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Report from the 15thWorld Festival of Youth and Students in Algiers8-16 August this year saw the convening of the 15thWorld Festival of Youth and Students under the slogan, ‘Let’s Globalise the Struggle for Peace, Solidarity and Development, Against Imperialism’.Established after the end of WWII as a broad front against imperialism, the Festival is run by … [Read more…]

With a rapidly-expanding, militant anti-globalisation movement – which is becoming increasingly working-class in its composition, much to the despair of the powers that be – the imperialist powers were particularly paranoid about the demonstrations surrounding the G8 Summit in Genoa, prompting them to spend tens of millions of dollars on security for the G8 delegates.The … [Read more…]

Following the general election held on 7 June, the Labour Party has been returned to office with a big majority of 167 seats – only slightly smaller than last time. The Conservatives won 167 seats, while the Liberal Democrats increased their representation in parliament from 41 to 52. Labour secured 413 seats (6 fewer than … [Read more…]

We are very pleased to reproduce this important and though-provoking article sent to us by Teddy-John Frank, International Secretary of the KPML(r). Comrade Frank rightly points out that rioting for the sake of rioting is not an appropriate tactic for the revolutionary working class. Much of the anti-capitalist rioting that has been seen lately is … [Read more…]

According to Chinese legend there was a man dying of thirst. The only drink he had to hand was a goblet filled with poison. He was bound to die if he drank it, and equally bound to die if he did not. Israeli Zionism finds itself in the same predicament. It loses if it does … [Read more…]

Background and Conclusions for Socialists“center”>On Saturday 26 May, the racial tension that has been steadily growing in Oldham erupted into street battles the like of which have not been seen since the early 80s at Brixton, Toxteth and Broadwater Farm. The build-up to the fighting saw an increase in racially motivated attacks in Oldham’s most … [Read more…]

Socialist Labour Party report on the General Election7 June 2001,by Arthur Scargill, SLP General Secretary[This is a summarised version of the original report]The General Election of 7 June 2001 took place after four years of a New Labour Government. It was held against a background of reductions in public services expenditure and in the knowledge … [Read more…]

In 1999, at the height of Nato’s criminal war against Yugoslavia, a war which was waged in complete violation of international law and the customs of war, and during which NATO committed horrendous crimes – crimes which can aptly be described as crimes against humanity – NATO, turning facts on their head, got its kangaroo … [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…]

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…]