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Monday, 02 July 2012 19:09
Barclays Capital was fined by financial regulators in the UK and the US last week. But the rot goes much deeper than this. Left-wing economist James Meadway explains what’s wrong with the financial system
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Cayley Sorochan reports on the student strikes in Quebec and discusses the lessons that can be taken from them
Education Secretary Michael Gove’s new plans for GCSEs were leaked in the Daily Mail last week. Adam Tomes explains what is at stake
Following the Greek elections, James Meadway argues that a mass movement needs to be built against austerity as the European crisis worsens
John Rees looks at poll results in Greece, France and Egypt and the death of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince
The struggle between the regime and the opposition in Russia continues. Alastair Stephens explains the latest developments
The coalition government is weak, divided and directionless. Alex Snowdon traces its political crisis and asks how opponents of austerity can defeat the government.
The bailout of Spanish banks won't solve the eurocrisis and means more austerity for a continent in free fall argues James Meadway
The major powers are at deadlock over Syria, but the US and its allies are still finding ways to intervene argues John Rees
Rather than a solution to the debt crisis, Eurobonds will not work in practice argues James Meadway
The left may not like the results of the first round of voting in Egypt’s presidential election, but the elite won’t like it either, says John Rees
How should revolutionaries relate to the new Left rising up across Europe? Chris Bambery argues lessons can be learned from the approach Leon Trotsky took to this question in the mid-1930s
After two years of self-defeating austerity measures, a Greek default looks more likely than ever.
Voters 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
Voters across Britain rejected the Coalition with big losses for both the Tories and the Liberal Democrats. Lindsey German looks at why London bucked the trend by re-electing Boris Johnson
James Meadway argues that it is time to change economic course as the UK slips back into recession.
Chris Bambery assesses the the strength of the trade unions and the working class movement in Britain today.
George Galloway has won a sensational victory in the Bradford West by-election with a 10,000 vote majority.
New 'cash for access' revelations go to the heart of David Cameron's government, writes Dan Poulton.
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31 May - 1 June 2013
an international festival
In the parks, halls and public spaces around Kings Cross
With:
David Harvey, Tariq Ali, Tony Benn, Owen Jones, Nina Power, Sanum Ghafoor, Andrew Murray, Laurie Penny, Lindsey German, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Paul Le Blanc, Terry Eagleton, Paul Gilroy and more...
Saturday 22 June 2013
9:30am – 5pm
Central Hall Westminster
Events
Books
How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women
By Lindsey German
A Marxist History of the World
From Neanderthals to Neoliberals
By Neil Faulkner
The People V Tony Blair
Politics, the Media and the Anti-War Movement
By Chris Nineham
Timelines
A Political History of the Modern World
By John Rees
A People's History of London
By Lindsey German and John Rees
Counterfire Books
The People Demand: A short history of the Arab revolutions
By John Rees and Joseph Daher
Strategy and tactics: how the left can organise to transform society
By John Rees
Capitalism and Class Consciousness: the ideas of Georg Lukacs
By Chris Nineham
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