The internationalists

With the austerity measures about to really kick in this autumn some sections of the working class such as those on London Underground are already showing signs of fighting back. As ever the ruling class are anticipating this by stepping up their propaganda campaign by talking of “union power” and “the winter of discontent”.

Contemporary Britain is a multiethnic, multi-cultural society and in keeping with the doctrines of political correctness we are told to celebrate and respect the cultures of all national, ethnic and religious groups, especially those that originate in the ‘third world’. · And if we are supposed to respect all cultures no matter how stupid and reactionary they may be, why can’t we also celebrate...

ICT Introduction · The global drive against the world working class in the name of budget rectitude (as demanded by the same “markets” that brought the huge state debts in the first place) has taken a slightly different form in the US since the Federal Government has been baling out the bankers whilst local states have been cutting their spending.

The Global Drugs Trade · In recent times, the oil trade has been a principal focus of the communist analysis of imperialism, an analysis which delves beyond appearances and seeks to find the economic justification which motivates all the main players. · However, even if this focus on the economic roots of imperialist activity is entirely correct, there is a powerful case to be made for saying that...

Our comrades in Turkey at the previously state-owned tobacco and alcohol concern have been in struggle for months, despite massive repression, against wage-cuts, the loss of contractual and social rights and the loss of jobs. Two of the strikers report on their struggle. · Monday 21st June, 19:30 · Galerie Kraftwerk - Rungestr.