The internationalists

Review article of “What’s Wrong with using Parliament?” by The Socialist Party [of Great Britain], 24pp July 2010, £1.00. · In the light of the referendum on a change in the voting system (see "The alternative vote referendum..." ) we thought we would take another look at the only genuinely socialist organisation which attempts to sell us the parliamentary road to socialism.

(Leaflet distributed in Georgia, USA) · The Reasons for the Cuts · The root of the cuts, not only in Georgia, but in Wisconsin, the UK, Greece, Italy and around the world, is planted in the soil of the present economic crisis. The decrease in tax revenue facing national and local governments are being paid for by assaults on our living standards.

The Victory of Mass Struggle over Military Force · From Tunisia through Egypt to Libya, Bahrain and Yemen the Arabic-speaking world is in turmoil. It is too early to say where these mass revolts will end but one thing is certain - a new epoch is opening. Let’s leave Libya aside since a large expatriate working class and tribal divisions of the bourgeoisie have produced a civil war rather than a...

(UCU Strike Leaflet - We are publishing here a leaflet by the Manchester Class Struggle Forum in response to the strike of University and College Lecturers in the UK this week. Although we are not part of this group we support the working class viewpoint put forward in this leaflet in particular for the need for solidarity on the picket line between students and lecturers.

Meltdown · The earthquake and tsunami which struck Japan on 11 March at 8.9 on the Richter scale was one of the worst ever recorded. The tragedy of the tens of thousands of dead and the hundreds of thousands made homeless is almost mind-numbing. But even before the next aftershock strikes the country other questions are being posed.