Greece Is Suffering Under Austerity and Big Power Dictate Greek people celebrate the NO! victory as referendum results come in July 5, 2015. Europe is in crisis. The European economy of the…Read more…
Strikes at historic low level
The ONS has today published a new report on industrial disputes*. This confirms that they are at a historically low level. Ironically this comes one day after the government published plans to legislate to squeeze strikes. In fact, in the current decade less than a tenth as many days are being lost…Read more…
ISDS-lite could yet scupper the EU-Canada trade deal
The TUC is no fan of the revised Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) process that EU Trade Commissioner Malmstrom has persuaded the European Parliament to back in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal between the EU and US…Read more…
The Working Class Festival Which Is the Durham Miners Gala
In the wake of the May 7 Conservative electoral coup, the 131st Durham Miners Gala and Big Meeting on July 11 affirmed the role of the working class as being at the centre of modern developments. The…Read more…
EU Institutions Impose Dictate after Greek People Decisively Vote No to Austerity:
The courageous stand of the people of Greece in the July 5 referendum on the creditors’ demands for further austerity, in the face of widespread scaremongering and brutal financial…Read more…
German-Led Eurozone Launching Coup Against Greek Government
Huff Post After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, Francis Fukuyama famously declared an end to history. Things, of course, would continue to happen, he said, but the…Read more…
UCATT: Fresh demonstrations planned in London after Living Wage blocked
13 July 2015 Construction union UCATT are planning to hold a fresh wave of demonstrations, after employers blocked proposals to ensure that workers employed under the largest construction agreement…Read more…
TUC updates its status on “Productivity” :
Sharing growth with workers will help boost productivity, says TUC 10 July 2015 Commenting on the publication today of the government’s productivity plan, TUC General Secretary, Frances O’Grady said:…Read more…
No to Austerity! For a New Direction for Society!
131st Durham Miners Gala: — Call of the Northern Region of RCPB(ML), July 11, 2015 — The Working Class and People Must Build the Workers’ Opposition and Set their Sights on Becoming the…Read more…
Balfour Beatty heading for the rocks:
Balfour Beatty issues another profit warning UK engineering group Balfour Beatty has issued another profit warning, saying its 2015 results will be hit by a “shortfall” of £120m-£150m….Read more…
RMT STRIKE: First of Workers’ Actions against Government’s “Productivity” Offensive.
Tube strike begins across London Underground network Tube staff have gone on strike across the entire London Underground network in a row over pay and conditions. The strike, which officially began…Read more…
Speeches from the, “Greece Says No” Victory Rally:
The Greece-tuc-meeting, TUC Congress House was packed on Monday night to celebrate the remarkable victory for OXI/NO in Sunday’s referendum in Greece. The Greece Solidarity Campaign’s rally was…Read more…
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Derbyshire scraps school crossings A total of 54 Derbyshire schools will have no crossing patrol and 42 more could lose theirs Almost 100 schools in Derbyshire could be without a crossing patrol if…Read more…
Campaign Against Euro-Federalism (CAEF)Statement on Greek, “No!” vote
caef@caef.org.uk Greece No! to austerity CAEF statement [7.7.15] The position of the Greek Government and No! vote to austerity in the referendum does not alter the eurozone operation or the thrust…Read more…
Letter from Fidel to Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister of Greece
The historic leader of the Revolution congratulated the Hon. Mr. Alexis Tsipras for his political victory and courage regarding the current situation facing the country Author: Fidel Castro Ruz…Read more…
Economic Theory
– Articles for Discussion, Workers’ Centre of CPC(M-L) – Terms, Expressions and Words in Political Economy The terms, expressions and words employed in political economy reflect an…Read more…
Greece: A Case Against Austerity
– K.C. Adams – How to ruin an economy that is already in trouble and needs help not abuse Stickers call for people to vote “No” en masse to austerity in the referendum July 5….Read more…
Building Resistance against Austerity:
Quarter of a Million People Declare No to Austerity An estimated 250,000 people marched through central London on June 20 to demand an end to austerity, with thousands more demonstrating in Glasgow,…Read more…
Greek bailout referendum:
Oppose the Dictate of the EU and IMF! On Sunday, July 5, the Greek people will vote in a referendum over whether to accept the bailout conditions proposed on June 25 by the “troika” of the European…Read more…
Greece: Key commentary
Where is My European Union? The European Ideal has been Irreversibly Damaged Alex Andreou Byline 28 June 2015 As Greece prepares for a monumental decision, there is only one certainty: the European…Read more…