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As in any country, the ruling class in Ireland have distorted their history to disguise the role of the revolutionary masses. In Resistance and Rebellion, by RTE, the revolutionary role of James Connolly and the Irish masses are obscurred.
In this Channel 5 documentary, former Tory MP Michael Portillo provides a glance behind the curtain of the party’s squabbles. With no clear explanation of the crisis, the programme speaks volumes about the Tories’ innability to understand it.
At the Labour Party conference Mark Serwotka announced that PCS would campaign for a Corbyn government. Under his leadership PCS has become one of the most left-wing unions. Whilst the Socialist Party attempts to undermine him, we say support Serwotka!
Boris Johnson is preparing to fight an election on the lines of “the People vs Parliament”. Labour must meet this demagoguery with mass mobilisation of workers and youth, organised around a bold class programme of socialist policies.
Carillion collapsed last January after years of mismanagement. There have been no repercussions for the senior managers, who benefited from huge pay rises in the company’s final years, the burden has fallen entirely on the workers. End outsourcing!
Three Blairite MPs have been triggered as Labour members look to democratically take control of the Parliamentary Labour Party. The Blairites are fighting back the only way they know how, through bureaucratic manouvres. Boot out the Blairites.
The Tory conference was dominated by reactionary elements and the issue of brexit. Johnson presents himself as the voice against the establishment, however, thousands turned up to protest Tory austerity and call for a Corbyn Labour government.
Post workers are being balloted to strike by the CWU, with the result to be announced on 15th October. This follows on from a series of attacks on workers pay and conditions since the privatisation of Royal Mail. Support the strike!
Margaret Hodge faces a reselection contest. Blairites defend her ‘anti-racist’ record, when her anti-immigrant housing policies were supported by the BNP. Her rhetoric against anti-semitism has been weaponised against Corbyn. Deselect now!
Since 2000, 400,000 in the US have died using prescription opioids like Oxycontin. Big pharmaceutical companies make billions by lying about the dangers of these drugs and paying doctors to overprescribe. Nationalise healthcare now!
The last few weeks have seen a radicalisation among the youth. In this militant atmosphere, the MSF has found unprecedented interest in our Marxist societies. The MSF will fight to help build a mass movement of Students for Corbyn.
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