Category: Blog
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Rebuilding Class Consciousness in Britain
A May Day message from The Class Consciousness Project Happy May Day from all of us at The Class Consciousness Project. We are now into our second year. In that time, we’ve weathered many trials, tested different approaches, and continued refining our understanding of how best we can serve the working class. The project began…
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A letter on the DPRK
The following letter was sent to a number of publications by Dr Dermot Hudson, Chair of Korean Friendship Association UK, following the recent broadcast of ‘Michael Palin in North Korea’, which was the topic of a post on this website. Dear comrades, On the 14th of June, the BBC, aka the British Brainwashing Corporation, broadcast…
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The Dangers of Trade Union Bureaucratisation
The Morning Star newspaper ran a story, published via its website on June 8th, reporting that the President of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers trade union had dismissed their President following allegations of financial improprieties during his tenure. Newton B Jones, who had been President of the American trade union since 2003, had allegedly misappropriated…
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Solidarity with ASLEF strikers!
Members in the train drivers’ union ASLEF are taking part in the second day of strike action this week as part of their long-running dispute over pay. The strikes are taking place in over a dozen train operating companies on Saturday 3rd June, including Avanti West Coast, which would have been bringing thousands of football…
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The limitations of trade unionism
The NHS dispute brings into sharp focus the inability of modern trade unions to advance working class aims The news on Thursday 16th March that the Government and NHS trade unions had reached a ‘major breakthrough’ in their long-standing pay dispute by negotiating and recommending a pay deal which in no way constitutes a real-terms…
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A Founding Statement
About the Class Consciousness Project Class consciousness amongst the British Working Class is at an all-time low. This situation is most stark in the contemporary ‘left’ wing of politics. Virtually all self-proclaimed left-wing parties are in thrall to the political bankruptcy and failure that is European-style social democracy. It is precious little wonder that workers have…
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