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closed pumpsFuel tanker drivers look set to narrowly accept the employers' latest proposals in their second ballot. Angry Trucker reports looks at the deal and its implications

picasso paintingDon’t miss the brilliant ‘Picasso and Modern British Art’ exhibition at the Tate Britain, says John Rees.

Chilean students demonstrating in the streetsAs Chilean students take to the streets again, Alastair Stephens explains the background and demands of the movement.

A new Left is emerging in Europe to lead the anti-austerity struggle. David Jamieson argues that it's development is based on a break with dogmas old and new.

A new book on black Americans in the revoluntionary war of independence reveals the contradictory nature of bourgeois revolution, and rescues forgotten heroes of liberation, argues Neil Faulkner.

silhouette of soldier crouched in front of the union jackSuggestions that Britain has limited influence in the modern world seriously underestimate the role Britain plays in the imperialist system argues Chris Bambery

A runner carrying the Olympic torch into the Reich Sports Field to light the Olympic flame during the opening ceremonies of the 1936 Berlin Olympics.Neil Faulkner dispels the myth around the Olympic Torch as the invention of the ancients, but rather as an invention by the Nazi as symbol of national prestige.

demonstrators outside Zefat Academic CollegeUK student leaders have condemned the decision by Zefat Academic College to effectively prevent Palestinians from standing for student union president

Greek demonstrator waving Syriza flagAs the political parties in Greece fail to make a coalition government and fresh elections are called, SYRIZA is emerging as the dominant political force.

After two years of self-defeating austerity measures, a Greek default looks more likely than ever.

Lindsey German and John Rees talk about A People's History of London on Robert Elms radio show

At the end of the First World War, the epicentre of revolution moved from Petrograd to Berlin. Why did the German communists fail where the Bolsheviks had succeded?

The only answer which the US and its allies have to failing wars is to keep pouring money into them and hope for the best, argues Lindsey German.

US Air Force General Atomics MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)The United States has recently expanded its campaign of drone strikes in Yemen to widespread anger and concern, Noon Arabia captures the tweets on Twitter.

As the Egyptian presidential race continues Noon Arabia captures the tweets about the televised debate between Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and Ahmed Ould Daddah.

Anita de Klerk argues that the dispersal zone placed in Stratford is not about targeting local anti-social behaviour, but rather a strategy to keep the unwanted public away from the Olympics.

Richard Wolin provides a fascinating account of the intellectual confusion that followed May '68, but takes an ambivalent attitude towards the revolutionary potential it generated, argues Feyzi Ismail.

Rochdale victimThe issue of race in the child sexual exploitation case in Rochdale is a diversion from a real understanding of what makes young people vulnerable to sexual predators

Lindsey GermanAfter France rejected austerity in elections Lindsey German and Sam Bowman of the Adam Smith Institute debate whether cuts or growth offer the best way out of recession

French celebrateVoters in France and Greece rejected austerity over the weekend - James Meadway argues that it is time to break the crisis of a failed past in favour of a new Europe

John ReesDavid Jamieson speaks to political commentator John Rees about mass movements, the modern world and the tasks of the left today.

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