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Elections to the European Parliament are to be held on 10th June. For the first time in these elections, there is a socialist alternative, for opposing the parties of capitalism – Labour, Tory and Lib.Dems. This alternative is represented by the Socialist Labour Party. All those who stand for socialism, for full employment, for decent … [Read more…]

Fascist bombs in London

On April 16 and 23 bombs exploded in London, deliberately and intentionally aimed to kill and maim defenceless men, women and children. These cowardly devices were filled with nails so that when they explode the nails will fly out in all directions like bullets and kill and injure as many people as possible. In Brixton … [Read more…]

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Woolwich, April 18The Greenwich and Bexley branch of the IWA(GB) held a meeting, attended by 700 people, to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh (Amritsar) Massacre perpetrated by British imperialism against innocent men, women and children holding a peaceful demonstration. In the resulting carnage, 350 people died and over 100 were wounded.The Amritsar … [Read more…]

Commemoration of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Woolwich, April 18The Greenwich and Bexley branch of the IWA(GB) held a meeting, attended by 700 people, to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh (Amritsar) Massacre perpetrated by British imperialism against innocent men, women and children holding a peaceful demonstration. In the resulting carnage, 350 people died and over 100 were wounded.The Amritsar … [Read more…]

In Lieu of a Review

“Challenge to Imperial Hegemony – the life story of a great Indian PatriotUDHAM SINGH” On 31 July 1940 the great Indian patriot, Udham Singh, was hanged at Pentonville Prison for the murder, on 13 March 1940, of Sir Michael O’Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of Punjab and the notorious butcher of the Amritsar Massacre. For 56 … [Read more…]

Support the Skychef workers

 On Saturday 20 February, a meeting was held in Southall in support of the Skychef workers, who have been picketing the Skychef premises at Hatton Cross round the clock for the last three months, since they were sacked (273 of them) for going on a one-day official strike (see Comrade Adesh’s speech at the Reclaim … [Read more…]

Reclaim Our Rights

Launch of the London Region of Reclaim our RightsGrand Committee Room, House of Commons, 2 February 1999 The London Region RECLAIM OUR RIGHTS campaign was launched in the Grand Committee Room of the House of Commons on 2 February 1999. The room was packed out, with some 500 people attending, and standing room only for latecomers. … [Read more…]

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Suresh Grover, manager of the Monitoring Group, the anti-racist pressure group based in Southall, which is representing the Reel family, gives his viewpoint on the police investigation into the death of Ricky Reel.The Reel family face 1999 with their grief over the loss of Ricky compounded by the smokescreen of evasiveness that the Metropolitan Police … [Read more…]

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Ocalan handed over to the butchersOn the evening of Monday 15 February, Mr.Abdullah Ocalan, the highly-respected and much-loved leader of the PKK (Workers’ Party of Kurdistan) – the party representing the national aspirations of the Kurdish people of south eastern Turkey – was handed over by the imperialist hyenas and their stooges to the tender … [Read more…]

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on Monopoly Super Profits

By Prabir PurkayasthaReproduced fromPeople’s Democracy, January 10, 1999, with thanks.The current controversy on the changes to India’s Patent laws, the resistance to the Monsanto seed trials and Microsoft’s troubles with the anti-monopoly authorities are all aspects of the drive of global MNCs [multi-national corporations] to derive monopoly super profits. The basis of such monopoly profits … [Read more…]