Tuesday, September 03, 2013

How the state plans to shut down dissent

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Later this month, the Trades Union Congress is backing a march and rally in Manchester against the ConDems’ carve-up of the NHS. Next year,...
Monday, September 02, 2013

Chemical blame game over Syria disguises the real issues

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In the aftermath of parliament’s rebuff to prime minister Cameron’s proposed attack on Syria , Barack Obama has been forced to acknowledge ...
Friday, August 30, 2013

Use political crisis over Syria to drive out ConDems

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The governing parties’ surprise defeat in last night’s vote on Syria is just as much a reflection of the immense distrust of the political ...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

US shale gas bubble is ready to burst

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"If we don't back this technology, we will miss a massive opportunity to help families with their bills and make our country more c...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Why we should oppose any attack on Syria

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Desperate acts by unpopular regimes have the capacity to spiral out of control. And we’re not talking just talking about the Assad dictator...
Friday, August 23, 2013

Salute Bradley Manning, victim of the secret state

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The front pages are full of a statement by Bradley Manning that he will try now to live as a woman, reconciling what he explains has been a...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Kafka's nightmare goes global

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We are all potential “terrorists” now, at least in the eyes of the state. Why else would the police want to stop 61,000 people at entry poi...
Monday, August 19, 2013

US-UK security state strikes back

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The outrageous detention of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald’s partner for nine hours at Heathrow airport yesterday gives a new meaning...
Friday, August 02, 2013

Immigrant checkpoints are naked state racism

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Today is Roma Holocaust Memorial Day , marking the start of the liquidation by the Nazis of the “Gipsy” camp at Auschwitz on August 2 1944....
Thursday, August 01, 2013

Zero hours shows how capitalism works for the 1%

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Job anyone? Yes? Good! Wait by the door with your cap in you hand and we’ll call you when we need you. If we call you we’ll pay you. May...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

They take the profits - we pay for the clean up

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Somehow, the public always ends up with the bill for dirty energy operations, whilst the corporations take the profits and run. In 2010, it...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Wanted: A Chartism for our times

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As Labour prepares to terminate its historic relationship with the very trade unions that founded the party, the questions of democracy and...
Monday, July 29, 2013

Army rule in Egypt rejected by new movement

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With the brutal murder of 74 – probably more - pro-Morsi supporters and persecution of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood members by the army ...
Friday, July 26, 2013

Capitalism's Arctic plan - get the oil, destroy the lives of millions

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Citizens of every country will pay a massive, painful price for the melting of Arctic sea ice, even though capitalist corporations and gove...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

Sleeping giant threatens rule of China's corrupt elite

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China is in the grip of a profound social, political and economic crisis. The evidence is there in corruption scandals, a fading economy a...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Climate chaos is also the failure of political systems

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While you enjoy the warm weather, consider this. “Atmospheric Rivers” will become more frequent and intense as global temperatures rise thi...