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Cultural Capitalism
DISCLAIMER: A LOT OF THE LINKS PROVIDED COME WITH ADVERTS AND/OR PAYWALLS. THIS WASN’T INTENDED AS IRONY, BUT IT IS BLOODY IRONIC. This article is about how capitalism has become part of working class culture. There have been fine examples of culture created within capitalism. Hollywood films from Terminator to Transformers can be enjoyable, as…
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Why we use the Billhook
The Billhook is a tool used for over a thousand years by British and Irish workers to cultivate the land, and the designs varied from region to region. They were still being mass produced during WWII and even as late as 2022, were hand forged in Sheffield. They were also used as weapons of war.…
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Comrade Bhagat Singh and Comrade Udham Singh
By Godfrey Cremer CPGB-ML Who are these men?What are they to me,These dead menFrom a land across the sea?They dared against the British RajTo raise their hand.If my own countrymen decreed their deathWhy should I take a stand? ButThe British Ruling ClassThat these men defiedPlundered with sword and gun and sly intrigue.Their modern spawnSmile with…
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They Never Walk Alone
By JOHN PILGER. Reposted from Labournet. The Liverpool dockers have been on strike for 14 months. Yet the dispute is scarcely reported, is ignored by the politicians and not even officially recognised by the union. ‘The bad old days’ of casualisation have returned in docks all around the country. Merseyside is the last line of…
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Dave Ward – Commander Of Scabs
The CWU General Secretary Joins A Long Line Of Union Sell Outs The English proletariat is actually becoming more and more bourgeois, so that the ultimate aim of this most bourgeois of all nations would appear to be the possession, alongside the bourgeoisie, of a bourgeois aristocracy and a bourgeois proletariat. – Friedrich Engels The proud boasting done…
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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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Victory in Europe?
The following words are excerpts from a speech I gave at the Red Book Fair 2025. When Churchill spoke to the nation 80 years ago he said, “This is not a victory of any party or any class, but a victory of the Great British nation” And he was right. The victory against fascism has…
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Jigger the Miner
It’s legend, the history of black country and why workers should be proud of their heritage. Introduction As I go to Walsall, I go past Brownhills (by bus no less), I am always inspired by the miner’s statue even when I was a kid. Even if I didn’t know of its significance until I write…
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The Scouser in Our Team
One of the major stories of this season has been the contract situations surrounding some of Liverpool’s biggest stars. Virgil van Dijk, Mo Salah, and Trent Alexander-Arnold all had contracts set to expire at the end of the season. It’s a bizarre situation for a club that has led the title race to have its…
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The Farce of Freedom Under Capitalism
Trump’s behaviour towards Canada results in a Carney victory and the Liberals being re-elected. Much smug satisfaction from the liberal left. All hail Mark Carney, a longtime multi-millionaire with 13 years in senior positions with Goldman Sachs who has worked in investment banking, emerging debt in capital markets and sovereign risk. What a noble career trajectory. Carney left…
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