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1. Workers burning to death as India shines

   ... other top floors also. Frightened and perplexed people ran for safety in whichever way they could after seeing the advancing flames and ... of the right and left Next year is the election year for electing a new legislative assembly for West Bengal. The leftists have been ...

   Communist Inter... - 2010-07-05 19:28

2. The future is class struggle!

   2501 reads For the past 15 years all the propaganda of the ruling class has been trying to ... the first time they have acted together this way for 12 years. In the USA, the strike by 18,500 engineering workers at ... (the previous strike by Boeing workers in 1995 dragged on for 69 days before ending in a heavy defeat). The workers have once again ...

   World Revolution - 2005-11-08 12:30

3. Capitalist democracy can’t be reformed

   ... some - like Hazel Blears - transparently acting in revenge for Brown's criticisms over her involvement in the MPs' expenses saga. Pensions Secretary James Purnell, quitting on 4 June, echoed the call for Brown to step down. The papers are full of articles about Brown's ...

   World Revolution - 2013-07-07 17:38

4. Poland, August 1980: The proletariat rediscovers the weapon of the mass strike

   ... to East Germany. In 1980 this was a vital supply line for the Russian troops in East Germany. The workers’ demands were: no ... 1980 took the initiatives themselves. They did not wait for any instructions from above, but came together and held meetings in ...

   World Revolution - 2005-09-22 19:02

5. 'Social democracy' is still anti-working class

   ... all things to all people, and gives him a great deal of room for manoeuvre if the political and economic situation gets more difficult. ” ... “ he failed to condemn coordinated strike action planned for November 30 – repeatedly suggesting it was up to the Government to give ...

   World Revolution - 2013-07-07 17:44

6. NHS, Budget: The capitalist state attacks our living standards

   ... off incapacity benefit, by insisting single parents look for work, and above all by denying benefits to those under 18. This government ... on the health service go on all year, without waiting for the budget to be announced. These are the same attacks that workers are ...

   World Revolution - 2007-04-02 20:44

7. Massive class conflicts on the horizon

   ... that what really defines us is something else: nationality for example. We are told that we belong to this or that ‘nation’ and that ... of date, something from the 19 th century, irrelevant for today. Especially since the collapse of the so-called ‘Communist’ ...

   World Revolution - 2006-07-04 12:04

8. Russia 1917 and the revolutionary memory of the working class

   2355 reads For all those who still consider that mankind’s last best hope is the ... happens when you challenge the present system, if you fall for the delusion that a higher form of social life is possible. You get ... camp. And then it all collapsed, which demonstrated once and for all that it is impossible to organise modern society other than by the ...

   ICConline - 2017-02-05 20:34

9. The February 1941 strike in Holland: class solidarity against racist persecution

   ... lines, by inviting the two majority white workers’ unions for negotiations while dismissing the majority black workers’ union. In ... to this manoeuvre by the Board the three unions called for a joint strike that was followed unanimously. Another important moment ...

   ICConline - 2021-04-21 10:54

10. Towards general assemblies in India

    ... the demands included a national minimum wage, permanent jobs for 50 million contract workers, government measures to tackle inflation (which has been over 9% for most of the last two years), social security benefits such as pensions for ...

    World Revolution - 2013-07-07 17:52

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