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TSSA Members Strike to Defend Rail Services. Print E-mail
By Darrall Cozens, Coventry NE Labour Party, UCU, Coventry Trades Council.   
Thursday, 07 January 2010
tssa_strike_2.jpgMembers of the Rail union TSSA came out on strike this week. Darrall Cozens, a former TSSA member himself, explains the background to this dispute and why your ticket matters!
 
The Relevance of Marxism Today Print E-mail
By Adam Booth   
Thursday, 07 January 2010
marx.jpgThe current recession has given people a thirst for knowledge; a desire to understand what is happening. People no longer need to be convinced of the failure of Capitalism – they can see and experience it for themselves. The public look to the bourgeois economists and reformist politicians for answers and they get no explanation other than some muttering about “greedy bankers”. This article published by a Cambridge student magazine explains what the Cambridge Marxists have to say about this.
 
2009: recession and class struggle Print E-mail
By Terry McPartlan   
Monday, 28 December 2009
clock.jpgIt is customary at this time of year to look back over the events of the last 12 months. In this article published in the final issue of Socialist Appeal for 2009, Terry McPartlan takes a trip back over the highs and lows of the year (and decade) now ending.
 
Merry Xmas! Print E-mail
By Steve Jones   
Friday, 25 December 2009
A very merry Xmas to all our readers, writers and sellers
 
Turmoil, Floods and Crisis: Ireland in 2009 Print E-mail
By Fightback (Ireland)   
Thursday, 24 December 2009
 

The last year has marked a huge turning point in the Irish economy and most importantly a huge shift in the relations between the classes in Ireland. While the Celtic Tiger had been on life support for a while, 2009 saw a huge crisis that has had massive economic consequences and political change that will play out for a whole period. This year represented a shift from one historical period to another; a whole new perspective has opened up for Irish society, not just in the 26 counties, but increasingly across the whole island as the impact of the capitalist crisis begins to be felt to its full extent in the north.

 
Editorial: 2010 Elections, austerity and struggle Print E-mail
By Socialist Appeal Editorial Board   
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
New Year is meant to represent a new beginning, a clean slate. Old Father Time gives way to a new bouncing baby. But what can we expect in 2010?  Will it be a new shiny outlook for world capitalism or will 2009 just seem to be dragging on under a new name?
 
Collapse of the Climate Summit – where to now? Print E-mail
By Frederik Ohsten in Copenhagen Friday, 18 December 2009 Print   
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
270x169-images-stories-denmark-climate-summit-demo-planet-b.jpgThe dramatic collapse of the talks at the Climate Summit in Copenhagen serves to highlight one thing: the capitalist governments of the world cannot solve burning issues, such as damage to the environment provoked by the anarchy of the market. The thirst for profit is in direct contradiction to the interests of the working people of the world. Social revolution on a global scale is the only real answer to the problem.
 
Chávez in Copenhagen: We need a world revolution Print E-mail
By Hands Off Venezuela Denmark   
Monday, 21 December 2009
200x268-images-stories-denmark-chavez_climate_summit2.jpgAt a public meeting organized by various trade union, political organizations, and solidarity campaigns (including Hands Off Venezuela), more than 3,000 people in Copenhagen heard President Hugo Chávez correctly point out that a socialist revolution is the only solution to the problems of humanity.
 
The “Copenhagen Accord” - all hot air Print E-mail
By Adam Booth   
Monday, 21 December 2009
climate-copenhagen.jpgAt 5.30am on Saturday 19th December, after almost two weeks of negotiations, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen ended with an almost universal agreement that the summit had been a complete failure.
 
700 Ericsson Workers in Coventry Face the Sack Print E-mail
By Darrall Cozens, Coventry NE Labour Party, UCU and CTUC (Personal capacity)   
Monday, 21 December 2009
008.jpgIn the freezing cold on Saturday December 19th members of the UNITE union from the threatened Ericsson plant at Ansty near Coventry were out in  Coventry city centre distributing leaflets to the public as part of the campaign to keep the plant open.
 
Canadian mission participates in Afghan torture - End the war now! Print E-mail
By Camilo Cahis in Toronto   
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
richard_colvin.jpgThe Canadian occupation of Afghanistan is on its last legs. Richard Colvin’s testimony, admitting that Canadian soldiers were complicit in the torture of prisoners, is the finishing touch. We reproduce an article published by the Marxist site Fightback which looks at the Afghan war from a Canadian perspective.
 
Wellred Books: Last posting date Print E-mail
By Steve Jones   
Monday, 14 December 2009

christmas_post.jpgThe last day for wellred book orders to be placed from UK customers so that they arrive before Xmas is lunchtime 21st December. We have a load of new titles (including some added last week) so why not pay us a visit at www.wellred.marxist.com.

 
Fight against climate catastrophe Print E-mail
By Socialistisk Standpunkt   
Friday, 11 December 2009
climate.jpgAs the climate change "summit" continues in Copenhapen, we reproduce here an English translation of a leaflet produced by Marxists in Denmark for a demonstration last Saturday
 
Struggle for the NHS hits Archway Print E-mail
By Will Roche, Islington N Labour Party   
Friday, 11 December 2009
corbyn1web.jpgEarlier this week two hundred angry North London residents packed into an emergency meeting convened by Islington’s Labour MP, Jeremy Corbyn, after a government document was leaked revealing plans to close Archway’s Whittington Hospital Accident & Emergency department.
 
Ireland: Carpe Diem Print E-mail
By Steve Jones + Fightback Ireland   
Thursday, 10 December 2009
More than a few 'commentators' on the defacto cuts announced on Thursday by UK Chancellor Darling, as part of the plan to make the public sector pay for the banks' bailout, sought to praise the ruthless cuts announced on the same day in Ireland. The message is clear so far as these characters are concerned - we need to cut and cut hard. We reproduce a statement issued by the Irish Marxists on the day the cuts were made public.
 
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tianamen_square_1989small.jpgThe Marxist conception of History

The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle. That is all written history. For the majority of human history man did not live in a class society. But with the development of technique came the production of a surplus of wealth over and above the means of subsistence. This produced a flourish of art, science and philosophy as part of the population was freed for the first time from the toil of everyday labour. Mick Brooks talks on the application of Marxist philosophy to the development of society.

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