“The workers... battle-cry must be: 'The Permanent Revolution.'” — Marx and Engels, 1850
Wed 19, November 2008 @ 17:53
Statements from women working in various areas of the sex industry.
I started working because I couldn’t live off benefits. Doing this work I wasn’t having to worry every day how I was going to pay my bills.
Wed 19, November 2008 @ 17:28
Tuesday 25 November 2008 6-8pm, Committee Room 16, House of Commons
Wed 19, November 2008 @ 17:26
As the governments announces new prostitution offences, we ask: who benefits from criminalising sex workers & clients?...English Collective of Prostitutes
Wed 19, November 2008 @ 15:58
At the last UCU London Regional Council a motion was passed instructing the officers to approach other unions (FBU, CWU PCS, UNITE and NUT) to try and organise a joint initiative around the impact of the economic crisis. The two meetings that have been held have been very fruitful.
Tue 18, November 2008 @ 23:28
Last Saturday
saw tenants and staff protest outside the Town Hall at the
undemocratic nature of the new ALMO (Arms Length Management
Organisation), called Lambeth Living, which
now runs Lambeth Council’s
housing stock...
Tue 18, November 2008 @ 17:00
At a packed meeting trade union activists, Latin American solidarity campaigners and immigrant rights organisations came together to discuss how to build solidarity with Latin American workers in Britain who are organising for trade union rights at work. Dave Esterson reports....
Tue 18, November 2008 @ 16:07
100,000 school students across Germany went on strike on
Wednesday, November 12. In more than 40 cities there were rallies
and demonstrations instead of classes. In many places, university
students and teachers expressed solidarity.
Sun 16, November 2008 @ 18:10
Sun 16, November 2008 @ 14:20
Feminist Fightback North and The Riveters
Tuesday 18th November 7pm Friends Meeting House (central
Manchester)
Sat 15, November 2008 @ 19:29
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comrades at the Labour Representation
Committee (LRC) voted almost unanimously to affiliate to Hands Off
the People of Iran. This is brilliant news for Hopi- since our
founding conference last year we have grown in strength, winning
major trade unions, ASLEF (the train drivers' union) and the
300,000-strong PCS. Today's affiliation shows that Hopi is
continuing to make great strides forward.
Sat 15, November 2008 @ 16:07
A new
leadership came out of the 1946 conference of the Fourth
International (FI), based in Europe rather than the USA. At the
core of the new leadership was the International Secretariat (IS)
of seven based in Paris which included Michel Pablo, the
International Secretary, Pierre Frank, Ernest Mandel and US
Trotskyist Sherry Mangan.
Thu 13, November 2008 @ 16:43
Unite members working for Steria in Barclaycard have called for industrial action to secure the reinstatement of Union Rep Mike Cummins who was sacked last week.
Thu 13, November 2008 @ 15:02
Yesterday, NUS Extraordinary Conference voted in favour of the Governance Review by a huge majority, 614 for and only 142 against. It had needed around 400 votes in favour to pass. This was a sad day for students, and not least because of the cawing triumphalism of the right bureaucrats...
Wed 12, November 2008 @ 15:54
The global economic
crisis has made world imperialism more belligerent, not less. The
danger of an attack on Iran grows day by day. How do we fight the
danger of this new disastrous war in the Middle East? Come to
Hopi's conference to plan our fightback:
Saturday December 13, 10.00-18.00
Caxton House, 129 St John’s Way, London N19 (Archway tube).
Deadline for motions and nominations to steering committee: November 20
Tue 11, November 2008 @ 16:37
That Climate Change is an issue of increasing concern, with the latest scientific evidence showing that the world is warming faster than expected. Leaflet here
Mon 10, November 2008 @ 20:16
The COTL steering group have had to postpone the COTL recall conference until the 24th January 2009 at the Friends Meeting House Manchester. This was as a result of unavoidable problems with room bookings. More info to follow.
Mon 10, November 2008 @ 14:27
George
Binette ponders the meaning and consequences of Barack Obama's win
in last week's US Presidential election...I was born in the United
States a little less than 50 years ago. Among my most enduring
visual memories comes from the age of three as white cops, faces
contorted in hate, unleashed Alsatians and turned fire hoses on
black children...
Mon 10, November 2008 @ 13:05
We ask for your urgent support in the case of Ali Baher. Ali is a student at the Hebrew University , who has been kicked out from his dorm room, and is facing a possible suspension from his studies, simply because he refused to shake hands with Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel .
Sat 08, November 2008 @ 21:22
Around 200-300 people, largely from the Congolese community, marched through Manchester today to protest at the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The demonstration was supported by a number of Congolese community organisations including the Congo Support Project, the Congo Action Group, and the Congo Study Group amongst others.
Sat 08, November 2008 @ 20:53
Scott
is an activist at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill
(USA). He spoke with REVOLUTION about the political situation at
the universities a few weeks before the elections. We don’t
necessarily agree with all his points (for example, the support for
Cynthia McKinney), but we think this interview is an important
contribution to the debate.
