The Scandal of Sanctions against Claimants is all Part of the “Plan for Recovery”

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The Government say things are getting better. They say jobs are being created. They say wages and prices are stabilising, whatever that means. They say the housing market is breathing again so that’s alright. So why does the Chancellor tell us that we need to have £24 billion in cuts to the welfare budget? And why does the Labour opposition agree that more welfare cuts are needed? · For us there...

European Proposals on Youth Unemployment

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Capitalism’s roads are paved with "good intentions" · Figures show that in the euro area alone, youth unemployment has reached 24.1%. It ranges from 7.7% in Germany to 57.3 % in Greece, through 40.4% in Italy. In numerical terms there are officially 5.6 million unemployed between 15 and 25 years, but a broader figure to consider is the 7.

Class Warfare in Cambodia

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Cambodian textile workers have been on strike since before Christmas demanding a new minimum wage of $160 a month. Currently they get about $80. However as the New Year opened some workers began to drift back to work as they needed the cash. This intensified the struggle of the more militant workers who took to the streets to prevent the factories being reopened.

Iran: The Ruling Class Unites Around Rouhani’s Nuclear Diplomacy

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Once again, the international media has noisily greeted the arrival of a new Iranian president, seeing in him the ultimate triumph of diplomacy, moderation and wisdom. In this they are just repeating what they said and wrote ten years ago with headlines like: · "EU ministers strike Iran deal" · "Diplomatic coup on nuclear programme averts crisis (1).

Mandela – A Hero for Capitalism

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Today in Johannesburg the biggest ever gathering of leaders of global capitalism is taking place to honour Nelson Mandela. They have already flooded the media with a chorus of adulation for the man and his achievements. Current and former political leaders have all rushed to heap praise on him and hold him up as a role model for future generations.

Imperialist Tensions Shift to the Far East

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The dispute is framed by the attempt to control a small uninhabited archipelago located between Okinawa and Taiwan in the East China Sea. For the Japanese the archipelago is called Senkaku (Tokyo has administered it since 1972 when it was abandoned by the Americans), and Diaoyu in China, whose claim to ownership is based on strategic need for the defence of its territorial waters.

Cuba: Another Revolution?

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As is well known Raul Castro - Head of State and leader of the Government of the Republic of Cuba – has said he wants to unify the two pesos in use in Cuba. The Cuban peso, which is the functioning currency, is used to pay wages, salaries and pensions in the public sector, while the convertible Cuban peso is used by tourists and Cubans to pay for luxury goods such as petrol, restaurants, hotels,...

Italy: Hunger, sweat and tears whilst waiting for the (supposed) recovery

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If we were moralists, we’d say that there is something obscene in the daily drama bourgeois politicians of every stripe enact for us. · Watch the fight to the death between gangs in the same party, either to win control or, more simply, not to lose the cosy armchairs offered by the institutions of bourgeois democracy, from where they can orchestrate their plunder of the "common goods" (the various...

Typhoon Haiyan Wreaks Havoc in the Philippines: as usual the poorest pay the highest price

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Global warming is now an accepted fact. Its consequences for humanity are widely debated. When it comes to attributing the cause of any particular disaster there’s always room for doubt. What’s not in doubt is the human and economic disaster caused by typhoon Haiyan when it hit the Philippines archipelago last weekend.

Marxism and Anarchism

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The document which follows is a rough outline of our introductory remarks in our meeting in the London Anarchist Bookfair. We say “rough” since we had intended to record the meeting but failed to do so. We have since had quite a few requests (even criticisms of our failure), from those not present, to make some kind of account of the meeting.

Grangemouth: A Chronicle of our Time

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The Ineos Connection · The Grangemouth oil refinery and connected petrochemical plant remains one of the biggest contributors to the Scottish economy. It is also strategically important for the North Sea oil industry. The Forties pipeline, which carries a third of the UK's daily oil output from 65 platforms, runs from the North Sea to BP’s Kinneil plant, near Grangemouth.

Global warming: Capitalism is Dragging Us to Catastrophe

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The latest UN Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) report makes dismal reading. It states loud and clear that global warming is caused by human activity, and sees the argument on this issue as now settled. Since its last report in 2007, there has been no significant attempt to cut global emissions, in fact the rate of emissions of greenhouse gases has accelerated.

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