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As we go into print, the Al-Aqsa Intifada, which broke out on September 28 last year, following the provocative visit of Ariel Sharon, the notorious war criminal, to the historic Muslim sanctuary of Haram al-Sharif accompanied by the 2000-strong Israeli police force, is seven months old. During these seven months, 500 people, of whom 400 … [Read more…]

The issue of global warming is back in the media again as the US position on the Kyoto Protocol, which sought to set a time-scale and targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, hardens under President Bush, and US ratification of the treaty seems unlikely. The majority of scientists warn that global warming … [Read more…]

[Reproduced from the spring 2001 issue of theKorea Bulletin, published by the Society for Friendship with Korea, with thanks].The newly-‘elected’ President of the United States, George W Bush, is openly engaged in trying to put a stop to the process of reunification of Korea. He issued instructions to this effect to South Korean president Kim … [Read more…]

This year marks the 20thanniversary of the hunger strike undertaken by the Republican prisoners in the notorious Maze prison, with even more notorious H-Blocks, in which 10 young men were to die a martyr’s death, one after the other, over 172 traumatic days. The strike was begun to press the demand for recognition of their … [Read more…]

Over the last two months, since mid-February 2001, Britain’s livestock has been ravaged by an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD). The disease itself – surprisingly in view of the hysteria with which its spread has been greeted – is fatal to neither man nor beast. It affects animals like a bad dose of … [Read more…]

Education is a question of classKnowledge is power. From the very inception of humanity individuals and groups with superior knowledge and understanding of the processes of nature prospered at the expense of those with less. With the split of society into classes, the most advanced education of the time tended to become the preserve of … [Read more…]

An appeal by the Daewoo Motors Labour UnionSince the mass sacking of 1750 workers at Daewoo Motors’ Bupyoung plant on February 16, there has been a protracted and bitter fight for their reinstatement.On February 19, police attacked the workers and their families who were occupying the plant in a desperate bid to hold onto their … [Read more…]

Many in the Marxist-Leninist movement will be aware of the sudden death of Bill Bland, after a short illness in the London Hospital, on March 13th. He had a long history of anti-revisionist activity through various organisations, in particular as Secretary of the Albania Society for 30 years, and more recently as one of the … [Read more…]

LALKAR also thanks Felicity Arbuthnot for a copy of this letter which was published in theBig Issueof March 4th.Britain’s True Terrorists?What an irony. The Terrorism Act is, according to your succinct analysis (Big Issue 425) designed to prevent ‘use or threat of action … to influence the government or to intimidate the public or for … [Read more…]

On Thursday 22 February the London Region of the SLP held a public meeting in Conway Hall. The purpose of the meeting was to denounce, and to demand an end to, the imperialist sanctions against countries such as Iraq, Cuba, Libya and the DPRK. Since this rally came so soon after the latest bombing raids … [Read more…]