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Taking the red pill – Marx Reloaded review
Simon Hardy reviews Marx Reloaded by Jason Barker (2011) MARX IS back, but are his ideas still relevant? That is the basic theme…
The new anticapitalist project
Sussex University AROUND 80 people came to a meeting organised by the New Left Initiative at Sussex university in early…
Building the League in South Asia
Martin Suchanek reports on the recent meeting of League members in South Asia OVER THE last decade the Asian continent has…
What kind of health service do we need?
MARK FISHER in Capitalist Realism accuses the left and the unions today of limiting themselves to opposing Tory “change” rather…
Fighting to save the NHS from privatisation
The NHS is staring into the abyss of privatisation, writes Mark Booth. Now we need a national campaign to save…
KONY 2012 : right cause, wrong answer
Dan Edwards and KD Tait from Revolution investigate the facts behind the popular Kony2012 campaign and find a sinister organisation…
Why we still need international women’s day
International women’s day needs to be put back on the map as a rallying point for women’s liberation around the…
Victory for sparks as Balfour Beatty backs down
Electricians across the country are celebrating their victory against the corrupt bosses of Balfour Beatty. The company was trying to force…
Tesco's superexploitation of workers in workfare scheme
After what can only be described as a Twitter tornado, Tesco has said that the Job Centre Plus advert for…
Leeds Anticapitalists get organised
On 25 January 28 activists from different campaigns and leftwing groups met in Leeds and after discussions agreed to set…
New Left Initiative launched @ Sussex
Do we need a new anticapitalist left? How can we link ideas to action – what can of tactics and…
Why is there no national campaign to save the NHS?
Mark Booth student nurse at Kings asks why, in the face of massive opposition, more is not being done to…
Tory setbacks on welfare and education reform
Joy Macready reports on the recent government set backs and how we can get more of them TORY PROPOSALS for welfare…
War against Iran looms
AN ISRAELI military strike against Iran in 2012 are now considered more and more certain by international commentators. Israel war…
Editorial: 2012: a year for shedding illusions if we are to win
2011 was a remarkable year for protest movements, mass uprisings, general strikes – and revolutions.Millions of young people and workers…
Labour's right turn
Ed Ball’s announcement, rapidly endorsed by Ed Miliband, that a future Labour government would not promise to reverse a single…
The problem for the Labour left
The Labour left will find it very hard to beat back the right wing turn, argues Simon Hardy THE LABOUR Left, aka…
Labour and the unions
The move to the right is shaking the link between Labour and the unions, argues Dave Stockton Labour’s violent swing…
Sparks fly for more strike action
The electricians dispute is continuing, writes Joy Macready, and the sparks have Balfour Beatty in their sights AFTER SIX months…
Economic outlook worsens as cuts deepen crisis
GDP graph shows a double-dip recession emerging
Fear and hypocrisy: the Arab League monitors in Syria
Marcus Halaby reports on the latest developments in the Syrian revolution as international monitors send back their reports THE ARAB League…
Egyptian elections show sweeping gains for counterrevolution
Dave Stockton DESPITE MASSIVE mobilisations in Tahrir Square and other city centres in November and December, Egypt’s Supreme Council of…
Nigeria: cut in fuel subsidy sparks general strike
Millions of people in Nigeria took action against the government’s cut in fuel subsidies, writes Dave Stockton, but the union…
Stephen Lawrence: racism, lies and reluctant justice
Ron Paul: a bigoted, reactionary enemy of the 99 per cent
Ron Paul, standing to the be the Republicans presidential candidate, has some support on the left because he is antiwar…
The Fidesz Government in Hungary: a parliamentary coup d’etat as civil rights under attack
Mass protests have broken out in Hungary against antidemocratic laws, writes Tobi Hanse Late at night on 2 January, tens…
Italy’s new government launches major attack on workers
Martin Suchanek reports on the latest attack on Italian workers by the new government MARIO MONTI whose “government of experts” was…
Anti-austerity protests in Romania
JANUARY HAS seen days of mass militant action against the government, as thousands of people took to the streets across Romania…
The 1972 battle of Saltley Gate: “close the gates!”
On the fortieth anniversary of the Battle of Saltley Gate Norman Goodwin, then a shop steward at GKN Salisbury Transmissions…
Battle for the internet: Internet giants take actions against proposed censorship laws in the US
AN ‘INTERNET blackout’ on 18 January by industry giants including Wikipedia and Google succeeded in blocking attempts to pass new…
