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Friday, 30 March 2012 14:32
George Galloway has won a sensational victory in the Bradford West by-election with a 10,000 vote majority.
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New 'cash for access' revelations go to the heart of David Cameron's government, writes Dan Poulton.
Robin Hood used to rob from the rich to give to the poor. This is considered heroic. George Osborne does something quite different. There’s a word for that, too.
Mobilising the political anger that connects the majority of UCU members can give the confidence and determination we need to take on the government argues John Westmoreland
The reluctance of private sector creditors to accept the latest rescue deal threatens to scupper it just weeks before the country must foot a €14bn bill.
The only hope for the future of Greece lies in rejection of the Troika, a default on Greek terms and leaving the grossly oppressive structures of the euro argues James Meadway
Credit rating agencies give the UK a one in three chance of a credit downgrade. James Meadway argues that despite Osborne's spin, its further evidence that austerity can't work.
The battle over public sector pensions is at a critical juncture, with different unions adopting radically different positions, writes UCU activist Des Freedman.
The EU remains on course for economic disaster as its leaders reaffirm their commitment to austerity via the new fiscal compact, writes James Meadway
The Tories are crowing over their opinion poll lead and claiming majority support for cuts. But the left shouldn’t believe the hype, argues Adrian Cousins.
The BBC’s The Crusades is billed as a re-examination of the history of the crusades, but in presenting them as a clash of civilisations between Christianity and Islam, it repeats the ideological justifications for the war on terror.
Debt downgrades and failed Greek negotiations show Europe on the brink. James Meadway looks at the consequences.
'Managed Decline' was the advice of Thatcher's Chancellor for Liverpool after the riots in 1981. David Jamieson argues that this is a good description for the way Britain is heading in 2012.
James Meadway: The Euro crisis of 2011 is a prelude to financial chaos in 2012. Efforts to prop up the system have failed, threatening a fresh financial crisis and perhaps the collapse of the Euro itself. A mass movement against austerity must be built.
The ‘Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill’ currently in the committee stage in the House of Lords contains plans to cut legal aid to the most vulnerable and put the basic right to legal representation out of their reach.
The government is effectively claiming victory in the pensions dispute after the largest strike in decades. Neil Faulkner and Alex Snowdon look at what's going on and the implications for the struggle against austerity.
Neil Faulkner: The task we face is nothing less than to build a continent-wide mass movement of resistance capable of overthrowing finance capital, nationalising the banks, and establishing democratic control over the economic future.
N30 is an important day for all those who want to defeat the Con-Dem government and the austerity agenda. Ben Wray puts forward five arguments to take the movement forward from the strike onwards.More Articles...
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- What future for Tunisia?
- Protecting Syria's revolt from military intervention
- Child poverty: a generation sacrificed to austerity
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