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Sunday, 11 March 2012 17:15
The Kony 2012 viral video may have tapped into a mood for social justice, but once more beats the drum for an extension of US imperial power, argues Dan Poulton.
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Fatah and Hamas may have agreed to form a new unity government, but their overriding interest is still to maintain their own power, not to defend the Palestinian people, argues Joseph Daher
According to the British government ‘Somalia is the world’s worst failed state’ and ‘directly threatens British interests’. Muna Hassan argues why the West should keep their hands off Somalia.
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Huge union protests have met the Spanish government’s attempt to undermine workers' rights, reports Sofia Tipaldou.
India's biggest display of working class strength for years is due on the 28th of February when 100 million workers take strike action. Sam Beaton analyses this volatile situation.
The ANC threatens violence and death to anti-corruption protesters.
The West is cynically exploiting Syria's revolution to suit their own military objectives, argue Kahlil Habash and Alex Snowdon.
Phil Neal discusses the case of Khader Adnan, who has now been on Hunger Strike for more than sixty five days, drawing parallels with the Irish Hunger Strikers of 1981
Joseph Daher visited the solidarity tent for Khader Adnan during his recent trip to the Occupied Palestinian Territories. He explains why Adnan’s protest is significant.
A year after the start of the revolution, Yemen is back to square one, with a fragmented and weak opposition, Ali Abdullah Saleh's family still in control of the military and his regime still intact.
Tamer Wageeh argues that swamping the Egyptian Parliament with demands will loosen the SCAF's grip and force the Brotherhood to confront the country's military leaders.
‘What the government does, the streets can undo’ may seem like just a slogan, but weeks of anti-austerity protests have forced the resignation Romania's prime minister Emil Boc.
The police attack on a poor São Paulo neighbourhood shows how in Brazil, the property rights of the rich come before the rights of the poor, argues Sócrates Fabiano.
Daniele Obono, a leading member of the Front de Gauche, describes growing support for a new left electoral project in France.
Feyzi Ismail interviews Indra Mohan Sigdel (aka Basanta), a politburo member of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and part of a left faction beginning to question the trajectory of the party.
President Saleh of Yemen seems to be on a medical farewell tour, says Dan Poulton. First Saudi Arabia, now the US...but is the end at hand?
Dima Khatib writes on the prominent role played by the 'Ultras' football fans in the revolution, and speculation of regime complicity in the crowd violence at Wednesday's match.More Articles...
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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...
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9:30am – 5pm
Central Hall Westminster
Events
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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
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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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