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Hi John,Just a quick note before Christmas to say a HUGE thanks for donating to send the tax-dodging Amazon ad van out on the town!
It made a bit of a splash – circling Amazon’s HQ, and then cruising through London’s busy shopping streets: exposi…Read more…
Tempting as it is to slip into dejection by the prospect of four more years of this appalling Tory administration gifted to us by this ending year, let us opt for optimism for the one to come. …Read more…
This is my traditional Crimbo Eve Video. Christianity and most other religions have much in common with Communism and Democratic socialist values in theory but all beliefs and political creeds in reality, don’t tend to practise what they preach.
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“While this year’s disastrous General Election result wasn’t what we had campaigned or hoped for, West Ham Labour have risen to the challenge to fight back.
We ended the year on a high with our membership doubling in recent months and it was great…Read more…
https://www.marxists.org/archive/gallacher/1915/clyde-committee.htm
This link is to a leaflet issued one hundred years ago when workers on the Clyde were trying to organise in the absence of any legal right not to be unfairly dismissed (which right was…Read more…
We’re often told we shouldn’t worry about Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in the new generation of so-called ‘free’ trade agreements, because the UK Government doesn’t lose cases. In practice that’s because most UK agreements containing ISDS have been…Read more…
Interest rates: Ancient Mesopotamia to the present (see end of post for source) On 12 November 2015 Andy Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England, spoke at the TUC. While a little late in the day, it is worthwhile to review some of the very important points he made, not least given the…Read more…
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The Tory government has taken an innovative approach in reducing child poverty. Instead of maintaining a target set by the last Labour government to eliminate child poverty by 2020, it’s…Read more…
Unite has yesterday (December 22) welcomed the Scottish government’s ‘sensible’ decision to retain the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board (SAWB) following a prolonged campaign to protect the minimum…Read more…
The final release of economic figures for 2015 does not make happy reading for the Chancellor. Headline GDP for 2015Q3 is revised down to 0.4% from 0.5%; Q2 was 0.5%. On the annual measure comparing with the same quarter a year ago, growth is now 2.1%,…Read more…
My hero in 2015? The man with the plan to beat the cuts.
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Beat the anti-union bill; Communications Awards 2015; Corbyn and Sturgeon say the bill must go; Celebrate learning; Council cuts campaign mounts as we face ‘worst cuts in living memory’; Tayside health branch wins low pay victory; Cordia janitors ballot; Climate march report; Speak up against police cuts; Save democracy in Turkey; Give your views on social work codes of practice and much moreRead more…
UNISON local government members to be consulted in new year on employer’s final offer
The article Local government pay offer consultation to begin in January first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
What a fantastic song. Support our NHS and buy it please! Hat tip Ian Dixon
“The song is available now on iTunes, Amazon, and others.
Download link (iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/a-b…
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Nursing shortages rock nine in 10 hospitals AN ABYSMAL nine in 10 hospitals are failing to meet their own targets for safe numbers of nurses on wards, according to a report revealed yesterday….Read more…
There is much being said about defending Corbyn and Socialism these days, but here we have attacks on Communism reminiscent of cold war politics.The attacks are usually hysterical but usually the…Read more…
I’m pleased to read Aditya Chakrabortty in today’s Guardian (p36 of the print edition) writing in praise of my friend and comrade John Burgess.
http://gu.com/p/4faxh
Following the disappointing outcome of the election for UNISON General Secretary (and …Read more…
Joining in the Work of the Party If you would like to get in touch with the Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist) and make enquiries about joining in its work. We usually speak…Read more…
Economy is paying too little for work and too much for sitting on wealth, says TUC 18 December 2015 New figures published today (Friday) by the Office for National Statistics on UK household wealth…Read more…