In which I argue that we don’t have to choose between sustainability and employment – the solution is a green revolution.
SE Manchester – The Communist Manifesto
This week’s SWP branch meeting will be on ‘The Communist Manifesto’ with Dave Sewell. It will be a chance to discuss the legacy of Marx and Engels’ great call to arms in the midst of the 1848 revolutions across Europe and to discuss its legacy today. At the branch meeting, we will also be discussing our [...]
Hazel? Out!
If the people of Iran can rise up against their corrupt rulers, then so can the people of Salford! ITN | BBC NorthWest Tonight (in-depth report – but this link will only work for a day or so) | Tiscali Video News | The Independent | Salford Star Alas, the Granada news with a soundbyte [...]
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Dave Against The Machine: Our Time Or Theirs
You wait months for one of these to come out and then bam, two at once. But who am I to understand publishing? Ho hum. This week/month/quarter I call for smashing the BNP with our own response to the crisis. I’m not massively happy with it – a bit ultra-left in its panicked socialism-or-barbarism message, and [...]
July 27, 2009
Categories: comment, hi mum! . Tags: bnp, codnor, crisis, fascism, history, revolution, rwb, unite against fascism . Author: D . Comments: Leave a Comment