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Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:39
The People's Assembly is not merely a nice idea or a worthwhile event, but the main basis for co-ordinating resistance to cuts for some time to come
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Margaret Thatcher may be dead, but her legacy lives on. We must unite to defeat it, argues Alex Snowdon
It’s more than possible to build infrastructure that’s of use to the left, campaigning organisations and those lost souls looking for a place to be, we need more of them argues Jim Jepps
For millions of Russians who lost their savings, jobs, and life prospects during the final decade of the last century, Berezovsky is a symbol of the nightmare the country lived
The impact of mass opposition to the Iraq war still reverberates today argues Chris Nineham
Chavez proved that radical policies work and win support and that defiance of US imperialism is possible tand popular - Chris Nineham writes on why he will be missed in every corner of the globe
Thousands of children have been strip-searched in child prisons and secure children’s homes despite a government pledge to stop, half of them were black or ethnic minority, many under 12 years old
The state and the corporations are working in harness to destroy the NHS - we have to build great movement of ordinary people to defend it
Sean Ledwith looks at the ongoing debate concerning the legacy of a writer whose relationship with the left was always ambiguous
Noon Arabia writes on the anniversary of Yemen's revolution - marked by a young man setting himself on fire in protest at the treatment of injured revolutionaries
Equal marriage has been endorsed by Parliament. Elly Badcock argues that, whilst progressive, it is somewhat peripheral to the fights facing the LGBT community today
Behind the rhetoric about islamism the Western intervention in Mali has seen heavy bombing of towns along the Niger, arbitrary arrests, torture and summary executions
Radical internet freedom campaigner Aaron Swartz recently took his own life as he faced the prospect of 35 years in prison. Mya Pope-Weidemann argues that those who share his vision must continue his fight
The recent attacks on benefits are part of a plot against the welfare state itself writes Adam Tomes
Chris Bambery reflects upon the fortunes of the British left in recent times, whilst looking forward to potential roads to progress in the coming years
There are calls for banking reform from within the financial sector, why are there no calls from within government and the industry for the break-up of media empires asks Des Freedman?
George Osborne has announced real-terms cuts in benefits. The attack on welfare is an act of class war, argues Adam Tomes
North London councils are considering Veolia - a company complicit in the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements - for a multi-billion pound contract. Caroline Day reports on the campaign to stop them
The Savile scandal and George Entwistle resignation demonstrate how urgent a real democratisation of the BBC and the media is, writes Des FreedmanMore 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...
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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