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September 2014

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Boris Johnson for Conservative Party leader? – Tory tensions in the epoch of capitalist crisis

Boris Johnson, the bumbling and eccentric Tory Mayor of London, has potentially thrown his hat into the ring of a future Conservative Party leadership battle by signalling his desire to return to parliamentary politics in 2015. A possible challenge by Johnson – far from being an indication of strength for the political representatives of the capitalist class – is yet a further signal of the crisis within the ruling class.

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Marx’s Capital: Chapters 16-22 – Wages

We continue our series looking at Marx’s Capital by discussing chapters 16-22, in which Marx delves further into the question of surplus-value and looks also at the issue of wages. The conclusion is clear: within the capitalist system – a system of wage labour and capital – the benefits of scientific, technological, and industrial progress will always overwhelmingly flow towards the capitalists.

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The history and modern role of political Islam

Lal Khan analyses the modern resurgence of political Islam and religious fundamentalism, which has risen in conditions of ideological and political vacuum following the collapse of the Soviet Union. From the black reaction of ISIS to the ferociously bestial Taliban, these Frankenstein’s monsters created by imperialism in the past have wreaked havoc and are raising the spectre of barbarism in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the Middle East.

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The “Ice Bucket Challenge”: How do we really end illness and suffering?

The “Ice Bucket Challenge” has gone certifiably viral. Countless videos showing people dousing themselves with buckets of ice water in the name of charity have flooded social media. But what does it all mean? Is “raising awareness” enough? We publish here an article by John Peterson of Socialist Appeal USA, who asks: how do we really create a world free of illness and suffering?

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Death pangs of the Coalition: Tory MP defects to UKIP

The crisis of British capitalism expresses itself at the economic, social and political level. The British establishment has always whipped up xenophobia and racism in an attempt to divide the working class. Today, however, under conditions of crisis, the issue of immigration and anti-EU hysteria has served to highlight divisions within the ruling class, especially its political representation.

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