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Thatcher, the ALP & the dregs of neoliberalism
If there’s one thing the entire Australian Left agrees on right now it’s that “Thatcherism was a very bad thing”. But beyond that, it may be appropriate to ask what exactly it is that people think was...
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The political crisis over Syria & the anti-war movement
Protest in London on Thursday This piece was written for the UK Stop the War Coalition’s website. It may seem wearily familiar — a rush to war, disputed intelligence dossiers and a determined effort to...
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Athens anti-fascist conference: a milestone for the Left
By KEVIN OVENDEN This piece is a follow-up to “Greece, the state & anti-fascism”, which was subsequently also posted at Socialist Unity in the UK and Socialist Worker in the US. The anti-fascist...
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Russell Brand, let’s get this done.
OK Russell, let’s get this done. I’m in Europe and the crisis is everywhere. I landed in Greece and it hit me in the face: people trying to generate an income in any way they can; road works half...
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A funny thing happened on the way through Upton Park
I was inspired partly by an exchange of well-made points on my Facebook wall between two great friends Jay and Paddy. But the main reason for taking time out to write this on a sunny Sunday morning in...
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Left Flank at Historical Materialism in London
Historical Materialism’s 11th annual conference — How Capitalism Survives — begins tomorrow at SOAS, Vernon Square, in London. Four writers and contributors to Left Flank are speaking. On Friday...
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‘Abolishing the present state of things’
Paris Commune: the ‘reabsorption of the State power by society’ Communism is for us not a state of affairs which is to be established, an ideal to which reality [will] have to adjust itself. We call...
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Peter Pinkney: A Marxist running for the UK Greens
Pinkney at Philosophy Football’s Greatcoats for Goalposts event {photo: Simon Green} Some joined up thinking in Redcar Peter Pinkney, President of the RMT, Rail, Maritime and Transport, Trade Union,...
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Greece two months on: where is the hope?
“Hope is coming. Europe is changing. Greece is going forward.” Two months into Syriza taking office after the historic victory of the Left at the polls on 25 January, dare we hope for a breach in the...
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Brexit, Trump & why the rules of politics have changed
Not looking like a winner: Police escort Boris Johnson past protesters It seems pretty clear now that even the leaders of the Leave campaign in the UK’s referendum on the European Union didn’t believe...
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