Editorials

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Eurozone meltdown!

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THE European Central Bank (ECB) monthly policy meeting took place in Naples last Thursday under riot conditions. While Europe’s financial movers and shakers met in...

One country two social systems breeding counter-revolution in China

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THE Hong Kong pro-democracy protests have now moved into their second week. The Hong Kong Federation of Students withdrew from planned negotiations on Friday, accusing...

Tories prepare for civil war against the working class

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IN HIS closing speech to the Tory conference, Cameron pledged that a future Tory government would scrap the Human Rights Act, a position that was...

No let-up in NHS crisis – trade unions must act

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WITH the dust barely settled on both the Labour and Tory Party conferences, the brutal reality of the economic crisis gripping British capitalism is...

Imperialist war against Syria escalated – answer with socialist revolution

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THE past few days have seen an escalation of the imperialist war against Syria and the government of Bashar al-Assad. Today the Turkish government is...

Meet Tories’ brutal attacks on workers with a general strike

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THE Tory party conference greeted with rapturous applause the pledge by George Osborne that any future Tory government would drive the working class into...

Put capitalism out of its misery with the socialist revolution

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THE one thing guaranteed by the world economic crisis of the capitalist system, is that all the weakness, greed and corruption of the ruling...

Tories’ catastrophic split – time to kick them out

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THE Tory party was delivered shattering blows on the eve of its conference when Tory MP Mark Reckless stepped out onto the platform of...

Defend Public Services through a general strike

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ON THE day that MPs were voting on going to war once again in the Middle East, a very senior civil servant made it...

No support for imperialist war in Syria – forward with world socialist revolution

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TODAY, the House of Commons is to engage in an emergency debate on Britain joining the US bombing campaign in Iraq and Syria. In this...

Step up the public sector strike to a general strike

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THE National Executive of the Public and Civil Servants Union (PCS) have called out their members in England on a one-day strike on Wednesday...

Stop imperialist war with the world socialist revolution

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YESTERDAY US president Barak Obama finally launched the air and missile strikes he has been threatening inside Syria without the agreement of the Syrian...

Balls to make workers pay for Bank debts

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IN yesterday’s speech Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls, committed any future Labour government to savage attacks on all the gains of the welfare state in...

Tories Open Up The Battle Against Socialism

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THE content of the ‘devolution campaign’, which has now developed into the ‘Home Rule for England campaign’ was revealed yesterday when Tory Justice Secretary...

Scots workers reject nationalism – now for revolution

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SCOTTISH workers rejected the narrow reactionary nationalism of the SNP on Thursday because of the fact that they hate both the Scottish and English...

Bma Calls For Independent Inquiry Into NHS Crisis

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A WOMAN died yesterday in an ambulance while waiting in a queue of around 15 emergency vehicles outside the A&E at Morriston Hospital in...

US Military Chief Undermines The President Over US Troops In Iraq

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THE US’ top military commander General Dempsey has broken ranks with President Obama by telling the Senate Armed Services Committee that US...

Three party leaders make a ‘Vow’ that they cannot carry out!

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YESTERDAY saw a LibDem, Tory and Labour Party coalition scrambling to promise anything and everything in a desperate effort to save the UK...

There Must Be A Real Struggle Against Ttip And Ceta Now!

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LAST week at the annual conference of the TUC the largest union in the country, Unite, issued a grovelling plea to the Tory led...

Struggle against Assad and Iran more important to US-UK gangsters than defeating ISIS

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UK Prime Minister Cameron said yesterday that the UK supports US airstrikes against the IS not with boots on the ground, but by other...

Privateers Clean Up While Unemployed Demonised

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THE NEWS that the coalition government has very quietly slipped a clause into the contracts being handed out to private companies to run probation...

Obama Prepared To Bomb Syria!

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US President Barack Obama outlined his long-awaited ‘strategy’ on Wednesday night to ‘degrade and ultimately destroy’ the Islamist group ISIL that has established an...

Queen Dumps Cameron And Ready To do The Same For The UK

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BRITISH CAPITALISM is on the rocks economically and politically, there is not the slightest doubt about that. The leaders of the three major parties have...

Tuc Congress Leaders Refuse To Fight!

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ON Sunday at the TUC Congress delegates voted unanimously to defend the right to strike, with GMB General Secretary Paul Kenny declaring: ‘If the...

Bourgeoisie In A Panic Over Scotland

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POLLS showing that the campaign for Scottish independence could win the referendum, due to take place in nine days time, has caused panic amongst...

The Crisis In The Ukraine!

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THE OSCE has revealed the 12-point roadmap behind the September 5 truce signed in Minsk. The document, titled ‘Protocol on the results of consultations...

Cameron and Tories in crisis

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THE understanding that in times of acute capitalist crisis the ruling class can no longer rule in the old way is being borne out...

Workers and elderly to be hammered for the benefit of privateers

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CURRENTLY all over the country A&E’s are being closed, in some areas entire hospitals are to be demolished, while the number of private patients...

Nato Meets Behind Steel Barriers, Under No Fly Zone!

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THE NATO warlords are meeting in Newport today. That they are not the most popular people on the planet is proven by the...

Cameron At War At Home And Abroad

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CAMERON’S Monday ‘European Council’ statement to parliament was all about the crisis of imperialism, its wars abroad, and dictatorship at home. He managed to discuss...

New Curriculum abolishes childhood

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THIS week, children and young people return to school in England where they face being subjected to a new education curriculum devised by the...

Tory Party On The Rocks!

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THE Survation poll for the Mail on Sunday shows that UKIP, with turncoat Tory MP Carswell as their candidate, will win the October Clacton...

Splits and crisis dominate Europe

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LAST weekend the French government collapsed as the splits within the cabinet turned into open warfare between President Holland and his finance minister, Arnaud...

Kiev, EU and US facing defeat in East Ukraine!

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UKRAINIAN President Petro Poroshenko has cancelled a visit to Turkey, citing ‘Russian troop deployments’ in the east of the country. His announcement came as...

State Of Palestine Now Within Reach!

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ISRAEL, after 50 days of slaughter in which over 2,000 Palestinians were killed, many of them children, tens of thousands wounded and hundreds of...

Afghan crisis deepens as deadline nears

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AFGHANISTAN’S finance minister has said deadlock over the disputed presidential election has cost the economy $5bn, so far. Omar Zakhilwal has said he will have...

French government collapses

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ON Monday the French government effectively collapsed as a direct result of a massive split in the leading ranks of the ruling Socialist Party...

May Hits Out At Liberties And Rights While Meyer Calls For An Alliance With...

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BRITISH Home Secretary May, driven by the desperate home and foreign policy crisis of British imperialism, is lashing out at basic rights in the...

Imperialism In Crisis – As Islamist Clients Turn On Their Masters

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IMPERIALISM is in disarray. Tens of thousands of Islamist fighters – initially assisted by western governments, such as the UK government, and their secret...

Stop All Arms Supplies To Israel – Impose Worldwide Trade Boycott

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HAMAS has accused Israel of violating the temporary ceasefire on Tuesday. It’s spokesman Moussa Abu Marzouq said on Wednesday that Israel ‘ended the truce...

Ferguson battle anticipates US revolution

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THE tactics weaponry and ammunition used in the town of Ferguson, St Louis, by the police and Missouri National Guard, have led to...

Bosses want a nation of coolies!

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WITH house prices increased by 10.2% (19% in London) in the last 12 months, and with rents at astronomic heights, plus rail fares about...

Support The Ys March For Jobs!

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YOUNG people today are under full scale attack from the Tory-led coalition. They are now fighting back. The Young Socialists are marching from...

Cameron poised to send UK troops into Iraq!

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PM Cameron is poised to send British troops into Iraq. This is why he is unwilling to recall Parliament after it rejected his...

Capitalism is dead in the water!

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ON Thursday, a member of the powerful Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee, in an unguarded moment, blurted out the truth that exports from...