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Fascism: capitalism's weapon against the working class
Western social democracy's timidity has emboldened the fascists. TONY CONWAY looks at the far right's resurgence in Britain
RACIST RAGE: Holiday Inn Express in Tamworth, Staffordshire - an asylum seekers residence - after a fascist mob attack on August 5, 2024 - note anti-immigrant graffiti
It’s where she was looked after and loved by workers who don’t deserve Starmer’s ugly condemnation, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
BILL GREENSHIELDS urges an intensification of the information offensive against the impact of the spurious discourse peddled by Reform UK
MAT COWARD tells the story of Edward Maxted, whose preaching of socialism led to a ‘peasants’ revolt’ in the weeks running up to the first world war
VINCE MILLS gathers some sobering facts that would inevitably be major obstacles to any such initiative
Labour’s pop-loving front bench have snaffled up even more music tickets worth thousands apiece, reports SOLOMON HUGHES
RAMZY BAROUD on how Israel’s narrative collides with military failure
SINCE the general election Britain has seen an increase in racist incidents and anti migrant protests. Such happenings aren’t new of course as over recent years we have regularly witnessed violent protests outside and inside hotels across all our nations.
The flames for this violence have been fanned by the media and politicians who have sought to blame people escaping poverty, war and environmental damage rather than their own failings.
Capitalism and imperialism are the root cause of these failings. Likewise the collapse of social democracy as a system that attempts to ameliorate the worst aspects of mass exploitation continues.
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As anti-immigration rhetoric gains mainstream acceptance, trade unions must unite workers across backgrounds while challenging the false narrative that blames migrants for economic hardship, argues TONY CONWAY
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