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Ryton to lose another shift Following closure of Jaguar’s Browns Lane plant (at a direct cost of 1,100 jobs) and last year’s shut down of Peugeot’s fourth shift (losing another 700 jobs), we now learn that Peugeot is to close yet another shift this summer, at a cost of another 850 jobs! These losses affect … [Read more…]

The Second World War, like the First, was the product of the growth of inter-imperialist contradictions. It began as a war for redivision and domination of the world. The crash of 1929, and the depression that followed it, made an inter-imperialist war a certainty. At the same time, all the imperialist countries were united in … [Read more…]

The Second World War, like the First, was the product of the growth of inter-imperialist contradictions. It began as a war for redivision and domination of the world. The crash of 1929, and the depression that followed it, made an inter-imperialist war a certainty. At the same time, all the imperialist countries were united in … [Read more…]

For nearly 20 years the Vietnamese people fought against US imperialism. Such was the virility of their struggle, such was the heroism with which the nation fought against imperialism, that they fired the imagination and revolutionary enthusiasm of working people everywhere. There was hardly a country in the world in which there was not a … [Read more…]

For nearly 20 years the Vietnamese people fought against US imperialism. Such was the virility of their struggle, such was the heroism with which the nation fought against imperialism, that they fired the imagination and revolutionary enthusiasm of working people everywhere. There was hardly a country in the world in which there was not a … [Read more…]

For the last 5 years, Zimbabwe has been subjected to a vile campaign of vilification and demonisation for no other reason than that it gave land to correct the century-long historical injustice of skewed land ownership. This campaign reached its crescendo in the period leading up to the Zimbabwean parliamentary election at the end of … [Read more…]

For the last 5 years, Zimbabwe has been subjected to a vile campaign of vilification and demonisation for no other reason than that it gave land to correct the century-long historical injustice of skewed land ownership. This campaign reached its crescendo in the period leading up to the Zimbabwean parliamentary election at the end of … [Read more…]

[Collected works, 4th English Edition, Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1964, Volume 23 pp 236-53] My young friends and comrades, Today is the twelfth anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” [1], which is rightly regarded as the beginning of the Russian revolution. Thousands of workers – not Social-Democrats, but loyal God-fearing subjects – led by the priest Gapon, streamed … [Read more…]

At the beginning of February, King Gyanendra of Nepal, supposedly a constitutional monarch, dismissed the country’s government and arrogated to himself absolute power for what he proclaimed would be a period of 3 years, after which he claimed democracy would be restored! All democratic rights of Nepalese citizens, such as they were – freedom of … [Read more…]

Following the death of Yasser Arafat, the legendary Palestinian leader, the Palestinian Authority (PA) held the Presidential election on 9 January to choose his successor. Mahmoud Abbas, popularly known as Abu Mazen, won the election by securing 62.3% of the vote, on a voter turnout of 65%. His nearest rival, Mustafa Barghouti, received 20% of … [Read more…]