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By Unison Socialist Appeal Supporters
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Thursday, 24 June 2010 |
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The long awaited UNISON General Secretary Ballot Result has
been announced, resulting in a victory for the incumbent, Dave Prentis,
with
Roger Bannister in second place and Paul Holmes, the candidate favoured
by the
Unison United Left and Unison Socialist Appeal Supporters, in third
place.
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By Steve Jones
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 |
“Open for business.” These were the words spoken by
chancellor George Osborne as he delivered the most vicious anti-working class
budget for generations – a budget for big business indeed!
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By Paul Cummings, Glasgow Left Society
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 |
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The economic downturn has placed a heavy burden on the shoulders of the
working class who have paid the price for the mistakes of the bosses and
bankers through cuts and redundancies. The youth in particular have been hit
hard with many unable to find work or being forced into education.
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By Ben Peck
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 |
The new Higher Education minister David Willetts has come
out with a clear indication about the Con-Dem coalition's attitude to young
people, anticipating their announcement to raise tuition fees for university
students
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By Michael Hureaux Perez in the USA
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 |
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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico highlights the
real state of US capitalism today. While making a lot of noise, Obama
is not prepared to take on the oil companies in any serious meaningful
way. What he is doing is passing the buck to the US working class.
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By An ex-oil worker
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 |
The huge spillage of oil in the Gulf of Mexico was an accident
waiting to happen, as this brief comment from an ex-oil worker points
out. It shows quite clearly that our environment cannot be left in the
hands of a greedy, money-grabbing coterie of capitalists who own and
control the means of production.
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By Darrall Cozens, CTUC and Coventry NE Labour Party
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Monday, 21 June 2010 |
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Throughout the four hours of the indoor rally at the Methodist Central
Hall in Coventry on Saturday June 19th, some 140 trade unionists and
members of
Coventry communities came together and participated. The rally had been
convened
by the Unite union to highlight the ongoing dispute between youth
workers
organised in the CYWU section of Unite and Coventry City Council.
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By Paul Holmes NEC Member and Kirklees UNISON Branch Secretary (Personal Capacity)
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Monday, 21 June 2010 |
With the results of the Unison General Secretary election due on
Tuesday 22nd June, we reproduce here an article by Left candidate Paul
Holmes which was published on the front page of the United Left paper, issued during last week's Unison conference:
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By Séamus Loughlin
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Monday, 21 June 2010 |
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Brian Cowen survived a confidence vote
in the Dail on Wednesday by 5 votes and the day after it was
announced that Enda Kenny had won a confidence vote sparked by
dissatisfaction on the FG front bench by a similar (supposedly secret)
margin. But why is it that the leaders of the two long established
bourgeois parties in the state have reached such an impasse at the same
time? The answer is clear the economy is in crisis and Labour has
overtaken FG in the polls.
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By Fred Weston
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Friday, 18 June 2010 |
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Fred Weston, from the editorial board of
Marxist.com, spoke to a packed house at May Day Books in Minneapolis,
MN, USA on June 1st. Around 30 people came to hear Fred present a
Marxist analysis of the state of the Chinese economy and the future of
1/5th of humanity. We present here a video of Fred's presentation and the
question and answer session, which covered topics as varied as the
difference between socialism and communism to an explanation of the
Asiatic mode of production.
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By Dan Morley
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Friday, 18 June 2010 |
The question of housing in Britain
today reveals much about the character of the crisis that permeates our
entire
society. Through the medium of housing we can see almost every problem
our
society faces - from inequality to out of control speculation, health
problems
to overcrowding, groaning infrastructures to gross regional imbalances
and
distortions. Dan Morley, in the first of a three part article, looks at the situation facing the housing market today.
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By Mr Discs
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Thursday, 17 June 2010 |
In the first of a regular
column where we look at DVDs which may be of interest to socialists, we pick up
on a DVD reissue of the classic film, Battle of Algiers.
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By Alan Woods
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 |
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Alan Woods concludes his analysis of the unfolding crisis of capitalism
in Europe and how it is impacting on the organisations of the working
class.
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By Alan Woods
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 |
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Alan Woods continues his analysis of the crisis facing European capitalism and their institutions.
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By Steve Jones
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Tuesday, 15 June 2010 |
After months of build up, the World Cup is finally underway. As it
approaches the end of the first week, in what is a month-long bloated
competition, something has become rather clear. Hype is
everything.
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