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Rashfords Revival?
At the Project, we were quite critical of the furore surrounding Marcus Rashford—we even wrote an article expressing our critique. We took issue with Roc Nation’s approach, which tends to portray athletes as modern left-wing idols, essentially polished ambassadors for campaigns they often have little genuine interest in. That’s not to say Rashford didn’t care
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The life and crimes of John ‘Two Jags’ Prescott
From the destruction of Britain’s healthcare system to the waging of endless genocidal wars, there was no crime John Prescott was not prepared to assist in during his long career in the Labour party. And all so he could wear an ermine cloak on state occasions and drive about in a fancy car?
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Men of England
Men of England, wherefore plough For the lords who lay ye low? Wherefore weave with toil and care The rich robes your tyrants wear? Wherefore feed and clothe and save From the cradle to the grave Those ungrateful drones who would Drain your sweat—nay, drink your blood? Wherefore, Bees of England, forge Many a weapon,
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Demands Must Be Made
In our most recent article we analysed why the TUC campaigns to promote union membership are so utterly pathetic. In short it is because they offer no programme except pathetic cringing before our class enemies. In this article we at the Class Consciousness Project present our own programme of minimum demands that a union movement
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A Movement With No Heart
One of the central problems facing the British working class is that the leaders of the “labour movement” are wedded to the practice of class collaborationism. What we mean by this is that the (so called) trade union leaders have long embraced the idea of “partnership” with the employers and the government. Thus even when
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Two Decades and $90 Billion US Dollars Later
Dissecting the Afghan Militaries Total Collapse. Repost from MintPressNews In February, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) published an extensive investigation into the spectacular collapse of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces’ (ANDSF), which the U.S. spent two decades and $90 billion building. In common with previous SIGAR reports, it offers a remarkably uncompromising, no-punches-pulled
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On Capital Punishment
The last executions in Britain occurred in 1964, leading to the abolition of the death penalty. The history of capital punishment reveals its role as a tool for class control and oppression.
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All of Us or None
Bertolt Brecht was one of the greatest poets and playwrights of the 20th century and he always sought to combine his beliefs as a Marxist into his work. This particular poem is fascinating because Brecht sums up in verse how the working class must be their own emancipators. Slave, who is it that shall free
“ A class cannot exist in society without in some degree manifesting a consciousness of itself as a group with common problems, interests and prospects”
– Harry Braverman
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