putting us in our place argues Kirstie Paton...

NSSN Conference: The Network that does Not Work

2009-07-02 22:16:24

On Saturday 27 June, beneath North London’s sweltering skies, the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) gathered for its third annual conference. There were some cracking speeches and some cracking speakers.

Manchester Lecturers Strike to Save Jobs

2009-07-02 11:43:34

Yesterday (1^st July) lecturers at Manchester College took strike action against threats of compulsory redundancy. One of the lecturers threatened with redundancy is the UCU branch secretary David Swanson.

Haggerston School strike Thursday 9th July

2009-07-01 23:48:54

NUT members at Haggerston School in Hackney are to strike next week on Thursday 9th July against proposed redundancies.

No trust in School Trusts!

2009-07-01 00:20:46

Those who have been fighting the privatisation of our schools through the Academy programme are well aware that Trusts are academies by another name. On Monday 29 June, over 60 people including teachers, lecturers, admin staff, teaching assistants, parents and activists from the local community agreed to launch a campaign to defeat Labour's plans to privatise our schools.

Convention of the Left Brighton 26th September

2009-06-29 18:41:59

The third Convention of the Left will be held in Brighton on Saturday September 26^th (around 10-4.30) – at the Brighthelm Community Centre.

Defend the DRAX 29

2009-06-28 14:53:58

Last summer 29 people stopped a train containing 1,000 tonnes of coal on its way to Drax power station in Yorkshire. Their trial starts in Leeds Crown Court on Monday 29 June 2009.

Bad Science: Ben Goldacre: Review

2009-06-28 10:38:32

I thoroughly recommend this book. It simply and entertainingly explains “basic scientific principles to help everyone to become an effective bullshit detector.”

Permanent Revolution 12 Spring 2009 now available to download

2009-06-18 18:08:49

The spring 2009 issue of Permanent Revolution is now on sale for £2.50 for 60 pages of analysis and argument on national and international issues. Articles on Palestine-Israel, credit crunch, Lindsey refinery strike, the new anti-capitalist party in France and the discussion underway inside the Socialist Workers Party (UK). Plus briefings, reports and reviews.

Permanent Revolution 13 – Out Now

2009-06-19 18:05:03

The new issue has a number of related themes. We look at how the world recession and financial crisis is impacting on Europe, in particular within the eurozone economies. In our Briefings section comrades from Ireland and Sweden follow this up with reports on how the recession is leading to attacks on workers, both on jobs and benefits. We also carry an article that looks at the lessons of the Visteon struggle, an important fightback against factory closures and redundancy terms....