On February 24, 2012, a 24-year old Palestinian American, Fadi Quran, was assaulted and arrested by Israeli security forces during a non-violent protest in the West Bank for allegedly pushing an Israeli soldier. Video footage strongly indicates that Fadi was [...]
GMB members working in the housekeeping department for Carillion at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon are engaged in three continuous days of strike action this week against the culture of bullying by supervisors, and the failure of Carillion management to even acknowledge that the problems exist. This week’s action follows three previous one day [...]
Self determination for the Tamil people! Public meeting organised by British Tamil Forum, International Tamil Association of Journalists and Socialist Resistance, Wednesday 7th March, 7:30pm Indian YMCA, Fitzroy Square, W1 (Warren Street tube) Speakers: Ron Ridenour, author of Tamil Nation [...]
The latest Irish Times Poll is showing SF support at 25 per cent, an unprecedented level in the 26 counties, so tomorrow’s public meeting is timely `Economic crisis — lessons from Ireland, Tues 28 February 8pm Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House, House of Commons, SW1A OAA Speakers: Sinn Fein Vice President Mary Lou McDonald TD and Pat [...]With the Oscars upon us yet again, here is a random selection of great movie moments. ALEC BALDWIN – GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (1992) CHARLIE CHAPLIN – THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940) JACK NICHOLSON – THE LAST DETAIL (1973) CHRISTOPHER WALKEN/DENNIS HOPPER – TRUE ROMANCE (1993)
by Dave Hill[i] This is a potentially revolutionary period in world history. The collapse of finance capitalism, the bankers’ bailouts across the globe, the continuing bankers’ bonuses, and the intrinsic problems of finance capitalism (such as overproduction and under-consumption, caused [...]
We hope to be making available on this site some important texts from the Fourth International in Britain. The 1972 International Marxist Group pamphlet Ireland Unfree was written as an introduction to Irish history and the revolutionary Marxist approach to [...]Three more days strike action start Monday next week. Thanks to union news