“The workers... battle-cry must be: 'The Permanent Revolution.'” — Marx and Engels, 1850
Thu 02, September 2010 @ 09:28
Mark Hoskisson departs from the conventional, Trotskyist interpretation of the Russian Revolution, in his analysis of Thermidor and the Russian Revolution. (Permanent Revolution issue 17). His conclusion is that the political counter revolution took place inside the Bolshevik party in 1921 and was led by Lenin and supported by Trotsky....by Barry Biddulph
Mon 30, August 2010 @ 23:11
The situation is URGENT as the health of our Mapuche Brothers is rapidly deteriorating. Thirty-two Mapuche prisoners are incarcerated in the prisons of Valdivia, Conception, Temuco, Lebu and Angol. They began the hunger strike 52 days ago as a means of drawing national and international attention to the violation of these people by entrenched government and commercial interests. Recent struggles are a part of an ongoing saga that began with colonialism.
Sun 29, August 2010 @ 13:28
The racist hooligan English Defence League (EDL) were ran out of Bradford on Saturday 28th August, around 700 Nazis fled, their tails between their legs as thousands of locals and non-UAF anti-fascists scattered their ranks to the winds...writes eyewitness from Bradford...
Thu 26, August 2010 @ 13:52
An antimilitarist from Munich is being persecuted by the justice system
While Germany is arming itself and participating in more and more wars, the ruling class wants to have a peaceful hinterland. The increasing xenophobia and the growing Nazi movement are a product of Germany’s imperialist policies.
Thu 19, August 2010 @ 11:25
100 climate activists have swooped on the grounds of RBS headquarters at Gogarburn. The swoop happened a day early at 9.15pm in order to outfox authorities who were keen to prevent the camp from happening.
Thu 19, August 2010 @ 11:17
On 28 May 2010 Martin Askew was sentenced to 18 months in prison for showing his contempt towards the Israeli siege on Gaza in December 2008-January 2009, which killed over 1400 people including 400 children and reduced large areas of the already devastated Gaza to rubble. Martin hurt no one in his actions and was in fact himself brutally attacked by the police, leaving him needing 70 stitches to his head.
Demonstrate outside the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL
Tuesday 24th August, 9am onwards (Martin’s appeal against the length of his sentence is listed for 10.30am)
Thu 19, August 2010 @ 11:12
More than 20 families living in chalets, mobile-homes and caravans at Hovefields Drive, nearby the largest Romani Gypsy and Irish Traveller community in the United Kingdom, Dale Farm, Essex County, are facing imminent forced eviction.
Tue 17, August 2010 @ 17:30
Dear all, nominations have been secured from Shetland to Swansea, Carlow to Cambridge, and all points between. Support coming from every region and every sector has meant that even though there is still a quarter of the nomination period to go we can announce that we will be on the ballot paper. It's a fantastic achievement and down to the huge amount of work by so many people, our message, what we stand and our politics.
Tue 17, August 2010 @ 11:00
In Chile in May and early June of the year 2006, 1,300,000 secondary school students engaged in over a month of struggle against the neoliberal organization of education. Because of their school uniforms consisting of a black blazer and white shirt their nickname is “the penguins”.....Diego Carmon PR and MPT...
Tue 17, August 2010 @ 10:56
Adrian Swain, whose dismissal sparked a ballot for industrial action at his school, said he felt “vindicated” after the General Teaching Council for England (GTC) said he had “no case to answer” and that punishing him was not in the public interest....Published in The TES on 13 August, 2010 | By: Kerra Maddern
Tue 17, August 2010 @ 08:46
We are experiencing some problems with the website its gotten too big for its boots and that's causing memory shortages. We're working on a fix, but it means that it may be down intermittently, yours PR webby.
Mon 16, August 2010 @ 11:21
A major dispute is underway between mineworkers in Poltava in West Ukraine and Ferrexpo Plc, a major player on the global market mainly engaged in mining of iron ore. All three shifts in the open cast in the town of Komsomolsk, of more than 300 workers each are now involved in industrial action. Some railway locomotive drivers and workers on the iron ore concentrating factory have joined in solidarity....by Chris Ford...
Tue 10, August 2010 @ 20:33
In the wake of the Chilean earthquake the new government is using the reconstruction programme to accelerate its privatisation agenda and undermine labour rights and welfare. Diego Carmoni reports on the tasks of the working class and the role of the MPT.
Fri 06, August 2010 @ 22:18
There will be a mass demonstration outside the offices of London & Regional, 8th Floor, 55 Baker Street London W1U 8EW on Friday 13 August 2010 from 4-6pm.
Fri 06, August 2010 @ 22:17
The well known Haitian-born rapper Wyclef Jean, who has lived in the USA since he was nine years old, has declared his intention to stand in the presidential elections. Charlie Hinton from San Francisco Bayview explains the singer’s politics
Fri 06, August 2010 @ 22:12
Stalin was the gravedigger of the Russian Revolution, as conscious agent of the bureaucratic elite that stole power and bloodily repressed opposition. But did Lenin and Trotsky’s earlier suppression of party factions fatally secure his passage to total power? Mark Hoskisson argues that the anti-Stalinist left has underestimated the significance of 1921 in sealing the fate of the revolution
Tue 03, August 2010 @ 15:02
A new version of Georg Buchner’s play Danton’s Death by Howard Brenton has just opened at the National Theatre in London. It runs till October and given it is part of the Travelex £10 ticket season, it is well worth a visit, says Stuart King.
Sun 01, August 2010 @ 20:39
Lambeth Activists is a group of Unison activists who have played a key role in building the union in recent years, and getting fighting policies passed through the Lambeth branch. This is their newsletter for this summer
Sun 01, August 2010 @ 12:49
In recent days, the battle to stop the destruction of the forest in the Moscow suburb of Khimki has heated up. Activists have been protesting the building of an $8 million high speed toll highway between Moscow and Petersburg. This highway would destroy beautiful forestland around Moscow. Environmentalists say the highway can bypass the old oak forest....from libcom
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