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Laws of history are stronger than laws of artillery!Saturday March 20th saw the advent of the Kurdish New Year festival “Navroz”. This festival was marked by displaced Kurdish communities world wide as well as Kurds throughout Turkey: a courageous assertion of nationhood in view of the astonishing level of cultural repression there prevalent, which forbids … [Read more…]

Med TV is outraged at the decision by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) to revoke its licence. Both in written representations and in the hearing before the Commissioners on 9 April, Med TV set out a detailed programme and news restructure for the future which should have satisfied the Commission.Med TV had already been punished … [Read more…]

It is 20 years ago that Blair Peach, a socialist teacher, was murdered by the police. On 23rd April 1979 he had travelled to Southall to join thousands of others, black and white, in the protest against a National Front meeting. Thousands of police was mobilised in order to protect a mere two dozen of … [Read more…]

Bob Crow speaks in West LondonAssistant General Secretary of the Railworkers’ Union, the RMT, spoke at West London Trade Union Club on Sunday 25 April in support of the Campaign to Reclaim our Rights. He told the meeting that the Campaign was set up as the result of moves by the Socialist Labour Party, but with … [Read more…]

Institutional racism is not melting like the snow in spring under the impact of the McPherson report. One of the very many incidents of it was reported inThe Timesof 22 April setting out the tale of harrassment of Winston Silcott supporter, Delroy Lindo. Mr Lindo, a 39-year old father of three,“says he has been harassed … [Read more…]

Skychef workers have been picketing their work place at Hatton Cross ever since 270 of them were sacked for going on a one-day official strike last November. Details of their dispute were in the last issue of Lalkar, in particular Adesh’s speech at the Reclaim our Rights Rally in London and the report of a … [Read more…]

“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…]

a plot to evade Britain’s Geneva Convention obligationsThe Immigration and Asylum Bill presented to the House of Commons on 9 February 1999 should have been entitled the Elimination of Asylum Bill. The Explanatory Note issued by the government in order to spell out the Bill” intentions admits in para. 359 that estimated costs of supporting … [Read more…]

Report by Harpal Brar This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Cuban revolution, which overthrew the tyrannical Batista regime and set the Cuban people on the road to independence, freedom, dignity, prosperity and socialism. To coincide with the 40th anniversary celebrations, a British workers’ delegations, led by Comrade Frank Cave, Vice-President of the National Union … [Read more…]

 SLP Political Education SchoolThe Socialist Labour Party East and West Midlands Regions held a Party School over the weekend of 13-14 February 1999 to introduce participants to the principles of Marxism. There were sessions on the question of `What is capitalism?’, `What is socialism?’, `Imperialism today’, `Social-democracy and the labour aristocracy’ and Ireland. Each session … [Read more…]