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By Rob Sewell in Glasgow
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Monday, 13 February 2006 |
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Last week the Labour Party suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of the Liberals, losing half its votes in the Dunfermline and West Fife seat in Scotland. This is the first time Labour have lost a seat to the Liberals in Scotland since 1945! This is another symptom of the process taking place in Britain. Blair can no longer win elections. The scene is set for big changes. |
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By Rob Sewell
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Wednesday, 18 January 2006 |
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A conference is taking place in London this Saturday to discuss the crisis of working class representation. It will not take any decisions, but some of those taking part clearly have the perspective that a break with the Labour Party is necessary. What is the answer to the present Blairite domination of the Labour Party? |
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By Phil Mitchinson
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Thursday, 10 November 2005 |
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Tony Blair suffered his first ever defeat in parliament yesterday when 49 Labour MPs voted against the introduction of new repressive ‘anti-terror’ legislation. The defence of civil liberties, consistently under attack from the Blair government, is a vitally important question in its own right. However, as Phil Mitchinson explains, Blair’s parliamentary defeat has far wider implications for the future of the British labour movement. |
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By Phil Mitchinson
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Tuesday, 04 October 2005 |
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The idea that Brown
has been secretly opposed to privatisation, to the war in Iraq, to the Labour
government’s assault on civil liberties ‑ but keeping quiet through ‘loyalty’
(to his career that is, not to the Labour Party or working class Labour voters)
‑ is patently absurd. Both should go.
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By Mordachai
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Tuesday, 04 October 2005 |
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“I was a member of the British Labour party
for some years and seeing that old man being manhandled the way he was out of
the Labour conference made my blood boil and almost brought me to tears.” |
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By Alan Woods
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Friday, 30 September 2005 |
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The 2005 Labour Party
Conference marks a significant shift in the situation in Britain. It deserves careful study by Marxists and by every
trade union and Labour activist. It was chiefly marked by a sharp conflict
between the Party leadership and the trade unions |
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By Phil Mitchinson
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Thursday, 29 September 2005 |
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Anyone
who doubted the wider implication for civil liberties of Blair’s ‘anti-terror’
legislation need look no further than the Labour Party Conference in Brighton.
82-year-old Walter Wolfgang, who fled Nazi Germany in 1937, was roughly
manhandled out of the hall by a pair of heavies |
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By Steve Jones
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Monday, 18 July 2005 |
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Despite clashing with both the RISE festival and the traditional
Tollpuddle Rally, the main hall at the TUC’s Congress House was largely
full for this year’s AGM and rally of the Labour Representation
Committee (LRC), the main new umbrella grouping for Left activists
inside the Labour Party. Amongst others, a number of the platform
speakers from the trade union movement, including Jeremy Dear (NUJ),
Mark Serwotka (PCS) and Paul Mackney (NATFHE) took time to outline the
ongoing process of attacks against the public sector being carried out
by the government. |
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Thursday, 30 June 2005 |
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This article was written before today's terrorist attacks on Central
London. However, today's events will undoubtedly be used to strengthen
Blair's attempt to introduce ID cards in Britain, with the excuse that
they will help "fight terrorism". They exist in the rest of Europe, so
“what’s the big deal?” many may think. The point is they will not be
mere ID cards. The legislation that is being prepared will allow the
government to have detailed files on the activities of every person
living in this country. |
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By Phil Mitchinson
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Friday, 06 May 2005 |
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 Labour
has won an historic third term victory in the 2005 General Election,
yet there will be no dancing in the streets, no street parties, in fact
little enthusiasm at all. The combination of widespread opposition to
the war in Iraq, distrust of Blair, and disillusionment with the
failures of the last two terms of Labour government means that Labour
won the election with the lowest share of the vote, just 36 percent, of
any victorious party in history.
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By Phil Mitchinson
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Friday, 04 March 2005 |
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Tony Blair has called the general election for May 5. He did this as
opinion polls show a sharp fall in Labour support, down to 37% of the
electorate, with the Tories close behind at 34% and the Liberal
Democrats at 21%. This would indicate another Blair victory but with a
much reduced majority and with significant layers of the working class
voting for nobody. There will be no street parties this time.
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Thursday, 24 February 2005 |
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The cornerstone of a freedom established almost 800 years ago is now
under threat from a Labour government. The latest reactionary piece of
legislation hands power to the Home Secretary of the day to hold those
he claims to be suspected terrorists under house arrest indefinitely. |
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Thursday, 30 September 2004 |
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The Labour Representation Committee (LRC) held its first rally last
night at this year’s Labour Party Conference in Brighton attended by
some 250 activists. This successful event marks an important milestone
in the challenge to Blairism and the campaign to reclaim the Labour
Party. Alan Woods was among the speakers. |
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By Alan Woods
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Wednesday, 29 September 2004 |
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Alan Woods was invited officially to speak at the LRC rally. Here we provide the text of the whole speech.
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