Still no pay deal at the British Library
British Library (BL) staff are still waiting for
the outcome of their 2007 pay deal which is now over six months late. Funding
was in place in August for a 1 year deal but management (without consulting the
unions) decided to delay all pay talks until the outcome of the government’s
Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR). The unions asked for a meeting with
management in order to express staff concerns at the continuing delay and were
told that such a meeting "is not justified."
Editorial – Northern Rock: capitalism has failed
The government has finally been forced to nationalise Northern Rock after months of dithering. They have wasted more than £55 billion of our money – to no purpose. The ‘geniuses’ who ran the Rock as a capitalist bank made a total hash of it and lost billions of pounds of other people’s money. It’s not just the bank’s management who stand indicted. The whole capitalist system is shown to be based on swindling and gambling.
World Perspectives 2008 draft – Part Two
An analysis of the growing political and social turbulence in Europe,
the United States, Latin America with an emphasis on Venezuela, the
Middle East and Asia with particular emphasis on the explosive
situation in Pakistan and ends with an appeal to help build the
International Marxist Tendency in all countries. At this stage it is a
discussion document.
‘Reforms’ at the University of Sussex and Their Broader Implications
The management at the University of Sussex in Brighton is attempting
to restructure the entire academic institution to make it fit for ‘the market’. The proposed ‘reforms’, which would change
the entire culture and tradition of the university, are part of a broader
process that is currently taking place in higher education in Britain and
around the world: the marketisation and privatization of education.
Egypt Strikes Update: Wave of action continues
The magnificent wave of industrial action in
Egypt, which started over a year ago, is continuing. And it continues to be
ignored by the media. Price rises are the central focus of protest. But in a
very important development, at the Ghazl al Mahalla textile company have
raised political demands for the first time.
Reclaim Our Past And Organize Our Future! A Report of the Islington Trades Union Council AGM
The newly formed Islington
Trades Union Council held its AGM last week at the Town Hall,
which was an eye-opening historical tour into the fighting
past of the borough. A host of interesting speakers were present including Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn, who
reminded us that Islington was once the home of Karl Marx, and Vic Turner, one of the Pentonville Five who recounted the significance of the 1972 Dockers’ strike.
A Marxist View of the 20th Century.
Here we publish A Marxist View of the 20th Century, first shown at In Defence of Marxism in 2001.
Narrated by Alan Woods, with Lal Khan, Ted Grant and Noam Chomsky.
Video: A Marxist View of the 20th Century.
Here we publish A Marxist View of the 20th Century, first shown at In Defence of Marxism in 2001.
Narrated by Alan Woods, with Lal Khan, Ted Grant and Noam Chomsky.
World Perspectives 2008 draft – Part One
This is the first part of a draft document on World Perspectives as approved at the recent meeting of the leadership of the International Marxist Tendency. At this stage it is a discussion document.
Success for the PTUDC campaign at Norwich University!
A motion of affiliation to the PTUDC was
successfully passed at the meeting of the University of East Anglia Union
Council on 21st February. The Union is now officially affiliated and
an emergency motion on Pakistan was also passed to be sent to the NUS Executive
in time for the National Conference.
Live working or die fighting: how the working class went global
Paul Mason takes nine examples from labour history over the past 190 years and
compares them to struggles that are taking place today. This is a book that every young activist, trade unionist or socialist
will want to read. Julian Shapre reviews ‘Live working or die
fighting: how the working class went global’.