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By Alan Woods
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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After the defeat of the Paris Commune
different ultra-left and
opportunist tendencies emerged within the First International, who
intrigued against the General Council and attempted to use the name of
the International for their own ends. This was finally resolved with the
expulsion of these elements with strict powers established for the
General Council and clear rules on how the International was to be run.
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By Alan Woods
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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In 1872 in response to the intrigues
of Bakunin and his secret
society, the Hague conference of the First International adopted a
resolution prohibiting any organization with an independent programme to
function within the body of the International and proceeded to expel
Bakunin and his supporters, putting an end to the internal diatribe and
intrigues and establishing the principles upon which the organisation
would function.
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By Alan Woods
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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At the Hague congress of the First
International Bakunin was finally expelled, provoking the wrath of the
anarchists and like-minded people, some of which walked out of the
organisation, like the Blanquists. At the same time, the opportunists
such as the English trade union leaders lined up with the ultra-left in
demanding greater autonomy for the local sections, all of course
complaining about the authoritarianism of Marx and the General Council.
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By Cain O'Mahony
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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Seventy years on, World War II is remembered. What is forgotten was the
largest mutiny amongst the British armed forces that heralded its end.
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By Mick Brooks
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
 Ninety years ago, on the morning of 13th March 1920, a brigade of
soldiers marched into Berlin and declared the German government of the
Social Democrats to be overthrown. Not a shot was fired by any side and
the response of the leaders of the government was simply to flee. The
very forces which the Social Democrats had place so much trust in had
turned against them. The Kapp Putsch, as it has become known as, was
challenged instead by the workers.
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By Stamatis Karagiannopoulos in Athens
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
 Last week, on March 11, Greece was
shaken by an even bigger general strike than on February 24. As the
government announced its third austerity package the mood of Greek
workers has become one of growing anger and militancy. All the
conditions are there for a massive escalation of the conflict.
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By Socialist Appeal reporters
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
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The recent period has seen some serious attacks on workers living
standards in industry; but its also seen a militant response in some
sectors. The workers at Severfield-Reeve Structures Ltd. in Dalton have managed to win trade union
recognition and the employers are developing the plant, this puts a
different slant on the matter. The fact that the workers have rejected
the pay cuts and are now looking at strike action is a sign that things
are beginning to change.
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By Ewan Gibbs
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
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The suicide of three Russian asylum seekers has aroused the indignation
of the local community in Springburn. A mother, father and stepson
jumped from the fifteenth floor of a tower bloc in the Red Road flats
in Springburn, Glasgow. This followed the rejection of their asylum
application, with the family having been instructed to leave the flats
in Springburn following this.
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By Marie Frederiksen
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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To mark the hundreth anniversary of International Women's Day this week, we are publishing an article which forms the centre pages of this month's edition of Socialist Appeal. The author is a contributor to a recent book on women's rights and class struggle published by the Danish Marxists around 'Socialistick Standpunk'.
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By Rachel Gibbs
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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On the 6th of March around 10,000
teachers, students, parents and political activists took part in a
demonstration organised by the main Scottish teaching trade union, the EIS,
against proposed cuts to education funding by both the Scottish government and
local councils.
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By Gavin Jackson, PCS member.
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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Better late than never... Here is a short report on the effect of the PCS strike (held earlier this week) in the North-East of England. Scoll down this page to read more reports.
STOP PRESS: NEXT NATIONAL STRIKE 24 MARCH!
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By Unison United Left Press Release
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 A couple of
days after four London based Socialist Party activists were banned from office
in UNISON. Regional Full Time Officials raided their branch offices seizing
computer equipment and records including confidential case files. This Police
style raid has nothing in common with the democratic traditions of the Labour
and Trade Union Movement and much more in common with the methods of Stalinism,
circa 1937
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By Paul (Socialist Appeal Edinburgh)
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
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The Scottish Defense League (SDL) was once again run out of a major Scottish
city on Saturday the 20th of February by militant anti-fascist
demonstrators. This was the Scottish wing of the English Defense League’s
second attempt at staging a march in Scotland, after they had been denied a
march and bussed out of town in Glasgow.
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By Steve Jones
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 |
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Today several hundred PCS strikers left their picket lines to join a lunchtime march through the capital city to show the workers of London that the members are angry and won't take no for a answer. The march ended in a rally at a hall next to Westminster Cathedrall.... Socialist Appeal sellers were on hand and a full report with pictures will appear shortly
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