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As EDL run riot in Dudley, unite to stop them marching in Bradford on 28 August

20 July 2010 [online at worldrevolution.org.uk]

The fascist English Defence League attacked Mosques and Hindu temples indiscriminately at the weekend, but with resistance from the Muslim community. With the EDL set to march in Bradford on 28 August, the Left needs to prepare says Dan Edwards more…

Lambeth Activists Newsletter

Summer 2010

Lambeth Activists is a group of Unison activists who have played a key role in building the union in recent years, and getting fighting policies passed through the Lambeth branch. This is their newsletter for this summer. more…

Police force Orange Order march through Ardoyne

14 July 2010

Nearly four decades after the massacre of civil rights protesters by British paratroopers, the victims families finally have an official conclusion, writes Bernie McAdam more…

Eighth congress of the League for the Fifth International a great success

12 July 2010

Delegates from the sections of the League for the Fifth international gathered in Turkey in June to discuss the international work of our organisation and adopt the documents and resolutions that will guide our work over the coming years. more…

The European Social Forum staring into an abyss

10 July 2010

The ESF in Istanbul failed to provide a lead in the coming struggles against the crisis, report Martin Suchanek and Dave Stockton more…

Lambeth council workers prepare for strikes

9 July 2010

Lambeth Unison held its largest branch meeting in a decade and decided to ramp up the action to stop cuts to jobs and services. Jeremy Drinkall, a Lambeth Unison shop steward reports more…

ESF Istanbul 2010 in pictures

7 July 2010

From the 1-5 July 2010, people from left-wing organisations all over Europe and the world gathered in Istanbul. Sarah Rees took pictures of the event, including a colourful ESF demonstration and march for women's rights more…

How to smash the Tory budget

Leaflet for Marxism festival 1-5 July

The immediate task now facing our movement is to meet the generalised attack by the bosses with mass resistance across the whole working class more…

Bloody Sunday Saville report: some closure to a 38 year cover-up

30 June 2010

The Saville report on the Bloody Sunday massacre has vindicated campaigners and the victims in the fight for justice writes Bernie McAdam more…

"We're all in this together" – the biggest Tory lie

28 June 2010

As the budget of cuts was announced, and David Cameron told us that "we're all in this together", nothing could have been further from the truth. Michael Tate reports on the enormous bonuses awarded to Network Rail bosses, and the lavish Tory cuts party immediately after budget day more…

NUS fails to silence anti-cuts students

28 June 2010 [online at worldrevolution.org.uk]

The NUS have buckled under pressure from managers to hold an open democratic anti-cuts conference... but if they won't fight these cuts, then we will says Mark Booth from KCL more…

Emergency Budget 2010: a savage assault that must be fought

23 June 2010

The emergency budget is a savage attack on the working class, distributing income from the poor, into the pockets of the rich. Richard Brenner says the whole working class movement needs to spring into action to fight it more…

How good is the Socialist Party's stewardship of the NSSN?

Leaflet to the NSSN conference - June 2010

In 2009 the National Shop Stewards Network took part in some key strikes in the car industry and the construction wildcats led by the Lindsey Oil Refinery workers. Last year's conference saw key militants from these and all the other major struggles take part, such as Rob Williams (Linamar) and Keith Gibson (Lindsey), both in the Socialist Party more…

Unite and strike - to break the budget

Leaflet to the NSSN conference - June 2010-06-30

The new "Age of Austerity" that Cameron promised before the election has arrived. George Osborne's emergency budget announced a public sector pay freeze that could see millions of workers seeing a real pay cut, after inflation, of around 10% over two years. Those earning less than £21,000 will get an extra £250 a year - i.e. also a pay cut more…

EDL take to streets

Workers Power 346 – Summer 2010

After the BNP’s election rout, the far right English Defence League threatens a summer of marches through Muslim areas. Bernie McAdam asks how the fascist EDL can be stopped more…

The European Social Forum and the Left

Workers Power 346 – Summer 2010

The sixth European Social Forum, held in Istanbul in July, offers a chance for the left to debate strategy and the way forward, argues Dave Stockton more…

World Cup is a poisoned chalice for workers and poor

Workers Power 346 – Summer 2010

During the World Cup, billions around the world will be celebrating the festival of football, but in South Africa the poor face repression and social exclusion, writes Keith Spencer
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Summer issue - See all summer issue articles

- Editorial: don't believe Tory lies on cuts
- BA strike – which way forward for victory
- Postal workers face new battle
- Labour leadership: five contenders, no choice
- Fighting the ConDem cuts
- Lambeth fights cuts
- Tory schools policy: parent power or private profit?
- "Quiet man" swings axe at benefits
- Universities: fees, cuts or both?
- Jerry Hicks for Unite leader
- After Bloody Sunday inquiry: now stop torturing republican prisoners
- Are the Con-Dems pro civil liberties?
- Israel: Cold blooded murder spurs worldwide revulsion
- Israel: the root of the problem is Zionism
- Flotilla attack: anger against Israel grows
- BP barons fuel oil slick disaster
- BP oil disaster – how it happened
- All over Europe, battle rages against austerity
- The European Social Forum and the Left
- What are Cameron’s real Afghan war aims?
- Bangkok burning: the lessons of Thailand
- World Cup is a poisoned chalice for workers and poor
- EDL take to streets
- Communist policy: Boycott apartheid Israel

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