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Friday, 15 November 2002 |
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Fredrick Engels once defined the state as "armed bodies of men",
together with their appendages, in defence of private property. Last month's BBC
2 TV programme in Britain entitled True Spies by Peter Taylor examined
one of these appendages, Britain's secret services. The programme revealed how
in "democratic" Britain, MI5 and the Special Branch systematically
infiltrated political groups and organisations, and secretly spied on trade
union leaders such as Arthur Scargill and Derek 'Red Robbo' Robinson. While none
of the revelations are particularly startling, what was of interest was the use
of first-hand interviews by ex-M15 agents in explaining their sordid undercover
activities. |
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Friday, 01 November 2002 |
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It's amazing how people change. And it's even more terrible when you forget
your roots. This is surely the case with poor old John Prescott, once National
Union of Seamen firebrand, and now "responsible" statesman and
minister in charge of the Labour Government's stand against the just demands of
Britain's firefighters. |
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Friday, 01 November 2002 |
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It's amazing how people change. And it's even more terrible when you forget
your roots. This is surely the case with poor old John Prescott, once National
Union of Seamen firebrand, and now "responsible" statesman and
minister in charge of the Labour Government's stand against the just demands of
Britain's firefighters. |
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Thursday, 31 October 2002 |
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Industrial militancy in Britain is on the increase. It reflects a general
mood in the workplace that enough is enough. The Blair government is not only
confronting the first national firefighters' strike in 25 years, but is facing
action on a number of other fronts. This has raised the spectre of another
Winter of Discontent similar to the one faced by the Callaghan government in
1978/79. |
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Thursday, 31 October 2002 |
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At the beginning of this month, as the first wave of strikes loomed the Blair
government was preparing to square up to the firefighters. "Picket lines
might be crossed… no options are being ruled out" Blair triumphantly
proclaimed. This was a blatant threat of attack. Such actions would have put the
government on a collision course with the unions. It shows how removed from
reality Blair is in arrogantly attempting to trample over the concerns of
working people. However they are in for a rude awakening. |
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