Category: Capitalism
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The Dennis Plant Closure
Scottish Workers Are Being Ripped Off Again By Edinburgh and London Every politician in the imperialist countries is now pretending to be very concerned about de-industrialisation. Britain, being the oldest imperialist country in the world, has suffered from this particular affliction for well over 150 years. The observations first made by J. A Hobson and…
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Media Blames Workers for the Corruption and Fraud Endemic to Capitalist Society
It is not ‘benefit cheats’ who are emptying Britain’s treasury but the unending subsidies to monopoly capital. Reposted with thanks from CPGB-ML In a recent headline, writers in the London Times lamented that “Britons’ tolerance of fraud could cost benefits system £2bn a year”. And what is to blame for this hideous prospect? They, the…
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Toxic Masculinity: A Bourgeois Weapon Against the Working Class
The term toxic masculinity has circulated in feminist movements and gender studies for several decades, but it’s only in the past ten years that it has entered mainstream conversation. The phrase has been heavily popularised by the growth of the #MeToo movement. A social awareness campaign created to fight against sexual violence and abuse of…
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Another World is Possible
In response to the recurrent crises of capitalism, the political bankruptcy of social-democracy – as clearly illustrated by the treacherous circus that is the British Labour Party – becomes more evident and more acute, almost on a daily basis. Capitalism is way beyond its historical period of economic and social progress – arguably the ‘Great…
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A Democracy For Who?
The fairy tale version of British history engaged in by the ruling class will have you believe that this island of ours has gone through a long, sometimes, bumpy, but largely peaceful evolution towards the bright and sunny world of “parliamentary democracy” that we are all supposed to enjoy today. What history, as told us…
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Preserving Our History – Williamson Tunnels
Last weekend me and Comrade Ricky went on a tour of the Williamson Tunnels, a network miles long, dug out of the sandstone that Liverpool sits on. Dug by men returning from the Napoleonic war for eccentric tobacco merchant Joseph Williamson.This is just a small part of its history, which you can learn more of…
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The Contradictions of Capitalism Explained
Friedrich Engels delivered a powerful critique of capitalism with the line: “The producers have nothing to consume because the consumers are wanting.” This single, simple sentence exposes the illogicality of capitalist production: that workers, the very creators of society’s wealth, are denied access to the fruits of their labour because the capitalist system prioritises profit…
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The Illusion of Democracy
Infrequently, the Labour movement throws up a leader who is ahead of the rank and file politically. Someone who rejects the way forward, planned by the right-wing forces and introduces a programme that resonates with the masses. Such a leader was the 21st Prime Minister of Australia, Gough Whitlam, whose leadership from December 1972 to…
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The Liverpool Parade: From Celebration to Panic
“Under socialism, the event wouldn’t be a liability to manage, but a celebration for the people, by the people” What should have been a day of celebration turned into disaster. The headlines should’ve been full of jubilant Liverpool fans watching the team parade the Premier League trophy through the city. Instead, people were glued to…
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