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By Michael Allan (Glasgow Marxists)
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 |
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In the recent local elections,
the Coalition parties took an electoral hammering to Labour’s gain. The
Conservatives and Lib Dems lost around 740 seats in total – and control of 13
councils – with Labour gaining 800 seats and majority control of 32 local
authorities
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By Chris Burrows
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Monday, 14 May 2012 |
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Just five years ago, not a day would go by without global warming making
the headlines. The American politician Al Gore’s documentary film about
climate change, An Inconvenient Truth, was seen by hundreds of
thousands in cinemas across the world. The Conservative Party rebranded
themselves as the champions of the environment, nailing their ecological
colours to the mast and urging people to ‘vote Blue to go Green’. Even
the arch-reactionary American president George W. Bush was forced to
concede that, maybe, the environment was worth thinking about.
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By Alan Woods
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Saturday, 12 May 2012 |
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The
elections in France and Greece represent a fundamental change in the
situation. The crisis of European capitalism has entered a new and
turbulent stage. A mood of anger is sweeping across Europe. Of course,
we understand that election results do not reflect the psychology of the
masses with complete accuracy. They are like a snapshot of the mood at a
given moment. But it is necessary to analyse election results
carefully, since they do show certain trends in society.
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By Marxistiki Foni Editorial Board
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Saturday, 12 May 2012 |
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We continue our analysis of the Greek elections of last week with a look at the critical role of the leadership of the Greek CP.
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By Walter Leon (London LP activist)
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Saturday, 12 May 2012 |
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A day after the electoral authorities had announced massive gains for
Labour up and down the country, activists in London were left
disappointed as the Tories kept control of City Hall. In an incredibly
close contest, incumbent Boris Johnson beat Labour veteran and former
mayor Ken Livingstone by 1,054,811 votes to 992,273, after
second-preferences were counted. This contrasted sharply with the other
results: Labour gained 823 council seats nationally, with the Tories and
their Liberal Democrat stooges losing 741 between them.
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By Richard Vivian
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 |
 Public
sector workers in Barnsley today came out in protest against austerity
cuts and attacks on their pensions, some for the third time in the last
12 months
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By Marxistiki Foni Editorial Board
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Wednesday, 09 May 2012 |
We publish here the first of a two
part article written by the Editorial Board of Marxistiki Foni) The
results of Sunday's parliamentary elections in Greece – a political
earthquake –are a clear indication of the growing radicalisation of
society on the basis of the historic deadlock of capitalism and the
movement towards an openly revolutionary situation.
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By Greg Oxley, PCF Paris 10, Editor of La Riposte
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Wednesday, 09 May 2012 |
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The defeat of Nicolas Sarkozy in the
presidential elections opens a new phase of the class struggle in
France. The socialist candidate, François Hollande, won 51.62 % of the
vote. However, this overall score tends to conceal the social basis of
the election result. Practically all the major towns and cities voted
massively for Hollande – or, to be closer to the truth, to get rid of
Sarkozy.
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By Sam Ashton, Camberwell & Peckham CLP (Personal Capacity)
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Wednesday, 09 May 2012 |
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Last week's local elections saw a disastrous showing for the Coalition
government as the Conservative and the Liberal Democrats respectively
lost 403 and 329 council seats. At the same time the Labour Party saw a
huge net gain of 824 councillors meaning they were able to gain control
of 32 councils across the country.
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By Steve Jones
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Friday, 04 May 2012 |
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This year's local election results have delivered a huge no-confidence
vote to the Coalition parties. On Thursday night, the Tories were
accused of 'ramping up' election predictions for Labour in the hope that
they would not win that figure and the government could then claim that
things were not that bad after all. In fact, the Tory prediction was
wrong - Labour did far better!
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By Darrall Cozens, Coventry North West Labour Party, UCU and Coventry TUC.
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Friday, 04 May 2012 |
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Three facts stand out from the 2012 local election results in Coventry:
the Labour Party made huge gains; the last remaining Socialist Party
councillor, Dave Nellist, lost his seat to Labour and the voting turnout
was very low at 26.43%.
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By UNISON Socialist Appeal Supporters
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Wednesday, 02 May 2012 |
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Reports indicate that the UNISON Health
Service Group Executive have decided that they have no mandate to continue the
campaign against government attempts to cut pensions and hike up the contributions
that many members will have to pay
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By Socialist Appeal
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Monday, 30 April 2012 |
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The publication of this year’s Sunday Times Rich List 2012
has revealed a trend which has been going on for many years now – the rich are
just getting richer.
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By Site Worker
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Monday, 30 April 2012 |
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Earlier
this week the Unite negotiating team with stewards and Rank and File
members headed to Scotland to sit down and maybe start talks on ‘a new
deal’. But the cheeky b*****ds objected to one of our team, well we could have
said we object to all your team, but we are reasonable people. Anyway
fair play to Unite, they stood their ground and the talks never went
ahead.
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By Militant Student/ ULU Marxists
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Friday, 27 April 2012 |
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 ULU Marxists, Socialist Appeal and www.marxist.com are proud to announce the 2nd Marxist Summer School: Prospects for the World Revolution,
this June 15-17. Join us for a packed weekend of discussion and debate
on what relevance the theory and programme of the Marxists has in this
epoch of world revolution.
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ULU Marxists, Socialist Appeal and www.marxist.com are proud to announce the 2nd Marxist Summer School: Prospects for the World Revolution,
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Today is the 91st anniversary of the October Revolution, quite possibly the greatest moment in human history. For the first time the working class took control of both the state machinery and the means of production. In one bold move the old feudalistic mode of production was swept aside and the bourgeoisie, too weak to take control or play a productive role, were defeated also. Rob Sewell of the International Marxist Tendency spoke to the ULU Marxist Society last night on this historic event, the role played by the Bolsheviks, and the implications it has for socialists today.
