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After the above article was written [i.e., the article on the Spyplane incident], news came through that the Bush administration, although for the time being failing to agree the sale of Arleigh-Burke class destroyers with a sophisticated Aegis radar system – the most sensitive weapons system requested by Taiwan – decided to sell to the … [Read more…]

The bourgeois press has, for the past couple of weeks, been eagerly reporting the various controversies that have arisen regarding the anti-racism pledge drawn up by the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), which calls on politicians not to use the issue of race during the general election.Firstly we must state that the pledge in itself … [Read more…]

In the General ElectionVote Socialist Labour Partyleader Arthur Scargill Lalkar calls upon all working people to vote for the Socialist Labour Party in the forthcoming General Election. It is the only party with a socialist programme and a socialist manifesto – the only party that stands for getting rid of capitalism – the cause of all … [Read more…]

LALKAR sends hearty congratulations to Dr. Sisir K. Majumdar on his receiving the prestigious P.B. Memorial Award for his significant contribution in the field of physiological sciences. Dr. Majumdar was given this award by the Physiological Society of India for his work on the History of Insulin. He received also the gold-plated medal.Well done, Dr … [Read more…]

“A democratic republic”, said Lenin,“is the best possible political shell for capitalism, and, therefore, once capital has gained control of this very best shell, it establishes its power so securely, so firmly, thatnochange, either of persons, of institutions, or of parties in the bourgeois-democratic republic, can shake it”(The State and Revolution).The above penetrating observation of … [Read more…]

Since the last issue of LALKAR a terrible earthquake struck India – its epicentre being the Gujarat town of Bhuja. Apart from material devastation, estimated conservatively at $1 billion, it has taken toll of several tens of thousands of lives.We send our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families who have lost their near and dear … [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…]

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…]

The Timesof 22 January 2001 reported on an example of Israeli ‘justice’, which illustrates better than any amount of rhetoric the racist and fascist nature of the Zionist settler state.Nabum Kurman, a Jewish settler, caught hold of a ten-year old Palestinian boy, Hilmi Shousha, from a group of boys who had been throwing stones at … [Read more…]

Malkiat Bilku returns to work at Hillingdon HospitalAfter five long years of struggle, the Hillingdon Hospital strikers have finally begun to be offered jobs back at the hospital. On October 30th, 2000, Malkiat Bilku at last returned to Hillingdon Hospital, the Hospital from which she was unfairly dismissed in 1995. To remind supporters of the … [Read more…]